by Chiara Harrison Lambe | May 13, 2020 | Female Empowerment, Global Health, Youth Empowerment
At a time when we all crave a little good news, a major milestone was passed earlier this month in Sudan: the country’s transitional government moved to criminalise female genital mutilation (FGM), making it punishable by three years in jail. This comes after years of...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Apr 28, 2020 | Global Health
Last weekend marked World Malaria Day (April 25) and the start of World Immunisation Week (April 24-30). These two important events in global health are all the more important in a world fighting against a pandemic while we wait for a vaccine. It is possible to reduce...
by Brussels Communications | Apr 27, 2020 | Brussels, Global Health
As the world marks World Malaria Day, the global COVID-19 pandemic that is gripping the world has bought to our attention the health and economic impacts of major infectious diseases, which affect hundreds of millions of people every year. In 2018, there were 228...
by Brussels Communications | Apr 15, 2020 | Brussels, Covid-19, Global Health, Youth Empowerment
Kenya’s confirmed cases of COVID-19 has reached the hundreds, and many counties, including where we work, have been put under curfew. Our immediate worry is of people’s ability to access the healthcare they need, especially young people. At DSW and as a Community...
by Cecile Vernant | Apr 15, 2020 | Brussels, Covid-19, Global Health
On April 8, the European Commission presented the EU response to support partner countries’ efforts in tackling the coronavirus pandemic. The European Parliament will also adopt a resolution on this matter on April 16. That it is a substantial financial...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Apr 7, 2020 | Female Empowerment, Global Health
Happy World Health Day to all! As 2020 is the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, today, Tuesday, April 7th, shines a light on the current status of nursing and midwifery around the world. Globally, 70% of the health and social workforce are women, with...
