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CNN —A Pennsylvania district attorney intends to appeal a judge’s decision last month to overturn the murder convictions of the so-called “Chester Trio” – three men who have spent nearly 25 years in prison for a crime they say they did not commit. In late March – over the objections of prosecutors who fought to have the convictions upheld – Delaware County Judge Mary Alice Brennan vacated the trio’s convictions and granted their request for a new trial. On Tuesday, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said he had, in fact, decided to appeal. Attorneys for at least two of the men said the district attorney’s announcement was disappointing. “There could be nothing further than justice than the decision to appeal the judge’s order,” said Vanessa Potkin of the Innocence Project, who represents Johnson.
Persons: Derrick Chappell, Morton Johnson, Samuel Grasty, Henrietta Nickens, They’ve, , Mary Alice Brennan, Chappell, Johnson, Grasty, Jack Stollsteimer, Stollsteimer, , Judge Brennan, ” Stollsteimer, , Vanessa Potkin, Nilam Sanghvi, ” Sanghvi, Paul Casteleiro, Stollsteimer “, ” Nickens, Chester, CNN’s Dakin Andone Organizations: CNN, Prosecutors, Pennsylvania Innocence Locations: Pennsylvania, Chester , Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, – Delaware County, Delaware County
Opinion | What Does True Consent Look Like for Consumers?
  + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Peter Coy | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
A man with a squeegee cleans your windshield while your car is stopped and then asks for money. Society expects that when we sit down in a barber chair, we’re implicitly agreeing to exchange money for a shearing. What constitutes consent is an unsettled aspect of law, and there are big economic implications. There are also debates about express consent, which seems like it would be cut and dried but actually isn’t. There are several spheres of life where questions of consent are bubbling up.
Persons: we’re, Henrietta Lacks Organizations: . Society
For Ytasha Womack, the Afrofuture Is Now
  + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Katrina Miller | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +2 min
And as with many things Afrofuturistic, Ytasha Womack’s fingerprints are all over it. (In 2023, Ms. Womack published “Black Panther: A Cultural Exploration,” Marvel’s reference book examining the films’ influences.) Afrofuturism is a way of thinking about the future, with alternate realities based on perspectives of the African diaspora. People have used imagination to transform their circumstances, to move from one reality to another. And so to claim your imagination — to embrace it — can be a way of elevating your consciousness.
Persons: Womack, , Octavia Butler, Nyota Uhura, Janelle Monáe, Henrietta, “ Niyah Organizations: Adler, Carnegie Hall’s, National Museum of, Star, New York Times Locations: Chicago
Read previewHenrietta Wood was born into slavery to the Tousey family in Kentucky between 1818 and 1820. AdvertisementIn an April 1878 article about Wood's lawsuit, The New York Times suggested that more formerly enslaved Americans may ask for reparations. "The United States Government may be asked to make good the loss of those whose property was suddenly clothed with the right of manhood," The Times wrote. While there has been more vocal support for reparations in recent years, and individual states have instituted their own reparations committees, federal efforts have stalled. Last May, Democratic Rep. Cori Bush proposed Reparations Now, legislation that would push the federal government to provide reparations to the descendants of enslaved people.
Persons: , Henrietta Wood, Henry Forsyth, Wood, William Cirode, Cirode, Jane, Jane Cirode, Zebulon Ward, Josephine, Robert White, Wood's, Ward, Caleb McDaniel, , Danielle Blackman, Jim Crow, Steve Cohen, Cori Bush, Bush Organizations: Service, Business, The New York Times, United, United States Government, Times, Northwestern University's School of Law, Rice University, Seattle Times, Senate, Democratic, Tennessee Locations: Kentucky, Louisville, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Ohio, Hope, Chicago, America, United States
Many of his medical achievements came at the cost of the health and well-being of enslaved Black women. He performed surgical experiments on enslaved Black women, often without the use of anesthesia. Black women were experimented on to improve health care for white womenSocietal, institutional, and systemic racism has endangered the lives of Black women for centuries. In a 2023 CDC study , Black women reported experiences of mistreatment during maternity care at the highest rate of women surveyed. As enslaved Black women were considered to be the property pf their owners, and therefore did not have their own rights of refusal, Sims' experimented on Black women in order to improve gynecological outcomes for white women.
