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WHO issues guidance to address drastic global health financing cuts
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The new guidance, called "Responding to the health financing emergency: immediate measures and longer-term shifts", provides a suite of policy options for countries to cope with the sudden financing shocks and bolster efforts to mobilise and implement sufficient and sustainable financing for
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Trump cuts funding for Afghan resettlement programs
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
US President Donald Trump has cut funding for Afghan resettlement programs, leaving thousands who aided American forces vulnerable to Taliban retaliation. Critics told Khaama Press the move endangers Afghan allies, undermines U.S. credibility, and poses serious risks to women and girls if pr
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Afghan women continue to face exclusion from education, jobs under Taliban
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Four years into Taliban rule, Afghan women remain barred from government, education, and most jobs, UN Special Representative Susan Ferguson said, Tolo News reported. Half of female staff in civil society organizations lost jobs due to funding cuts, while activists warn this exclusion harms
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WFP raises alarm as 10 million Afghans face hunger due to aid cuts
Updated : 11 months ago IST
The World Food Programme warns that 10 million Afghans need food aid this summer, but only 1 million can be helped due to funding cuts. Experts and officials urge better international ties and resource use to fight poverty, Tolo News reported.
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Food aid only lifeline for millions in crisis-hit Afghanistan: WFP
Updated : 12 months ago IST
Over 23 million Afghans face acute hunger, with the World Food Programme calling food aid their only hope. Due to funding cuts, WFP warns of worsening starvation, especially in remote areas. Khaama Press reports urgent global support is needed to prevent a deeper humanitarian crisis.
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Increases in vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks threaten years of progr
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Immunisation efforts are increasingly at risk as misinformation, population growth, ongoing humanitarian crises, and funding cuts jeopardise progress and leave millions of children, adolescents, and adults at risk, warned WHO, UNICEF, and Gavi during World Immunisation Week (April 24-30).
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US State Department denies plans of NATO funding cuts
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
While addressing a press briefing on Tuesday (local time), Bruce said that the US remains committed to NATO and is trying to make the alliance deterrent, not to help with wars, fight them, or fund them. She stated that NATO was meant to be a collection of entities that would stop bad actors
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Tibetans express concern over RFA, VOA funding cuts
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
According to a report by RFA, the March 15 termination of Congressionally-authorized grants has forced RFA to furlough much of its staff, leaving Tibetans uncertain about the future of these critical news sources.
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Sweden's funding cut to UNRWA deepens Gaza's suffering: UNRWA
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini has expressed disappointment over Sweden's decision to stop funding the agency in 2025, describing it as detrimental to Palestinian refugees at a time when they are already facing immense hardship. This announcement follows a resolution supportin
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Higher education in Pakistan, PoK affected due to massive funding cut
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Muzaffarabad [PoK], May 28 (ANI): Over 141 public sector universities in Pakistan are bearing the brunt of the drastic cut in recurring grants for the higher education budget this year.
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US informed WHO chief of USD 62mn funding cut: State Dept
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], September 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States informed World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus that Washington is reprogramming USD 62 million to finalize its withdrawal from the body, State Department official Nerissa Cook said on Wednesday.
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11,000 Pakistan polio health care workers lose jobs due to funding constra
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 12 (ANI): At least 11,000 health care workers of Pakistan anti-polio campaign, who were also mobilised to fight the coronavirus, have lost their jobs since June due to the restructuring and funding cuts of the anti-polio program.
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