Common Structural and Informational Barriers to COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake
Since the journey to vaccination starts when individuals and communities begin learning about a vaccine and contemplate getting it, it is important to understand exactly how people make decisions that […]
WFP’s Emergency Response to the Hunger Crisis in Northern Ethiopia
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) reports that up to 7 million people in Northern Ethiopia are facing a hunger crisis and are severely short of food. This number includes over […]
Why are Nutritious Foods Costly? Here are the 5 reasons why
For most of us, buying nutritious foods means spending more money. Ever wondered why? Factors propelling the cost of nutritious foods are found across food systems, in the realms of […]
Children’s learning in crises: The Global Community’s Obligation to secure it
It’s now nearly two years since the world was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, and education systems all over the world are still not up to par. Education in its […]
The 5 Basic Principles of Nutrition
The 5 Basic Principles of Nutrition What is Nutrition? Nutrition is the process of the body taking in nutrients from the foods we eat. The foods we eat determine which […]
Sudan Launches New Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking
Sudan Launches New Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking Sudan acts as a major transit and destination country between many migration routes and has been used for the past decade […]
Sierra Leone’s new polio vaccine to safeguard children
Polio is a crippling and potentially deadly disease. The virus is highly contagious and once it affects an individual, it has no cure and can cause paralysis or even death. […]
5 Ways to improve water quality and access to water
There are about 2.2 billion people around the globe that still have no access to clean water for drinking. More than 50% of the global population still lack access to […]
Global COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout: A Crisis of Inequity
The global COVID-19 vaccine rollout is advancing at two shockingly different speeds, for low-income and high-income countries. In most low-income countries, less than two percent of adults are fully vaccinated, […]
Why assess climate change risks?
What is climate change? UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has referred to climate change as the “defining challenge of our time”. NASA however, defines climate change as a change in Earth’s climate, which […]