Persons: Marion Sims, , J, Sims, Spencer Platt, fistulas, Lucy, Black, Julia Axelrod, Henrietta, Fannie Lou Hamer, sterilizing, vesicovaginal fistulas Organizations: Gynecology, Service, Design, Parks Department, Park, 103rd, Getty, Equity Locations: New York, Central, Mississippi, CDC, Montgomery
Gazing Into the Past and Future at Historic Observatories
  + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Kim Beil | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Lick Observatory and Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz., which opened in 1894, both remain active in astronomical research. Other historic observatories now focus primarily on public outreach and education, including Yerkes Observatory (1897) in Williams Bay, Wis., and Mount Wilson Observatory (1904), outside Pasadena, Calif. At each of these sites, you can step into the history of the cosmos — experiencing the deep time of the stars, as well as more recent histories of discovery. Looking through 19th-century glass at the Lick, you can see where E. E. Barnard spotted a new moon of Jupiter and James Keeler found a gap in Saturn’s rings. At Mount Wilson, Edwin Hubble, building on work done by Henrietta Swan Leavitt at Harvard, made an observation that proved there were other galaxies in the universe beyond the Milky Way. At Yerkes, you can peer through the 40-inch refracting telescope that surpassed Lick’s in size in 1897 and was used by a cadre of path-breaking women working in astronomy.
Persons: Barnard, James Keeler, Mount Wilson, Edwin Hubble, Henrietta Swan Leavitt Organizations: Lowell, Yerkes Observatory, Mount Wilson Observatory, Harvard, Yerkes Locations: Lick, Flagstaff, Ariz, Williams Bay, Wis, Pasadena, Calif, Mount
U.S. President Joe Biden, in remarks looking beyond the war that began with an Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Palestinian Hamas militants, said on Wednesday that the future should include Israeli and Palestinian states side by side. Israel has resisted both, arguing that Hamas would only take advantage and create new threats to Gaza civilians. "We will keep striking in Gaza in order to achieve the goals of the war," Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a televised statement that Israel was "preparing for a ground invasion. International pressure is growing to delay any invasion of Gaza, not least because of hostages.
Persons: Yasser Qudih, Biden, Israel, Joe Biden, Anthony Albanese, Israel's Magen David, Daniel Hagari, Benjamin Netanyahu, Nidal al, Henrietta Chacar, Emily Rose, Jeff Mason, Phil Stewart, Michelle Nichols, Grant McCool, Howard Goller Organizations: REUTERS, UN Israel, United Nations, Australian, Reuters, United, Street, Washington, U.S, Thomson Locations: Gaza City, Gaza, GAZA, JERUSALEM, Israel, Palestinian, Washington, Saudi Arabia, Rishon Letzion, Tel Aviv, United Nations, Russia, China, U.S, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Rafah, United States, East, Iran, Iranian, An Israeli
“Our plan will drive far more growth and opportunity here in the north than a faster train to London ever would,” he said Wednesday. Some of the alternatives Sunak highlighted were predicated on the delivery of HS2, said Henrietta Bailey, CEO of Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce. “This is the biggest and most damaging U-turn in the history of UK infrastructure,” the High Speed Rail Group, which represents companies such as Siemens, Hitachi and Bombardier, said in a statement. “The decision … sends a hugely disappointing message about our commitment to completing major infrastructure projects in the UK,” said Stephen Phipson, chief executive of Make UK, which represents manufacturing firms. The country must hope that his latest policy reversal doesn’t deter investors and further undermine a struggling UK economy, perpetuating a doom-loop of weak growth and underinvestment.
Persons: Rishi Sunak, Sunak, , Henrietta Bailey, Stephen Phipson, Mark Allen, ” Sunak, , Liz Truss, he’s, Sunak blinked, James Mason, ” — Hanna Ziady Organizations: London CNN —, Leeds, Birmingham Chambers of Commerce, HS2 —, Conservative, Speed Rail Group, Siemens, Hitachi, Bombardier, Make, Investors, Treasury, Business Locations: England, United Kingdom, London, Germany, France, Italy, China, Japan, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Manchester, Britain, West, North Yorkshire
Years ago, during the George W. Bush administration, I shadowed another U.S.A.I.D. Despite some notable gains, especially in areas such as girls’ education, it was clear the agency was struggling. In the end, approximately $145 billion in assistance — about $20 billion of which was administered by U.S.A.I.D. Would the story turn out similarly in Ukraine, a state that last year ranked alongside Angola in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index? That’s what I went to Ukraine to see for myself.
