Health workers walk at the Mpox treatment centre at Nyiragongo General Referral Hospital, north of Goma on August 17, 2024. — AFP GENEVA: The mpox outbreak is not another Covid-19, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, because much is already known about the virus and the means to control it. While more research is needed … Read more
“Stronger legislation can help deter potential and repeat offenders and expand the range of investigative tools and resources for law enforcement to stop crimes that affect the environment,” said Angela Me, Chief of Research and Analysis at the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), presenting the report. Launched in Vienna, ‘The Landscape of Criminalization’ … Read more
It’s been nearly 11 months since war erupted in the enclave following Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel. Today more than nine in 10 people have been forcibly displaced by the fighting, leaving them vulnerable to hunger, malnutrition and sickness. “So far, we’ve been able to vaccinate 187,000 children and as we’ve been tent to tent … Read more
Many stubborn stains require both chemical and physical treatment. In this chapter, we discuss eight physical stain-removal techniques: brushing, flushing, freezing, presoaking, pretreating, scraping, sponging, and tamping. Which technique to use in treating a particular spot or stain depends upon both the nature of the stain and the type of surface stained. For example, a … Read more
Thus far, some 28 terabytes (TB) of data have been transferred, representing a majority of the 40TB held by the UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD). Briefing ambassadors at the Security Council, UNITAD acting head Ana Peyró Llopis said she has regularly engaged with Iraqi officials, notably the judiciary, … Read more
The call for access to all in need by Special Rapporteur Tlaleng Mofokeng, coincided with the arrival of vaccine shipments and the start of planned rollouts by health authorities in some of the African nations most impacted. Nigeria received some 10,000 doses of the mpox vaccine last week, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo … Read more
Burgers in the skillet, chicken in a deep fryer, even a take-out pizza can leave a greasy mess all over your kitchen.And unless you’re Samantha from “Bewitched” and can make problems disappear with just a twitch of your nose, you know a good scrub is on its way. Water alone can’t get rid of grease … Read more
Test tubes labelled “Monkeypox virus positive” is seen in this undated illustration. — Reuters ISLAMABAD: A second case of monkeypox was confirmed on Friday with health authorities stating that the patient diagnosed with the virus returned to Peshawar from the Gulf country. The patient, who was tested positive for mpox, was diagnosed at the Peshawar … Read more
In a video posted on social media, Karim Khan urged victim groups, civil society organizations, national authorities, and international partners to engage with his Office and provide any evidence and material relating to the ongoing atrocities being inflicted on civilians. The ICC has an ongoing active investigation into the situation in Darfur, which began in … Read more
UN agencies and partners in the Strip will continue to vaccinate “as many Gazan children as possible” during the agreed humanitarian pauses, before moving to the north of the war-shattered enclave, UNRWA added. Thousands of families visited health centers to get their doses from UN medical teams, UNRWA reported. In southern Gaza, more than 152,000 … Read more