
Rachel Schraer
Global Health Correspondent at The Independent
Global Health Correspondent for The Independent 🌎 Before: The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, BBC News + World Service ✍️ 📻 📺
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1 week ago |
independent.co.uk | Rachel Schraer |Alicja Hagopian |Bel Trew |Rebecca Thomas
In FocusHIV infections and deaths from Aids are set to skyrocket in the next five years if US-funded programmes are not reinstated, write Rachel Schraer, Alicja Hagopian, Bel Trew and Rebecca ThomasFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing.
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2 weeks ago |
independent.co.uk | Rachel Schraer
Exclusive: Cuts to spending will leave at least a million women and children at increased risk of violence, charities sayRachel SchraerGlobal Health CorrespondentMore than 60 major UK and international charities have called for the government to reverse funding cuts that they warn will ensure the “worst aid budget for women and girls on record”.
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2 weeks ago |
independent.co.uk | Rachel Schraer
AnalysisNegotiations to ensure richer countries share vaccines and drugs with poorer countries during health emergencies had threatened to derail negotiations, writes Rachel SchraerAn agreement on how to tackle future pandemics has been adopted by world leaders through the World Health Organisation (WHO), after years of painstaking negotiations. The WHO Pandemic Agreement was passed with applause by delegates at the World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva.
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2 weeks ago |
independent.co.uk | Rachel Schraer
Health facilities have closed and health workers are losing their jobs, said WHO director Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus saysRachel SchraerGlobal Health CorrespondentPeople in at least 70 countries are missing out on much-needed medical treatment thanks to aid cuts by the US and other nations, the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) director has said – in a stark warning about the colossal impact of these moves.
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3 weeks ago |
independent.co.uk | Rachel Schraer
Development minister claims there is an ‘absolute crisis’ in public support for international aidRachel SchraerGlobal Health CorrespondentFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing.
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