Persons: I’ve, George W, Bush, Henrietta Fore, ” —, Sam’s, Organizations: American Embassy, U.S.A.I.D, Angola Locations: Afghanistan, Ukraine
George C. Wolfe can pinpoint the exact moment that sparked his career as a director and dramatist. “We were supposed to sing this song,” recalls Wolfe, 68. “Here was this monumental human being who changed history, and then history forgot him,” says Wolfe, himself a gay man, who has lived in New York City since 1979. Though contemporaries in adjacent disciplines, Wolfe and Weems had never had a real conversation before meeting on a steamy July day in a downtown Manhattan studio. Here, the two discuss their childhoods, art as activism and what they feel is still left to accomplish.
Persons: George C, Wolfe, , , Tony Kushner’s, , , he’s, Henrietta, Ma, “ Rustin, Barack, Michelle Obama’s, Bayard Rustin, Martin Luther King Jr, Rustin, Carrie Mae Weems, Julie Mehretu, Lyle Ashton Harris, Weems Organizations: Broadway, Public Theater, York Shakespeare, Netflix, Manhattan’s Guggenheim Museum, Tate Locations: Kentucky, America, York, Washington, New York City, Portland, Brooklyn, Syracuse, N.Y, London, Pergamon, Berlin —, Manhattan
They have petitioned a judge to throw out their convictions and order a new trial based on the new DNA evidence. The prosecution has argued in court filings there was no evidence the sex was nonconsensual or that this unknown male killed Nickens. Chappell, Johnson and Grasty were each convicted in separate trials of second-degree murder and other charges in 2000 and 2001 and sentenced to life in prison. Eric Levenson/CNNWitness also testified at Alex Murdaugh trialPalmbach’s testimony came a month after another defense witness testified about the new DNA evidence as part of this petition. On cross-exam Tuesday, Delaware County Assistant District Attorney Sara Vanore noted that Palmbach came to his conclusions even though he was not a DNA expert and didn’t closely review court testimony.
Persons: Timothy Palmbach, rebutting, ” Palmbach, Derrick Chappell, Morton Johnson, Samuel Grasty, Henrietta Nickens, Nickens, Chappell, Johnson, Grasty, Richard McElwee, McElwee, Shook, Hardy, Bacon, Trio ”, , , Janet Purnell, Johnson’s, , Mahir Sharif, It’s, Cynthia Chappell, Chappell’s, “ I’m, Brenda Brown, Kenyett LeBue, Eric Levenson, Alex Murdaugh, Sara Vanore, Palmbach, Vanore, Murdaugh, Jeffrey Fumea Organizations: Pennsylvania CNN, Prosecutors, CNN, Innocence, Chappell, Pennsylvania Innocence, Centurion, Delaware, Pennsylvania State Police Locations: Pennsylvania, Delaware County , Pennsylvania, Chester , Pennsylvania, McElwee, South Carolina
To an ordinary person, the answer is obviously yes. Lacks, a Black mother of five, was dying of cervical cancer in 1951 when doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore biopsied tissues from her cervix. Whatever the case, cells from the research sample were later found to be highly valuable because they were the first that could divide indefinitely in a laboratory. And cells are “de-identified,” unlike Lacks’s cells, which are named HeLa to this day. What’s still debated is whether people have a legitimate ownership claim in the first place.
Persons: it’s, Henrietta Lacks, HeLa, What’s Organizations: Johns Hopkins Hospital Locations: Baltimore
After her mother died when Lacks was 4 years old, her father sent her and her nine siblings to live with their maternal grandfather in a log cabin in Clover, Virginia. The cabin was once the slave quarters on the plantation that Lacks' white great-grandfather and great-uncle had owned. A tobacco farm in Virginia. Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty ImagesLacks worked as a tobacco farmer starting from an early age, feeding animals, tending the garden, and working in the tobacco fields, according to her family. She attended a designated Black school, but had to drop out to help support the family when she was in the sixth grade.
Persons: Scott J, Ferrell Organizations: Congressional Locations: Clover , Virginia, Virginia
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Henrietta Lacks changed modern medicine when doctors took her cells without her consent in 1951. Despite that incalculable impact, the Lacks family had never been compensated. Henrietta Lacks' cells have been part of many medical breakthroughs. "The exploitation of Henrietta Lacks represents the unfortunately common struggle experienced by Black people throughout history," the complaint reads. "It was a long fight — over 70 years — and Henrietta Lacks gets her day."
