Jennifer Rigby
Global Health Correspondent at Reuters
Global health correspondent @Reuters, formerly @TelGlobalHealth and @Channel4News, briefly in Myanmar
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1 week ago |
bilyonaryo.com | Emma Farge |Jennifer Rigby |Ariel Tolentino
By Emma Farge and Jennifer RigbyGENEVA, April 14 (Reuters) – Member states of the World Health Organization hope to soon complete more than three years of negotiations on new rules for responding to pandemics when they resume talks in Geneva, after the COVID-19 pandemic killed millions in 2020-22. Here are key details about the new agreement:WHY IS A NEW PANDEMIC TREATY BEING DISCUSSED?
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1 week ago |
marketscreener.com | Emma Farge |Jennifer Rigby
GENEVA (Reuters) -Member states of the World Health Organization hope to soon complete more than three years of negotiations on new rules for responding to pandemics when they resume talks in Geneva, after the COVID-19 pandemic killed millions in 2020-22. Here are key details about the new agreement:WHY IS A NEW PANDEMIC TREATY BEING DISCUSSED?
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2 weeks ago |
au.news.yahoo.com | Jennifer Rigby |Mariam Sunny
Cuts to aid budgets are threatening to undermine years of progress in reducing the number of women dying during pregnancy and childbirth, the United Nations is warning. Globally, there was a 40 per cent decline in maternal deaths between 2000 and 2023, a report by UN agencies including the World Health Organization showed on Monday, largely due to better access to essential health services.
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2 weeks ago |
thewest.com.au | Jennifer Rigby |Mariam Sunny
Aid cuts could see more women die in childbirth, UN
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4 weeks ago |
coshoctontribune.com | Jennifer Rigby
In total, 5,341 foreign aid awards will be terminated, representing just under $76 billion, a USAID document saysVaccine group Gavi, which lost funding, estimates it has saved 18.8 million children’s lives since its inception in 2000.
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