These are the Top Hunger Crises to Watch in 2020 According to the UN World Food Program Mark Leon Goldberg February 18, 2020At the start of the year, the World Food Program issued a forecast of where it expects to find the worst hunger crises this year. The report, called Global Hotspots 2020, identifies 15 major food emergencies th...
How Community Health Workers Prevent Conflict in Kenya Mark Leon Goldberg February 13, 2020Dr. Roseanne Njiru is a sociologist at the University of Nairobi who has conducted cutting edge field research that finds a link between healthcare and peacebuilding. Specifically, she examines the role that co...
The Trump Administration Seeks Massive Cuts to the World Health Organization and UN Peacekeeping. Also, the Total Elimination of Funding for UNICEF Mark Leon Goldberg February 11, 2020The budget request released this week by the White House recommends large cuts to US payments to several United Nations entities. This includes a 53% cut to the World Health Organization, which is at the front ...
The Crisis in Yemen is Getting Worse Mark Leon Goldberg February 10, 2020For a brief period this fall, it appeared that the crisis in Yemen was de-escalating. Fighting had reached some of its lowest levels since 2015, when Saudi Arabia led an international coalition to intervene in ...
The Fight Against ‘Neglected Tropical Diseases’ Gets a Boost Mark Leon Goldberg February 6, 2020Explanation of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and its Impact January 30th, 2020 marked the very first World NTD Day, a day which is meant to create further awareness of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD...
A Key UN Committee Ruled that Climate Refugees Deserve Special Protection. Here’s Why That Matters Mark Leon Goldberg February 4, 2020 This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.Yvonne Su, University of GuelphThe recent ruling by a United Nations committee that govern...
Why Are So Many Aid Workers Being Killed in the Line of Duty? Mark Leon Goldberg February 3, 2020Aid work can be a dangerous business. According to the latest verified data, 131 aid workers were killed in the line of duty in 2018. Many more were injured in serious attacks.According to my guest today, A...
How the World Health Organization is Responding to the Coronavirus Outbreak Mark Leon Goldberg January 29, 2020Coronavirus Outbreak One of the fastest moving global news stories of early 2020 has been the spread of the coronavirus. Sourced back to Wuhan, China, the virus has reached over 7,000 confirmed cases worldwide...
How Diplomacy Can Save the Nile River Mark Leon Goldberg January 28, 2020Ed note. This first appeared in The ConversationMahemud Tekuya, University of the PacificEthiopia, Sudan and Egypt are a step closer to resolving their disputes over the filling and operation of the Gra...