Persons: Henrietta, HeLa, Ben Crump, Crump, didn't, Rebecca Skloot, Oprah Winfrey, Johns Hopkins, Fisher, George Floyd's, Alfred, Carter Jr, Chris Van Hollen, Ben Cardin, Van Hollen Organizations: Service, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Fisher Scientific Inc, Associated Press, HBO, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Maryland Democrats Locations: Wall, Silicon, Waltham , Massachusetts, Baltimore, Virginia, United States, Baltimore's
The family of Henrietta Lacks, the Black woman whose cancer cells were taken without consent and used to pioneer numerous medical discoveries, reached a settlement on Monday with a biotechnology company that had used the cells. Lacks, who died decades ago, accused the company, Thermo Fisher Scientific, of selling the cells and trying to secure intellectual property rights on the products the cells were used to help develop without compensating the family or seeking their permission or approval. The terms of the settlement are confidential, lawyers for both parties said in a statement. Thermo Fisher, a Massachusetts-based biotechnology company, and the legal team for Ms. Lacks’s family released identical statements announcing the settlement. “The parties are pleased that they were able to find a way to resolve this matter outside of Court and will have no further comment,” the statements said.
Persons: Henrietta Lacks, Lacks’s Locations: Massachusetts
Children addicted to video games run away from home in search of WiFi and turn violence, per a doctor. Many games involve loot boxes, typically unknown items unlocked through additional gameplay or paid for with real-world or in-game money. Video game companies EA and Respawn have faced criticism for expensive loot boxes in Apex Legends, with one axe totaling $178 in microtransactions when it was released. "To spend money, these children need to borrow money from parents or use monetary gifts received for birthdays and Christmas. Last year, then-Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries opted not to regulate loot boxes as gambling.
Persons: Henrietta Bowden, Jones, Bowden, Nadine Dorries Organizations: for Gaming Disorders, National Centre for Gaming Disorders, Guardian, EA, Apex, Gambling Locations: microtransactions, Austrian, Belgium, Australia
June 12 (Reuters) - 'De-risk, not decouple' are the new buzzwords for Western policy toward China, drawing skepticism from Beijing about whether there is any difference between the two. Whether that involves a complete separation or something short of that depends on the business and its direct and indirect exposure to China, the executives said. So while Sequoia took the route of separation, many other major business executives have traveled to China in recent weeks to meet staff, clients and officials. SMALL YARD, TALL FENCEWashington is putting export controls on sensitive technologies and encouraging Western companies to reassess supply chains. The financial firm's CEO said there had not been enough focus on the costs of the new policy.
Persons: , Henrietta Fore, , Sequoia, Jamie Dimon, Jane Fraser, Tesla's, Elon Musk, he's, they'd, Paritosh Bansal, Anna Driver Organizations: UNICEF, Sequoia, JPMorgan's, chipmaker Micron Technology, Companies, Thomson Locations: China, Beijing, Russia, Taiwan, U.S, Washington
Colson Whitehead and Mindy Kaling will both be honored this week. President Biden will honor actors, artists, authors, musicians and scholars Tuesday with the federal government’s highest awards for contributions to the arts and humanities. Recipients of the National Medal of Arts will include comedians and actors Mindy Kaling and Julia Louis-Dreyfus , legendary singers Gladys Knight and Bruce Springsteen , and fashion designer Vera Wang . Authors including Bryan Stevenson , Amy Tan and Colson Whitehead , and academics including Henrietta Mann are among those who will receive the National Humanities Medal.
The win ends a nearly two-year power sharing agreement, giving Democrats true majority rule. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona's viselike grip on their party's priorities has loosened a bit, thanks to Georgia. Republicans will no longer be able to bottle up Biden administration nominees in committee, and select Democratic committee chairs will again be able to issue subpoenas. "Joe Manchin is a good person; he really is," Biden said Friday at a reception for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York speaks at a press conference at the Capitol on August 5, 2022.
Have a blend of permanent and term life insuranceThere are two types of life insurance: permanent life and term life. She recommends blending permanent and term life insurance, because permanent life insurance is a tool to build wealth and leave a legacy in the Black community. She said, "If you can't afford permanent life insurance, then get a term life insurance policy with the goal of converting it before the end of the policy." Convert your term life insurance to a permanent policy to prepare for retirementGlenn notes that life insurance is the optimal way to prepare for retirement. When you make the conversion from term life to permanent, understand that there are different types of permanent life insurance policies, like whole, universal, and variable life.
