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Coronavirus latest: End ‘tsunami of hate’ over pandemic, UN chief demands Old-Age Poverty

Coronavirus latest: End ‘tsunami of hate’ over pandemic, UN chief demands

The European Commission has recommended keeping the EU's external borders closed to non-EU citizens in an effort to prevent a second wave of the novel coronavirus. Follow DW for the latest. - The global death toll from COVID-19 has risen to over 272,000, while more than 3.8 million people are known to have…
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May 8, 2020
Where Is Patricia Sigl? Old-Age Poverty

Where Is Patricia Sigl?

My street is a quiet one, tucked away in the nether regions of Islington, a few minutes from Regent’s Canal. Its stillness normally comes at a price since at any given time there are repairs underway—a window frame, a roof, a facade—and the moment one job is done another springs…
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May 7, 2020
Kano State’s COVID-19 blues Old-Age Poverty

Kano State’s COVID-19 blues

L-R: Alhaji Rabiu Gwarzo, Board Member, FMN, Alhaji Sani Umar, Director, Northern Nigerian Flour Mills,  Abdulfatai Isa, Area Sales Manager, FMN, Prof. Abubakar, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Fatai sobande, Production Manager, FMN, His Excellency Dr Abdulahi Umar Ganduje, Governor of Kano State at the presentation of 5,000 COVID-19 test kits…
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May 7, 2020
People and Jobs? Or Wealth? The Government Has To Decide Which To Prioritise, and There Is Only One Right Answer Old-Age Poverty

People and Jobs? Or Wealth? The Government Has To Decide Which To Prioritise, and There Is Only One Right Answer

Yves here. I wish I had written this must-read post. Richard Murphy lays out the case for whose interests need to be sacrificed for the economy to have any hope of surviving under the conditions being imposed on businesses to keep workers and customers safe. Unfortunately, his well-reasoned recommendation, that…
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May 6, 2020
A Protest From France. The Great Danger of Ill-Conceived Lockdowns Old-Age Poverty

A Protest From France. The Great Danger of Ill-Conceived Lockdowns

After WWI, the distinguished British economist Edwin Cannan was asked, somewhat reproachfully, what he did during the terrible war years. He replied: “I protested.” The present article is a similar protest against the current lockdown policies put into place in most countries of the Western world to confront the current coronavirus pandemic. Here…
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May 1, 2020
Contextual and individual level factors influencing nutritional program effectiveness in HIV care setting in Tigray region, northern Ethiopia: Mixed methods study Old-Age Poverty

Contextual and individual level factors influencing nutritional program effectiveness in HIV care setting in Tigray region, northern Ethiopia: Mixed methods study

Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Fisaha Tesfay,  Anna Ziersch,  Lillian Mwanri,  Sara Javanparast x Published: April 27, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231859 Abstract Introduction Addressing malnutrition is one of the key components of HIV care among people living with HIV. Since 2010, a nutritional program has been implemented to address malnutrition…
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April 27, 2020