Wednesday's attack comes on the heels of a series of attacks that killed and injured civilians, destroyed grain supplies and damaged historic museums in the Ukrainian port city, Humanitarian Coordinator Dennis Brown said in a statement. He said he woke up.
“We offer our condolences to the family of the deceased port pilot and wish the injured a speedy recovery,” she said.
According to reports, three of the injured were crew members from the Philippines.
There have been more than 30 attacks on Ukrainian port infrastructure since Russia withdrew from the U.N.-brokered Black Sea Initiative in July, but this is the first time civilians have been killed or injured onboard a commercial ship.
“The impact of this pattern of brutal and persistent attacks on port facilities by Russia is having a devastating impact on the Ukrainian economy and the hundreds of millions of people facing hunger around the world,” Brown said. .
Money is needed to prevent El Niño from worsening global hunger
The El Niño weather pattern will have severe impacts on agriculture and food security, threatening the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in need of emergency assistance, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced on Thursday.
El Niño affects agriculture and food production by bringing too much or too little rain, depending on the region, and disrupting temperatures.
FAO has called for $160 million in emergency funding to support more than 4.8 million most vulnerable people in 34 countries and prevent damage and loss to crops, livestock, land, water and infrastructure. .
The United Nations agency says the world is entering the current El Niño cycle, with a record 258 million people experiencing severe hunger, and the resources needed to address high levels of food insecurity. He warned that only one-fifth of the funds were available.
FAO said farmers, pastoralists, fishermen and other small-scale producers are bearing the brunt of climate change. In Somalia, UN agencies helped repair riverbank collapses along the Shabelle River and protect 40,000 hectares of farmland from flooding.
According to the FAO, “Every $1 invested in anticipatory actions can generate more than $7 in lost losses and additional benefits for farmers.”
'Significant' regional disparities in early detection of breast cancer
The importance of early detection of breast cancer largely depends on where cancer patients live, according to a new study by IARC, the United Nations World Health Organization's cancer research agency.
The study, published on Thursday and surveying more than 2 million women in 81 countries, found “significant” differences between countries and regions.
For example, nearly one in three women diagnosed with breast cancer in sub-Saharan Africa are found to have late-stage tumors that have spread from their original site, compared to just 10 in Europe and North America. There was one person in
The report also shows that a higher proportion of women of lower socioeconomic status were diagnosed with late-stage tumors.
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer worldwide and the leading cause of cancer death in women.
To reduce breast cancer deaths, WHO recommends that countries strive to increase the proportion of breast cancers diagnosed early by at least 60 percent, which requires investment in detection capacity and data collection. becomes.