Un raport comun al OIM şi UNICEF estimează că, la începutul anului 2020, 160 de milioane de copii erau obligaţi să muncească, cu 8,4 milioane mai mult decât în urmă cu patru ani.Dacă se adeveresc previziunile actuale privind creşterea sărăciei globale, încă nouă milioane de copii vor fi forţaţi să muncească până la sfârşitul anului viitor, potrivit raportului.Modelele statistice indică însă că această proiecţie ar putea fi de peste cinci ori mai mare, a avertizat Claudia Cappa, coautor al raportului. "Dacă protecţia socială scade în raport cu nivelul actual, din cauza măsurilor de austeritate şi a altor factori, numărul copiilor obligaţi să muncească ar putea să crească cu 46 de milioane" până la sfârşitul anului 2022, a explicat Cappa pentru AFP.Raportul, publicat la fiecare patru ani, arată că jumătate din numărul copiilor care muncesc au vârsta cuprinsă între 5 şi 11 ani.Tendinţa ascendentă a început înainte ca pandemia să perturbe complet economia globală şi să marcheze un punct de cotitură faţă de cele 94 de milioane de copii care munceau în perioada 2000 - 2016.În momentul în care criza generată de pandemie s-a extins la nivel global, unul din zece copii muncea.ONU avertizează că situaţia riscă să se deterioreze dacă nu se face nimic pentru a ajuta familiile care se scufundă în sărăcie. "Pierdem teren în lupta împotriva muncii realizate de copii şi anul trecut nu a uşurat lucrurile", a subliniat Henrietta Fore, director executiv al UNICEF.Fenomenul afectează băieţii într-o mai mare măsură, aceştia reprezentând 97 de milioane din totalul de 160 de milioane de copii care munceau la începutul anului 2020.Şi mai îngrijorătoare este creşterea numărului de copii cu vârste cuprinse între 5 şi 17 ani care fac o muncă periculoasă, ce poate avea un efect direct asupra dezvoltării, educaţiei sau sănătăţii lor; o categorie ce include sectoare periculoase precum mineritul sau pescuitul sau faptul de a lucra peste 43 de ore pe săptămână, ceea ce face ca orice şcolarizare să fie aproape imposibilă.La începutul anului 2020, OIM şi UNICEF estimau că 79 de milioane de copii erau angajaţi în acest tip de muncă periculoasă, cu 6.5 milioane mai mult decât în urmă cu patru ani.Marea majoritate a copiilor (70% /112 milioane) sunt angajaţi în activităţi agricole, în timp ce 20% sunt activi în sectorul serviciilor, iar restul de 10% în industrie.Africa subsahariană a înregistrat cea mai mare creştere a numărului de copii care sunt obligaţi să muncească. Numărul acestora a fost cu 16.6 milioane mai mare la începutul anului trecut, comparativ cu 2016.
Persons: Claudia Cappa, Henrietta Fore Organizations: UNICEF Locations: OIM, subsahariană
UNICEF a cerut luni ca profesorii şi învăţătorii să aibă prioritate la administrarea vaccinurilor împotriva COVID-19 pentru ca procesul de învăţământ să se poate desfăşura cu prezenţă fizică, iar centrele şcolare să rămână deschise, relatează EFE.Fondul Internaţional pentru Urgenţe ale Copiilor al Naţiunilor Unite a cerut într-un comunicat ca această colectivitate să fie vaccinată imediat după personalul sanitar din prima linie şi categoriile de risc, cele două grupuri care vor fi primele vaccinate în majoritatea ţărilor, scrie agerpres.ro "Pandemia de COVID-19 a făcut ravagii în educaţia copiilor din întreaga lume. Vaccinarea profesorilor este un pas cheie", a declarat directoare executivă a UNICEF, Henrietta Fore. "Deşi deciziile privind repartizarea vaccinurilor rămân la decizia guvernelor, consecinţele unei educaţii pierdute sau limitate o perioadă prelungită de timp sunt profunde, mai ales pentru cei mai defavorizaţi", a insistat ea. "Sunt decizii dificile care obligă la realizarea unor sacrificii dificile. Ceea ce nu ar trebui să fie dificil este însă decizia de a face tot ceea ce este posibil pentru a salvgarda viitorul generaţiei viitoare", a subliniat Henrietta Fore.UNICEF a reamintit că în cele mai grele momente, pandemia a determinat închiderea şcolilor la care învaţă aproape 90 la sută dintre elevii din întreaga lume, o cifră care de atunci s-a redus.Închiderea şcolilor continuă totuşi în multe locuri ale lumii, deşi - potrivit UNICEF - "există tot mai multe dovezi că şcolile nu sunt un factor important de transmitere comunitară.Potrivit agenţiei ONU, la data de 1 ianuarie centrele de învăţământ erau închise pentru 1 din 5 copii din întreaga lume, reprezentând aproape 320 de milioane de elevi.
