Medical technicians test the equipment inside a sterile lab during the inauguration of a new facility in the Philippines focused on pandemic research.

ADB/Veejay Villafranca

New data-driven hub aims to detect and prevent next pandemic

1 September 2021

A new centre in Berlin, Germany, launched on Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO), aims to help countries better assess and respond to global disease threats in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.

Young boys collect water from UNICEF-supported a water point in east Aleppo City in Syria.

News in Brief 30 March 2021

30 March 2021

News in Brief

Grave concern for women and children targeted in northern Mozambique
Syrians’ struggle is getting worse, not better, says UN’s Guterres
World leaders call for new international treaty to improve pandemic response

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Goma, capital of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

MONUSCO/Abel Kavanagh

News in Brief 22 February 2021

22 February 2021

News in Brief

Coups have no place in world today, UN chief tells Myanmar military
Rights chief Bachelet insists we have the chance to build back better after pandemic
Condemnation for deadly attack on UN humanitarians in DR Congo

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3'28"

A destroyed health centre in east Aleppo, Syria.

UNOCHA

News in Brief 25 January 2021

25 January 2021

News in Brief

COVID pandemic impact ‘four times worse’ on jobs than 2008 financial crisis
Sri Lanka: ‘Forced’ cremation of COVID victims’ bodies must stop
Syrian crisis is still killing children in 2021, constitutional talks resume in Geneva

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3'19"

A man wearing a protective mask against Covid-19, circulates in the port area of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, on September 16, 2020.

IMF/Raphael Alves

News in Brief 13 January 2021

13 January 2021

News in Brief

Health agency calls for greater cooperation to identify COVID mutations
Lower wages and higher health risks: Reality of COVID homeworking
Prosecutors ‘lost case file’ of murdered activist, says UN rights panel

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3'23"

News in Brief 11 January 2021

11 January 2021

News in Brief

WHO’s Tedros welcomes China announcement on COVID-19 team visit
UNAIDS unveils new targets on HIV prevention amid rise in stigma
Rights expert calls for reversal of Israel’s eviction order against 16 Palestinian families

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