Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Wednesday that the United States will be offering $215 million in emergency assistance to ease worldwide food shortages, worsened by the Ukraine war and resulting supply chain disruptions.
we can reopen newport. we are - newport again? we have no idea when we can reopen newport. we are facing| we can reopen newport. we are facing a disaster in the next few weeks when the new crop this year and the old crop is not exported. old crop is not exported. russia said sanctions old crop is not exported. russia said sanctions on old crop is not exported. russia said sanctions on it old crop is not exported. russia said sanctions on it would - old crop is not exported. russia said sanctions on it would need | old crop is not exported. russia l said sanctions on it would need to be looked at if the world wants to solve the crisis was up whilst many in the westfield russia is holding safe passage through the sea at hostage, ukraine s grain could rot while other staff. michael dunford, the world food programme s regional director for eastern africa, is in nairobi in kenya. give us an example of how reliant countries like kenya are on russian and ukrainian grain. we countries l
rate as high as 10%. dr louise ivers, is the director of the center for global health at massachusetts general hospital, where a patient is currently being treated for monkeypox? how is the patient doing how is the patient being treated? the how is the patient doing how is the patient being treated? patient being treated? the patient is re orted patient being treated? the patient is reported to patient being treated? the patient is reported to be patient being treated? the patient is reported to be doing patient being treated? the patient is reported to be doing well. i i patient being treated? the patient is reported to be doing well. i am | is reported to be doing well. i am not personally caring for the patient but the hospital release that information that he is stable and doing well. we have a specialised word in the hospital to deal with special pathogens. unusual or rare infections. so he is being cared for and that special units with highly trained infection control and
are at risk of severe hunger. on that, we spoke earlier to michael dunford, regional director for east africa of the united nations world food programme. this is really one of the worst droughts that we ve seen in the region in history, certainly the driest of the region has been in a0 years. we ve had three failed rains, we re desperately waiting on the current rains to deliver, and it looks as though they will underperform. we re even hearing reports that the next rainy season may be a failure. we have a crisis on our hands, and, as martin griffiths and others have said, we need the world to respond. the world food programme, other humanitarian actors have the capacity to meet the needs of the population only if we receive the funding required and we receive it now. there are estimated up to 20 million people who will be impacted, and almost 5.7 million children included in this number. so if we do not act,