WHO: Equitable, Global Distribution of 2 Billion COVID-19 Vaccine Doses to Begin in 2021

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https://im-media.voltron.voanews.com/Drupal/01live-166/2020–12/2020–12–18T133114Z_598285588_RC2PPK9P5Z94_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-COVAX.JPG?imwidth=800Near­ly two bil­lion dos­es of COVID-19 vac­cines have been secured for equi­table dis­tri­b­u­tion in 2021 to the 190 coun­tries that have signed on to a World Health Orga­ni­za­­­tion-led part­ner­ship, accord­ing to a Fri­day announce­ment from the group.  Offi­cials from the

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Conflict, floods and COVID-19 push South Sudanese into extreme hunger 

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Dri­ven by inse­cu­ri­ty, the effects of COVID-19, an on-going eco­nom­ic cri­sis, and the impact of flood­ing on liveli­hoods, three UN agen­cies called on Fri­day for imme­di­ate human­i­tar­i­an access to east­ern South Sudan’s Pibor coun­ty, where peo­ple are fac­ing cat­a­stroph­ic lev­els of hunger. 

UN Appeals for $254 Million to Assist Victims of Violence in Mozambique

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https://im-media.voltron.voanews.com/Drupal/01live-166/2020–12/000_8WX7X2.jpg?imwidth=800GENEVA — The Unit­ed Nations is appeal­ing for $254 mil­lion to pro­vide life-sav­ing assis­tance for 1.1 mil­lion peo­ple caught in a dev­as­tat­ing cycle of vio­lence and abuse in Mozambique’s Cabo Del­ga­do province.  U.N. agen­cies report a sharp esca­la­tion in

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