There Has Been a 300% Increase in Measles Cases This Year Mark Leon Goldberg April 19, 2019It is not usual that the heads of UNICEF and the World Health Organization would team up to jointly warn the world about a fast spreading disease that stalks children. But a sudden surge in measles cases in the...
Map of the Day: The 13 Most Overlooked Global Humanitarian Crises Mark Leon Goldberg April 16, 2019How do we know which humanitarian crises are most overlooked, ignored or otherwise off the radar?One measure is how much money is available for the response to a humanitarian crisis. This is a good proxy fo...
A New UN Report Details Food Crises Around the World Joanne Lu April 10, 2019Every year for the last three years, persistent conflict, climate shocks and economic instability have driven more than 100 million people around the world into crisis-levels acute hunger or worse. Last year, ...
Everywhere in the world women live longer than men. Why? A New UN Report Has Some Answers Joanne Lu April 9, 2019Everywhere in the world – but especially in wealthy countries – women live longer than men. Why? According to the latest World Health Statistics Overview published last week by the World Health Organization (WH...
The Trump Administration Banned the ICC Prosecutor from Visiting the United States. Are UN Officials Next? Mark Leon Goldberg April 5, 2019The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is banned from the United States. Aside from official meetings at the United Nations, the State Department has placed visa restrictions on Fatou Bensouda, a Ga...
The Head of UNICEF (Who is a Former Republican Official Nominated by Donald Trump) Warns Against Cutting Aid to Central America Mark Leon Goldberg April 3, 2019The head of UNICEF, Henrietta Fore, is a former Republican official. She served in George W. Bush's administration as a top official at USAID, the State Department and even ran the US Mint for several years in ...
A Race to Stop Cholera in Mozambique in the Wake of Cyclone Idai Mark Leon Goldberg April 2, 2019International and local aid workers are racing to stop a cholera outbreak in Mozambique, which so far has sickened at least 1,000 people in the wake of Cyclone Idai.Cholera is a deadly waterborne disease th...
Security Council Tightens Screws on Terror Financing Mark Leon Goldberg March 29, 2019The Security Council unanimously passed a new resolution intended to crack down on the financing of terrorist groups. Resolution 2462, approved on Thursday, requires states to take concrete steps that would mak...
Cyclone Idai Has Caused an “Inland Ocean” in Mozambique the Size of Luxembourg Mark Leon Goldberg March 26, 2019An "inland ocean" the size of Luxembourg has devastated a massive swath of Mozambique. When Cyclone Idai hit the country last week, it brought heavy winds, massive rains in what has been called the worst storm ...
