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Zawya
29-03-2025
- Health
- Zawya
Tens of millions risk starvation as funding cuts deepen crises in Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo): World Health Organization (WHO), World Food Programme (WFP)
The United Nations agency has received only $1.57 billion of the $21.1 billion required to sustain its operations this year, with donations slashed by 40 per cent after cuts from major donors like the United States. ' WFP is prioritizing countries with the greatest needs and stretching food rations at the frontlines. While we are doing everything possible to reduce operational costs, make no mistake, we are facing a funding cliff with life-threatening consequences,' said Rania Dagash-Kamara, WFP Assistant Executive Director for Partnerships and Innovation. 'Emergency feeding programmes not only save lives and alleviate human suffering – they bring greatly needed stability to fragile communities, which can spiral downwards when faced with extreme hunger.' The drastic reductions are threatening the organization's global programs in 28 regions, including Gaza, Sudan, Syria, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Bracing for the rainy season With the rainy season looming in fighting-stricken South Sudan, two-thirds of its estimated 12.7 million people facing acute food insecurity could go even hungrier. WFP delivers food and nutrition aid to 2.3 million people in the east African country who have escaped war, extreme climate events, and economic downturn. More than one million people have fled to the impoverished nation from neighboring Sudan. Outbreaks surging Meanwhile, shortages in medical supplies are likely to worsen the crisis in conflict-torn eastern DRC, with the public health system on the brink of collapse and spikes in viral outbreaks, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday. After recent clashes in Walikale, in the western part of the city of Goma, nearly 700 people are seeking treatment in a hospital, but funding cuts, disease outbreaks and blocked aid are hampering their access to healthcare. 'There is no possibility for access – no partner, nobody can really join that place,' said Dr. Thierno Baldé, WHO Incident Manager for Eastern DRC. Some 2,000 people have already died, Dr. Baldé stressed, adding that the crisis is also affecting neighboring countries such as Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania. One in 10 infected people is currently dying of cholera in a major outbreak near the Congolese border with Burundi, he said. The region is seeing a surge in outbreaks of infectious diseases, including cholera and mpox, and the dire humanitarian situation is driving spikes in mortality rates, Dr. Baldé reported. A drop in the ocean Emergency medical teams are 'doing the best they can', mobilizing local people for additional support in providing care. The World Health Organization was recently able to ship 20 tons of medical supplies on roads all the way from Uganda over Kenya and Tanzania into Goma, providing some relief, but as Mr. Baldé highlighted, all of this was just a 'drop in the ocean' in the country where 50 million people are affected by the crisis. Vaccines out of stock Funding cuts in humanitarian aid directly threaten half of the 4 million people living in North Kivu. 'Vaccines for routine immunization are almost out of stock in Goma,' Mr. Baldé warned. In the imminent danger of vaccines running out, Ms. Margaret Harris, spokesperson for the World Health Organization added, that this concerns the whole world. 'Infectious diseases don't care about borders; they don't care about elections and governments. If you don't vaccinate everywhere, you're going to be affected everywhere,' she said. Amidst the US Government announcing to suspend financing the Alliance for Vaccine (GAVI), a driving force in providing children vaccinations in poor countries, a out that an estimated 154 million lives have been saved over the past 50 years thanks to global immunization drives. 'It's madness not to invest in vaccination,' she concluded. Refugees at risk Providing further proof of the health threats caused by funding cuts, Allen Maina, Public Health Chief of the UN Refugee agency (UNHCR) stated, that nearly 13 million displaced people, including six million children are 'at risk of not being able to access lifesaving health and nutrition care.' Echoing that infectious diseases such as cholera, hepatitis, malaria are more likely to break out, Mr. Maina stressed that the problem doesn't only stem from'overwhelmed hospitals and health systems', but also in disrupted water supply systems, sanitation facilities and waste management. 'This situation is devastating, but it's coming on top of longstanding shortfalls in humanitarian assistance,' Mr. Maina reminded, highlighting that in Ethiopia's Gambela region, operations in four out of seven refugee sites have recently been closed due to the funding cuts. '99 severely malnourished children had to be discharged immediately because programmes had to close', he said, maintaining that for 980 acutely malnourished children, there were only two staff members available. 'We're talking about people here. We talk about men and women. We talk about children, worried whether their parents will live to see another day, Mr. Maina stressed. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of UN News.
