Dr. Dominic Dixon
Nigeria inundated by floods; UN steps up disease prevention efforts
With over 826,000 people affected by heavy flooding affecting most of Nigeria, humanitarian agencies continue to step up efforts to...
PEACE, JUSTICE & STRONG INSTITUTIONS
UNADAP
About | COP26 PRESIDENCY | PUBLISHING | Team | GWA | Clean energy | UN-SDG | Media | Contact | Internships | News
Search
Dr. Dominic Dixon
- Sep 20, 2018
- 2 min
Yemen: ‘Time is running out’ to head off devastating famine, warns UN food agency chief
As conflict continues to rage in Yemen, leading to widespread economic hardship and a rampant inflation, the World Food Programme (WFP)...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
- Sep 11, 2018
- 4 min
Global hunger continues to rise | UN Report
821 million people now hungry and over 150 million children stunted, putting hunger eradication goal at risk New evidence continues to...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
- Sep 9, 2018
- 2 min
WHO airlifts over 500 tons of essential medicines and medical supplies to Yemen
The World Health Organization (WHO) airlifted, through several shipments in August, over 500 tons of essential medicines and medical...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
- Sep 7, 2018
- 4 min
Toxic algal bloom continues to suffocate Florida’s Gulf Coast
Florida in the United States of America recently declared a state of emergency as a red tide of toxic algae bloomed along its western...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
- Sep 5, 2018
- 3 min
Inactivity puts physical and mental health of more than 1.4 billion adults at risk | WHO
Insufficient physical activity is a leading risk factor for non-communicable disease, negatively impacting mental health and overall...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
- Aug 26, 2018
- 3 min
DR Congo: Ebola outbreak spreads to eastern ‘no-go’ zone surrounded by rebels
Rebel violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is escalating inside the vast country’s Ebola-hit North Kivu province,...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
- Aug 25, 2018
- 3 min
Combat against devastating effects of tobacco can only be won ‘if the UN stands united’
United Nations agencies must join forces at the policy level and refuse interference from tobacco companies in their programmes so the...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
- Aug 23, 2018
- 3 min
Breastfeeding within an hour after birth is critical for saving newborn lives
An estimated 78 million babies – or three in five – are not breastfed within the first hour of life, putting them at higher risk of death...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
- Aug 20, 2018
- 3 min
India's stance on SDG 3: Good Health And Well-Being
The Challenge Poor health constitutes suffering and deprivation of the most fundamental kind. Over the years, significant strides have...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
- Aug 14, 2018
- 4 min
OUT OF DARKNESS AND INTO LIGHT | Story of Azima, a 16-year old girl living with HIV
"I dream about a day when people in my country will stop seeing us, people living with HIV, as threat to society -" Azima I was born...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
- Aug 13, 2018
- 3 min
Polluting our soils is polluting our future
#StopSoilPollution: 6 reasons why soil pollution should not go unnoticed Soil is a finite resource, meaning its loss and degradation is...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
- Aug 7, 2018
- 1 min
6 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT EBOLA
Find out how Ebola is transmitted, who is at risk of infections, what needs to be done to stop the chain of transmission and to stop an...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
- Aug 5, 2018
- 2 min
Attack on Yemen's largest hospital raises risk of new cholera epidemic
A deadly attack on one of the last functioning hospitals in Yemen in the key port city of Hudaydah has put hundreds of thousands of...