Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, nuclear medicine is having its time to shine. The International Atomic Agency (IAEA) is providing diagnostic kits and training to countries interested in using nuclear-assisted tests to detect the virus and track its transmission paths. It’s not surprising that nuclear medicine is set to play a […]

Countries: Burkina Faso, Chad, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria Source: International Organization for Migration The IOM is currently assisting 2,371 stranded migrants across the country as they wait to return to their countries of origin through the Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration programme.

Issue Post March 30, 2020 Lessons from the AIDS epidemic on how COVID-19 may Impact Food and Nutrition Security Stuart Gillespie Alan Whiteside Poverty, malnutrition, weak healthcare systems, and other factors will complicate the response to the pandemic.

Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo Source: UN Children’s Fund Since early 2019, a measles epidemic – the worst in the world — has killed more than 5,300 children under the age of five, while there have been some 31,000 cases of cholera.