Yahoo
15-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Former Monaco striker Keita Baldé joins Serie A side Monza
Keita Baldé (29) is on his way back to Serie A after a short spell in Turkey. The former AS Monaco striker has joined Monza for the remainder of the 2024-25 campaign. ɴᴇᴡ 1️⃣7️⃣ ɪɴ ᴛᴏᴡɴ ⚪🔴#ACMonza #Welcome #KeitaBalde — AC Monza (@ACMonza) February 13, 2025 During his spell in Russia at Spartak Moscow, the Senegalese international was suspended for a violation of anti-doping control in Italy when he was a player at Cagliari. That suspension caused him to miss the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar for Senegal, though he was a member of the side that captured the Africa Cup of Nations that same year. After beginning his senior career at Lazio, Baldé came to the Principality in August 2017 on a five-year contract for a reported transfer fee of €30m. Les Monégasques were the reigning Ligue 1 champions when he arrived, and he made some brief apearances with the club over the course of two seasons. They finished as runners-up in the Coupe de la Ligue in 2017-18 and wound up second in the 2018 Trophée de Champions tournament. He saw little action while at Monaco and spent two seasons on loan to Serie A sides Inter Milan and Sampdoria before moving to Cagliari in late August 2021. He helped them capture the Trofeo Sardegna in 2021. Baldé joins Monza with the club eight points below the Serie A relegation line after 24 matchdays, netting the second-fewest goal in the Italian top-flight (21). They have lost 10 of their last 11 matches across all competitions, including a 5-1 drubbing against Baldé's former side Lazio last Sunday. In 185 Serie A appearances, Baldé has 41 goals, the third-most by an African player in that competition, with only George Weah's 46 and Victor Osimhen's (26) tally of 65 above him. GFFN | Joel Lefevre
Yahoo
15-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Former Monaco striker Keita Baldé joins Serie A side Monza
Keita Baldé (29) is on his way back to Serie A after a short spell in Turkey. The former AS Monaco striker has joined Monza for the remainder of the 2024-25 campaign. ɴᴇᴡ 1️⃣7️⃣ ɪɴ ᴛᴏᴡɴ ⚪🔴#ACMonza #Welcome #KeitaBalde — AC Monza (@ACMonza) February 13, 2025 During his spell in Russia at Spartak Moscow, the Senegalese international was suspended for a violation of anti-doping control in Italy when he was a player at Cagliari. That suspension caused him to miss the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar for Senegal, though he was a member of the side that captured the Africa Cup of Nations that same year. After beginning his senior career at Lazio, Baldé came to the Principality in August 2017 on a five-year contract for a reported transfer fee of €30m. Les Monégasques were the reigning Ligue 1 champions when he arrived, and he made some brief apearances with the club over the course of two seasons. They finished as runners-up in the Coupe de la Ligue in 2017-18 and wound up second in the 2018 Trophée de Champions tournament. He saw little action while at Monaco and spent two seasons on loan to Serie A sides Inter Milan and Sampdoria before moving to Cagliari in late August 2021. He helped them capture the Trofeo Sardegna in 2021. Baldé joins Monza with the club eight points below the Serie A relegation line after 24 matchdays, netting the second-fewest goal in the Italian top-flight (21). They have lost 10 of their last 11 matches across all competitions, including a 5-1 drubbing against Baldé's former side Lazio last Sunday. In 185 Serie A appearances, Baldé has 41 goals, the third-most by an African player in that competition, with only George Weah's 46 and Victor Osimhen's (26) tally of 65 above him. GFFN | Joel Lefevre
