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April 20, 2022

Casio lance le modèle de collaboration EDIFICE avec TOM’S, inspiré des voitures de sport de luxe

TOKYO, 19 avril 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Casio Computer Co., Ltd. a annoncé aujourd’hui le lancement du dernier ajout à la gamme EDIFICE basée sur le concept de marque « Vitesse et intelligence ». L’édition limitée EQB-1100TMS de TOM’S est un modèle de collaboration conçu avec TOM’S pour évoquer les voitures de sport de luxe qui sont la spécialité de l’équipe.

TOM’S est l’une des meilleures écuries japonaises en compétition dans les courses les plus prestigieuses au Japon, avec un certain nombre de championnats SUPER GT et SUPER FORMULA à son actif. L’entreprise apporte également les technologies qu’elle cultive pour la course à ses pièces de rechange et à ses voitures personnalisées. L’équipe de TOM’S ayant besoin de montres qui permettraient aux membres de partager un chronométrage précis pendant les courses, Casio est un sponsor depuis 2013 à travers EDIFICE, sa gamme de montres inspirées d’une vision du monde du sport automobile.

Troisième collaboration entre TOM’S et Casio, l’EQB-1100TMS est une montre hautes performances dotée d’un boîtier fin de seulement 8,9 mm et d’un design inspiré des voitures de sport de luxe de TOM’S. La montre dispose d’un cadran en fibre de carbone très répandue dans les sports mécaniques et est accentuée par le logo de TOM’S, l’aiguille des secondes, ainsi que l’aiguille indicatrice en couleur or pour un look de luxe riche. La gradation des couleurs autour des périmètres du verre saphir et du cadran encastré à la position 6 heures recrée la couleur changeante du tuyau d’échappement en titane d’une voiture de sport lorsque la chaleur d’échappement fait que le titane devient bleuâtre. Chaque détail a été créé sous la supervision de TOM’S, y compris la lunette octogonale finie avec un placage ionique noir et le boîtier et la bande gris en plaqué ion, pour une montre chic aussi impressionnante que les voitures de sport de luxe de l’entreprise.

L’EQB-1100TMS est également équipée des fonctions Mobile Link qui se couplent via Bluetooth® à un smartphone. Lorsqu’elle est utilisée avec l’application dédiée EDIFICE Connected, la montre ajuste automatiquement l’heure et permet au porteur d’utiliser son smartphone pour sélectionner facilement l’une des quelque 300 villes pour l’heure mondiale et afficher l’heure dans deux villes. Le système de charge Tough Solar convertit la lumière pour alimenter la montre pour plus de praticité et de commodité.

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April 20, 2022

Evaluation of Zimbabwe WFP Country Strategic Plan 2017-2021 – Centralized Evaluation Report, January 2022

Executive Summary

INTRODUCTION

Evaluation features

Country strategic plan (CSP) evaluations are the primary instrument for providing accountability and meeting learning needs in accordance with the expectations of the Board and WFP management. They provide evidence of WFP’s strategic positioning and results to inform the design of the next generation of CSPs and potentially contribute to the design of United Nations sustainable development cooperation frameworks.

The evaluation of the Zimbabwe CSP for 2017?2021 covered WFP interventions between 2015 and 2020 to assess continuity from the previous programme cycle, the extent to which the CSP introduced strategic shifts and the implications of such shifts for performance and results. The users of the evaluation are the WFP country office and its internal and external stakeholders, including beneficiaries.

The evaluation adopted a mixed-methods approach and a concurrent triangulation design, drawing on multiple sources of evidence, including documentary evidence, performance data, budget data and key informant interviews. Due to travel restrictions related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, most of the data was collected remotely, in November and December 2020, although the Zimbabwe-based evaluation team member visited project sites. Findings, conclusions and recommendations were discussed with stakeholders during two online workshops in April 2021.

Context

Zimbabwe is a landlocked, resource-rich, low-income, food-deficit country with a population of 14.9 million that is predominantly rural (68 percent) and young (62 percent under the age of 25).

Zimbabwe was hit by several major disasters during the CSP period and as a result has some of the highest levels of food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa. In 10 of the last 11 years, over 1 million people in rural areas have been assessed as requiring food assistance (Figure 1).

Source: World Food Programme

April 20, 2022

Horn Of Africa Hunger Could Soar To 20 Million By Year End: UN

UNITED NATIONS – Drought and Ukraine conflict fallout, could increase hunger in the Horn of Africa from 14 million people to 20 million, by year’s end, a UN spokesman said.

Stephane Dujarric, chief spokesman for UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said, the hardest-hit countries face increasing hunger, if rains continue to fail, the cost of food and fuel keep soaring because of the conflict, and humanitarian funding remains low.

