Almost four million people in war-torn Somalia are on the verge of starvation, as the East African country continues to grapple with a prolonged drought that has left many without water and livelihood.
India Covid-19 appeal: No hospital beds, acute shortage of oxygen
3 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Mridula Narayan paints a vivid picture of the humanitarian crisis in India as the COVID-19 pandemic grows.
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Mridula Narayan paints a vivid picture of the humanitarian crisis in India as the COVID-19 pandemic grows.
Video / AP / World Vision
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German police have arrested three men and a fourth is being held in Paraguay for allegedly running one of the world s biggest online networks for sharing images of child sex abuse.
The international operation, involving several police forces, targeted a dark net platform called Boystown, which has now been taken down.
Officials say Boystown had more than 400,000 registered users.
They say some images showed the most serious sexual abuse of young children.
The dark net is an internet area beyond the reach of mainstream search engines.
The German-led investigation involved law enforcement agencies in the Netherlands, Sweden, Australia, the US and Canada.
Acute water shortage hits Islooites
Islamabad
April 11, 2021
Islamabad: The residents of sectors G-14/4 and G-13 are facing acute water shortage because of non-availability of underground water and only 1-hour a week supply through pipelines in G-13.
There is no water supply whatsoever in Sector G-14/4 and residents have to entirely depend upon tanker water supply at costly rates.
The spokesperson for local monitoring committee said that it is the responsibility of the Federal Government Employees Housing Authority (FGEHA) to provide water to the residents but despite its efforts in the last two years, no solution is visible. Droughts and Climate Change also having an adverse impact on the situation, he said.
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Study meets primary and key secondary objectives with positive impact and favorable overall safety profile in 21 heavily pre-treated and immunocompromised patients with steroid-resistant, gastrointestinal-predominant aGvHD following stem cell transplantation
Results in line with previously observed data from a larger patient population treated with MaaT013 as part of an early access program
MaaT013 expected to advance into pivotal Phase 3 program MaaT Pharma announced today positive topline results from its Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating lead microbiome ecosystem therapy, MaaT013, in a high-risk patient population with grade III-IV steroid-refractory, gastrointestinal-predominant acute graft-versus-host disease (SR-GI-aGvHD). The study met its primary endpoint of clinical efficacy, demonstrating a combined 33.3% complete response rate (CR) or very good partial response rate (VGPR) at day 28. In addition, the overall response rate (ORR) was 38.1% at day 28 and the be