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24 to 31 May 2020
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Photo of the Week
Gianni Murzi takes us to a bakery in the Balat district of Istanbul. Anyone want to try a donut?XUNICEF
Steve Umemoto initiates a great discussion on how we retirees might lobby against the decision of President Trump to withdraw the US from WHO.We have an update on the survey results and news about national focal points.
David Bull writes to the XUNICEF network in the UK on cooperation with the UK National Committed on a lobbying campaign on behalf of ‘Children under Lockdown’
Music and Lighter Stuff
Doreen Lobo shares one song sung together in 50 countries
Horst Cerni offers us appropriate technology and teaches us how to drink beer with a mask on
Malaysia hosted the One Love Concert this week for UNICEF
Doreen tells us that medical professions seldom agree on anything
Two cartoonists try to figure out WHO dunnit it.
Fouad Kronfol introduces us to his Parisian driving instructor
Captain Haddock looks for essential supplies
School kids learnt the les gestes barrières pour l’école
UNICEF
UNICEF and WHO say the world is failing to stop harmful marketing of breast-milk substitutes
UNICEF and UNFPA soulignent l'importance de la santé menstruelle en période de pandémie
Qudria and Joakim share their home diaries of life during the time of covid
UNICEF has issued a Technical Note on the impact of Covid-19 on low-income families.
Au Sahel central, 2,3 millions d'enfants auront besoin de protection cette année
The Security Council plans a briefing on Children in Armed Conflict in June. ED Fore is among those expected to brief the Council.
L’UNICEF au Maroc lance “Les Rendez-vous de l’UNICEF”
The Eastern Caribbean Area Office has launched an online mental health service in 5 languages.
U-Reporters are getting busy with articles on Covid-19
Fouad Kronfol shares a superb visual from the New York Times marking the over 100,000 deaths in the US from Covid-19.
Niloufar Pourzand offers us another visualization of Covid-19’s progression of deaths
BBC asks, is “Coronavirus in Africa: Contained or Unrecorded?”
Hoping for a vaccine? Anti-vaxxers in the US are already at work convincing people not to take a vaccine if and when one becomes available.
Two members of the UN military mission in Mali have died from Covid, “Deux morts dans les rangs de la MINUSMA ”
More children are falling sick and some are dying from a Kawasaki-like syndrome tied to Covid-19. The Washington Post says researchers suspect a ‘cytokine storm’.
UNICEF and UNFPA soulignent l'importance de la santé menstruelle en période de pandémie
Qudria and Joakim share their home diaries of life during the time of covid
UNICEF has issued a Technical Note on the impact of Covid-19 on low-income families.
Au Sahel central, 2,3 millions d'enfants auront besoin de protection cette année
The Security Council plans a briefing on Children in Armed Conflict in June. ED Fore is among those expected to brief the Council.
L’UNICEF au Maroc lance “Les Rendez-vous de l’UNICEF”
The Eastern Caribbean Area Office has launched an online mental health service in 5 languages.
U-Reporters are getting busy with articles on Covid-19
UN
The Secretary-General warns that devastation lies ahead if the world does not act now.
Covid-19
A top designer in Sénégal offers us her masks and her thoughts, “J’ai l’impression qu’on a baissé les bras…”Fouad Kronfol shares a superb visual from the New York Times marking the over 100,000 deaths in the US from Covid-19.
Niloufar Pourzand offers us another visualization of Covid-19’s progression of deaths
BBC asks, is “Coronavirus in Africa: Contained or Unrecorded?”
Hoping for a vaccine? Anti-vaxxers in the US are already at work convincing people not to take a vaccine if and when one becomes available.
Two members of the UN military mission in Mali have died from Covid, “Deux morts dans les rangs de la MINUSMA ”
More children are falling sick and some are dying from a Kawasaki-like syndrome tied to Covid-19. The Washington Post says researchers suspect a ‘cytokine storm’.
Coping in the time of Coronavirus
Knowing what others are facing and how they are coping can help all of us. Are you willing to share your own experiences? If so, please contact Nuzhat. You can choose to share anonymously. You can also ask to talk to someone confidentially and on a one-to-one basis.
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