“The World Food Programme (WFP) warns that, time is fast running out for families struggling to survive,” Dujarric said. The WFP Feb appeal, the most recent, reaped less than four percent of the funds needed.

Over the next six months, WFP needs 473 million U.S. dollars, to scale up assistance and save lives across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, the spokesman said. Somalia faces the risk of famine, about 500,000 Kenyans are one step away from catastrophic levels of hunger, and malnutrition rates in Ethiopia are well above emergency thresholds, according to the WFP.

He said that, drought-affected countries across the Horn of Africa are likely to be the hardest hit by conflict impacts. “To give you an idea, the cost of a food basket has already risen, particularly in Ethiopia, by 66 percent, and in Somalia by 36 percent.”

Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK

April 20, 2022

Protection in Danger Monthly News Brief March 2022

Africa\ Democratic Republic of the Congo\ 19 March 2022: In Drakpa village, Djugu territory, Ituri province, Cooperative for Development of the Congo militia members entered an IDP camp and killed fourteen displaced people using machetes, including seven children. Source: Actualité

Nigeria\ 02 March 2022: In Mafa LGA, Borno state, a fire of unidentified origin broke out at the Mun Al-Barnawi IDP Camp, destroying hundreds of temporary shelters, foodstuffs and other valuable items. Firefighters eventually extinguished the fire. Source: Daily Trust

South Sudan\ 14 March 2022: In Juba, clashes between the two rival Anyak and Murle communities in the Mahad IDP Camp resulted in at least three people getting slightly injured. Source: Radio Tamazuj

Sudan\ 19 March 2022: In El Geneina city, West Darfur state, a fire broke out at the Shelter Centre for the Displaced in El Zahraa School which is no longer used for educational purposes. A 13-year-old child died and two others suffered burn wounds. Livestock were killed and the property was damaged. Sources: Radio Dabanga I and Radio Dabanga II

Asia\ Myanmar\ Since the beginning of March 2022: In Mobye and Nan Mae Khon townships, along the southern border of Shan and Kayah states, roadblocks by State Administration Council (SAC) forces have prevented food and emergency supplies from reaching more than 10,000 IDPs taking shelter in the jungle, posing risks of starvation. Source: Radio Free Asia

08 March 2022: Between Letpandaw and Kanthar villages, Yinmabin township and district, Sagaing region, artillery shells from SAC forces hit a monastery where IDPs were taking shelter, killing five elderly people as well as a 30-year-old woman and her two male children, aged seven and nine. Another five elderly IDPs received gunshot wounds. Source: Radio Free Asia

08 March 2022: On the outskirts of Letpandaw village, Yinmabin township and district, Sagaing region, SAC forces set fire to makeshift tents sheltering IDPs. Source: Radio Free Asia

Europe\ Germany\ 06 March 2022: In Duesseldorf city and region, North Rhine-Westphalia state, an 18-year-old Ukrainian female refugee was raped by an Iraqi man and a Nigerian man, both holders of Ukrainian citizenship, onboard the Oscar Wilde hotel ship that is being used to accommodate people fleeing Ukraine. Sources: Polsat News, Sahara Reporters and The Independent

Greece\ 01 March 2022: Off the coast of Mytilene town, Lesbos island, North Aegean region, three men and three women were found dead by the Greek coastguard. Source: The New Arab

Poland\ As reported on 14 March 2022: In an unspecified location, after crossing the Poland-Belarus border, police stole the SIM cards and power banks of four Sudanese migrants, and pushed them at gunpoint towards a barbed wire fence in an isolated part of a forest. One man was wounded when he was thrown into the fence by the guards. Later, all four were taken to a garage by Belarusian border guards where a Belarusian soldier assaulted them, telling them to go back to Poland and threatened to kill them if they returned. Source: The New York Times

As reported on 15 March 2022: In an unspecified location, a man sexually assaulted a 19-year-old Ukrainian female refugee, after luring her in by offering her shelter online. Police have since arrested the perpetrator. Source: Sahara Reporters

Ukraine\ 16 March 2022: In Zaporizhzhia city, municipality and oblast, Russian rockets targeted civilian areas and objects, including the Zaporozhye-2 Railway Station, where thousands of Mariupol IDPs have been taking shelter. Source: The New Arab

19 March 2022: In Mariupol city and raion, Donetsk oblast, Russian forces bombed the School Of Arts Nr. 12, where some 400 IDPs --- including women, children and elderly people --- were taking shelter. Sources: New Age and The New Arab

Middle East and North Africa\ Egypt\ Early-March 2022: In Cairo, 31 Eritrean migrants --- including a disabled woman unable to hear or speak --- were forcibly deported by Egyptian authorities. Source: The New Arab

