Day: September 26, 2022
WHO South-East Asia Region polio-free, accelerated efforts needed in view of increased risks: experts
The WHO South-East Asia Region sustained its polio-free status despite disruptions caused by COVID-19 pandemic but needs to scale-up measures in view of the persisting and increased risks of polio globally. “Countries have been making efforts, but gaps persist, specially at sub-national level. We need to scale-up surveillance and immunization coverage and update our polio outbreak response capacities to respond
IAEA General Conference Elects Italy’s Alessandro Cortese as Conference President
Italy’s Ambassador Alessandro Cortese has been elected as the President of the IAEA’s 66th General Conference. Since November 2019, Ambassador Cortese has served as Italy’s Permanent Representative to the international organizations in Vienna. Ambassador Cortese entered the Italian Diplomatic Service in 1986, where he initially served at the Secretariat of the Development Cooperation Department of the Italian Ministry of Foreign
Eliminating Obstetric Fistula in West and Central Africa by 2030: Côte d’Ivoire, UNFPA and South Korea call for increased investment and South-South and triangular cooperation
Abidjan – 13 September 2022: The Government of Côte d’Ivoire, in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Government of South Korea through its International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), is organizing from September 13 to 15, 2022 in Abidjan an international conference on the theme: “South-South and triangular partnership to eliminate fistula by 2030”. Chaired by Her Excellency
Situation of ECOWAS Citizens Stranded in Niger in the Course of Migrating to Europe: ECOWAS Sends a High-level and Technical Assessment Mission
Abuja, Nigeria, September 24, 2022. A high-level mission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) led by Prof. Fatou Sow Sarr, Commissioner of Human Development and Social Affairs of the ECOWAS Commission, will visit the Republic of Niger to review with the Niger authorities and the International Office for Migration (IOM) the situation of the region’s citizens stranded