Role of digital technologies on well-being for all among resolutions agreed upon
Apr 27 2020
The Commission for Social Development concluded its fifty-ninth session on 17 February 2021, forwarding four draft resolutions, all without a vote, to the Economic and Social Council for consideration, including one that addressed this year’s priority theme for the 46-member subsidiary body — the role of digital technologies on social development and the well-being of all.
Amid pandemic and unrest, midwives undeterred in saving lives in Conakry
Apr 27 2020
CONAKRY, Guinea – “Our midwives who work during this period of political crisis are brave and courageous because they face both COVID-19 and violence in the streets,” said Dr. Sekou Keita, the director of Communal Medical Center (CMC) of Matam, a commune of Conakry.
It has indeed been a harrowing year for the midwives of Guinea.
COVID’s led to ‘massive’ income and productivity losses, UN labour estimates show
Apr 27 2020
Job losses or reduced working hours due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic cost the world the equivalent of 255 million jobs in 2020, the UN International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Monday, noting that the “massive impact” was nearly four times the number lost during the 2009 global financial crisis.
Covid-19 pandemic and the social determinants of health
Apr 21 2020
Lauren Paremoer and colleagues call for action to create a fairer and more sustainable post-covid world
The covid-19 pandemic has exposed the longstanding structural drivers of health inequities, such as precarious and adverse working conditions, growing economic disparities, and anti-democratic political processes and institutions. These important determinants of health have interlinked with class, ethnicity, gender, education level, and other factors during covid-19 to exacerbate existing social vulnerabilities in society.