Situation Overview & Humanitarian NeedsThroughout 2022, children continued to face multidimensional humanitarian crises across West and Central Africa region. UNICEF’s Regional Humanitarian Appeal for Children focuses on 10 countries without a dedicate…
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UN development chief sounds alarm over debt distress facing 52 countries
A top UN official has warned that “urgent” measures are needed to help 52 countries facing debt repayment problems that put some at risk of default.Achim Steiner, head of the United Nations Development Programme, said that 25 of the 52 were spending mo…
Can’t Take Statins? New Pill Cuts Cholesterol, Heart Attacks
Drugs known as statins are the first-choice treatment for high cholesterol but millions of people who can’t or won’t take those pills because of side effects may have another option.In a major study, a different kind of cholesterol-lowering drug named …