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Shift spending for sustained food security

[ad_1] The COVID-19 pandemic poses unprecedented challenges for agriculture and food security, and governments must take action, writes Raghbendra Jha. In 2016, even before the COVID-19 crisis, the Food and Agriculture Organization estimated that 815 million people or 10.7 percent of the population at that time were starving. The 2015 …

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Trump rules out renegotiating trade deal with China

[ad_1] United States President Donald Trump on Monday ruled out renegotiating the trade agreement signed with China. “I am not interested in that,” Trump told reporters when asked about reports that China was seeking to reopen talks on the trade deal signed in January. “Not even a little bit,” Trump …

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Delaying Your Mammogram During Coronavirus: Yay Or Nay?

[ad_1] A “cancer screening” attempts to find cancer when it’s small and curable, and is important tool for reducing the cancer burden in the world. The U.S. Preventatives Services Task Force recommends routine screening for breast, colon, cervical, and lung cancers. When reports out of Wuhan showed that patients with …

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Daring to Ask, Listen and Act: A Snapshot of COVID-19’s Impacts on Women’s and Girls’ Rights and Sexual and Reproductive Health – April / May 2020 – Jordan

[ad_1] Executive Summary The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic is dramatically changing the way millions of women, men, girls and boys around the world lead their lives. Jordan, a country hosting more than 700,000 refugees in a troubled region, has been profoundly affected by the shock of COVID-19 in its economy and …

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