The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken formal steps to prevent and mitigate drug shortages for over a decade. While the problem predates the COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic presented potential new challenges for drug manufacturing, supply, and distribution.1  To address those challenges, Congress enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, […]

Country: Ghana Source: World Health Organization Two earlier results have been confirmed. WHO experts will be deployed over the next couple of days to provide coordination, risk assessment and infection prevention measures.

Countries: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees With nearly 600,000 refugees and 400,000 internally displaced people, Chad remains a major host country despite facing its own socio-economic, political and security challenges.

The Italian Supreme Court confirmed, yet again, the crucial importance of complying with certain Italian law formalities for the validity in Italy of a power of attorney granted and notarized abroad (the “PoA”). By decision no. 2866 of 5 February 2021, the Italian Supreme Court in Joint Session (Corte di […]

Man who ‘wastes his money’ slammed for expecting partner to buy him food (Newsweek)  Jul 15, 2022 Jul 14, 2022 pfowlkes Fri, 07/15/2022 – 11:00 Man who ‘wastes his money’ slammed for expecting partner to buy him food (Newsweek)  Man who ‘wastes his money’ slammed for expecting partner to buy […]

Country: Myanmar Source: Médecins Sans Frontières The challenging conditions in which Rohingya are detained in cramped camps, with limited economic opportunities and reliant on humanitarian assistance leaves women and girls at greater risk of abuse.

Protesters celebrated in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital late into the night Thursday after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa tendered his resignation following a week of escalating demonstrations over the country’s crippling economic crisis.

Photo: Pixabay/Ricobino By Angelica Krystle Donati Four billion people, over half of the global population, experience water scarcity at least once a year and 1.42 billion people live in areas of high-water vulnerability. The water cycle is being disrupted by climate change, and consumption habits that are unsustainable and polluting pose […]

On 28 June 2022, in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra directed the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) within HHS to ensure patient privacy and nondiscrimination for patients seeking […]