By Antonio Broto Geneva, Dec 29 (EFE).- COVAX, the global initiative for equitable vaccine distribution, is set to conclude its mission on Dec 31, having played a pivotal role in distributing two billion COVID-19 vaccines over the past three years in an effort estimated to have averted 2.7 million deaths in developing nations. Spearheaded by …
By Antonio Broto Geneva/New York, Jul 27 (EFE).- July is set to become the world’s warmest month on record, the World Meteorological Organization, a United Nations specialized agency, said on Thursday. Based on provisional data from the European Union-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service, the WMO said the average global mean surface air temperature for the …
By Antonio Broto Geneva, Apr 19 (EFE).- The European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, the site nine years ago of the most recent international tour by maestro Jose Antonio Abreu, on Wednesday hosted an emotional concert by the National Children’s Symphony of Venezuela, one of the orchestras that makes up the prizewinning …
By Antonio Broto Geneva, Feb 23 (EFE).- From the mass exodus of people to the more than 8,000 recorded deaths and acts amounting to war crimes, a year of war in Ukraine has inflicted pain on civilians in a way Europe has not known in decades. “Every day that violations of international human rights and …
By Antonio Broto Geneva, Feb 17 (EFE).- Some 10 million Ukrainians, almost a third of the country’s population, are suffering from mental health issues, the World Health Organisation reported on Friday. Of those 10 million Ukrainians, 4 million are struggling with moderate to severe symptoms, WHO Europe director Hans Kluge told a press conference in …