Tag Archives: Risk

33,000 Tigray children risk death from hunger – UN

IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERSimage captionAbout 1.7 million people have been displaced since the fighting in Tigray began last November About 33,000 severely malnourished children in the Tigray region of Ethiopia are at high risk of death, the UN children’s agency Unicef has warned. Tigray has been devastated by fighting between government forces …

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Residents risk epidemic due to lack of clean water at Ada Kyeremanten

Pupils and residents of Ada Kyeremanten in the New Juaben South Municipality lack access to potable water. The challenge has made them vulnerable to an imminent diarrheal disease, acute illness and chronic infection. The Ada Kyeremanten Commnunity in the New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern Region is blessed with …

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Covid-19: US places Ghana as a high risk country to travel to

The US government through the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has placed Ghana as a very high level of COVID19. It has urged its citizens to suspend travels to Ghana. The CDC has a five-level rank that categorises countries based on the level and risk of infections. On …

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Ugandan sex workers risk their lives in lockdown

Sex workers living with HIV in Uganda have stopped taking their medication because of a lack of food and income as restrictions have left them with no clients. The government has been giving food aid to some of those who are most affected by the restrictions that have been in …

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