As reported on 25 March 2022: In Aswan city and governorate, a group of 50 Eritrean migrants --- including three children under the age of seven and a baby, who have been detained since early-2022 --- are faced with an imminent risk of forced deportation. Source: The New Arab

Libya\ 12 March 2022: Off the coast of Tobruk city, Butnan district, Cyrenaica region, at least 19 people went missing and potentially drowned after their boat, which was carrying a total of 23 people towards Europe, capsized. Three others were reportedly rescued by the Libyan coastguard. One body was retrieved. Sources: The New Arab I and The New Arab II

Mediterranean Sea\ 26 March 2022: The NGO ship Ocean Viking rescued 128 people from an overcrowded dinghy. Two of those on board were found dead. Extreme weather conditions prevented the NGO from recovering one body. Source: The New Arab

Morocco\ 14 March 2022: Off the coast of Tarfaya town and province, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra region, at least 44 people --- including 16 women and two infants --- drowned as they were travelling on a boat with 17 others for the Canary Islands. Source: The New Arab

Occupied Palestinian Territories\ 01 March 2022: In Beit Fajjar village, Jenin governorate, West Bank, Israeli forces killed two Palestinian men, aged 18 and 22, during a raid at the Jenin Camp. Sources The New Arab I, The New Arab II and The New Arab III

15 March 2022: In Nablus city and governorate, West Bank, Israeli Border Police raided the Balatah Camp. Palestinian residents responded by throwing rocks at them. A man aged 16 or 17 on a motorcycle allegedly shot at the police and the police returned fire, shooting the man in the head, chest, stomach and arms. He was pronounced dead at the Rafidia Surgical Hospital. At least three other Palestinians were wounded following the raid. Sources: AP, Haaretz and The New Arab

15 March 2022: In Area C, East Jerusalem, West Bank, Israeli soldiers shot and wounded a 20-year-old Palestinian man during a raid at the Qalandia Camp. He died after he was admitted to a health centre. Six other Palestinians were wounded during this raid, all of whom required to be hospitalised. Sources: AP and The New Arab

21 March 2022: In Area C, East Jerusalem, West Bank, Israeli soldiers raided the Qalandia Camp, where they clashed with local youths, wounding eight Palestinians. Source: The New Arab

Syrian Arab Republic\ As reported on 10 March 2022: Update: In Rukban area, along the Syria-Jordan border, Rif Dimashq governorate, the US Embassy in Jordan has failed to respond to calls to evacuate a four-month-old infant from the Rukban IDP Camp for medical treatment for a congenital malformation. Source: The New Arab

Since mid-March 2022: In Rukban area, along the Syria-Jordan border, Rif Dimashq governorate, a severe shortage of food has hit some 10,000 IDPs of the Rukban IDP Camp amid a Syrian Government crackdown on smuggling routes that has prevented the entry of food supplies into the camp. Source: The New Arab

Tunisia\ 18 March 2022: Off the coast of Nabeul town and governorate, at least 20 people drowned following a shipwreck whilst en route to Italy. Their bodies were recovered by the Tunisian coastguard between 18 and 19 March. Sources: The New Arab I and The New Arab II

Source: Insecurity Insight

April 20, 2022

New guidelines from WHO recommend a simpler, safer treatment for cryptococcal disease in people living with HIV

Rapid Advice

Cryptococcal disease is one of the most important opportunistic infections among people living with advanced HIV disease and is a major contributor to illness, disability and mortality, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.

New guidelines developed by WHO strongly recommend a single high dose of liposomal amphotericin B as part of the preferred induction regimen for the treatment of cryptococcal meningitis in people living with HIV.

This new recommendation was made following the results of a multicentre randomized controlled trial conducted in Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe showing that a simplified regimen with a single high dose of liposomal amphotericin B paired with other standard medicines (flucytosine and fluconazole) is as effective as the previous WHO standard of care, with the benefits of lower toxicity and fewer monitoring demands (1). The single high dose containing regimen was also preferred by health care providers because it took less time to prepare, required less monitoring, and may shorten a patient’s length of hospital stay.

These new guidelines will only translate into lives saved if a proactive approach is taken to improving access to liposomal amphotericin B. At this moment, only a few suppliers have received regulatory approval, and although a preferential pricing agreement has been negotiated with the manufacturer of the originator product, uptake has been low across low- and middle-income countries.

“To see the maximum benefits of this optimized regimen, an international effort involving multiple stakeholders is urgently needed to ensure a reliable and sustainable access to liposomal amphotericin B and other antifungal agents,” said Dr Meg Doherty, Director of the Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Programmes. “WHO is committed to helping all countries adopt and implement this new recommendation – so that people living with HIV no longer need to die from a treatable infection.”

The 2022 Guidelines for Diagnosing, Preventing and Managing Cryptococcal Disease will be available online in the coming weeks.

Source: World Health Organization