Persons: Henrietta Fore, Henrietta Fore.UNICEF Organizations: UNICEF, Naţiunilor, ONU
Una din patru instituţii de asistenţă medicală din întreaga lume nu dispune de servicii de aprovizionare cu apă, ceea ce supune personalul sanitar şi pacienţii unui risc mai mare de a contracta noul coronavirus, a avertizat OMS luni, potrivit AFP, citată de Agerpres.Aproximativ 1,8 miliarde de persoane vizitează sau lucrează în unităţi sanitare care nu dispun de servicii de aprovizionare cu apă de bază, atrag atenţia Organizaţia Mondială a Sănătăţii (OMS) şi Fondul Naţiunilor Unite pentru Copii (Unicef) într-un raport comun bazat pe date din 165 de ţări. "Activitatea într-o unitate sanitară fără apă, salubrizare şi igienă seamănă puţin cu a-i trimite pe medici şi pe asistenţii medicali să lucreze fără echipament de protecţie personală", a precizat directorul general al OMS, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, amintind că "aprovizionarea cu apă, salubrizarea şi igiena în unităţile sanitare sunt fundamentale pentru a opri COVID-19".Potrivit OMS, proporţia profesioniştilor din domeniul sanitar infectaţi cu noul coronavirus este mult mai mare decât în restul populaţiei: aceştia reprezintă mai puţin de 3% din populaţie, însă 14% din cazurile raportate la nivel mondial. "Trimiterea profesioniştilor din domeniul sănătăţii şi a persoanelor care au nevoie de tratament către unităţi fără apă curată, toalete sigure sau chiar săpun, le pune viaţa în pericol", a subliniat, de asemenea, directorul general al Unicef, Henrietta Fore.Potrivit raportului, una din patru instituţii de asistenţă medicală din lume nu dispune de servicii de aprovizionare cu apă, una din trei nu asigură o igienă adecvată a mâinilor în cazul în care este acordată îngrijirea, una din zece nu are acces la serviciile de salubrizare, iar una din trei nu îşi sortează deşeurile corespunzător.Situaţia cea mai catastrofală este însă întâlnită în cele 47 de ţări cel mai puţin dezvoltate ale planetei: una din două instituţii sanitar nu dispune de un serviciu de aprovizionare cu apă potabilă de bază, una din patru nu este echipată cu dispozitive de spălare a mâinilor acolo unde se asigură îngrijirea medicală, iar trei din cinci nu au acces la serviciile de salubrizare de bază.Potrivit OMS şi Unicef, costul pentru înfiinţarea serviciilor de aprovizionare cu apă în unităţile sanitare din cele 47 de ţări cel mai puţin dezvoltate s-ar ridica la 1 dolar pe cap de locuitor. În medie, exploatarea şi întreţinerea acestor servicii ar necesita 0,20 de dolari pe cap de locuitor în fiecare an.
Persons: OMS, Henrietta Organizations: OMS, Unicef
UNICEF a tras un semnal de alarmă joi în ce priveşte riscul de a avea o 'generaţie pierdută' pe măsură ce pandemia se prelungeşte şi continuă să afecteze educaţia, alimentaţia şi sănătatea copiilor, informează dpa.Într-un nou raport, agenţia ONU arată că, la nivel global, copiii şi adolescenţii reprezintă 11% din cazurile de infectare cu noul coronavirus, scrie agerpres.ro 'În decursul pandemiei de COVID-19 a existat un mit persistent conform căruia copiii sunt foarte puţin afectaţi de această boală. Nimic nu ar putea fi mai departe de adevăr', a subliniat directorul executiv al UNICEF, Henrietta Fore, într-un comunicat de presă.Ea a remarcat că perturbările produse unor servicii de sănătate şi sociale esenţiale şi ratele în creştere ale sărăciei constituie cea mai mare ameninţare pentru tânara generaţie. 'Cu cât criza se prelungeşte, cu atât mai mare va fi impactul asupra educaţiei, sănătăţii, nutriţiei şi bunăstării copiilor. Viitorul unei întregi generaţii este în pericol', a avertizat Henrietta Fore.Raportul a constatat o reducere a acoperirii cu servicii de sănătate într-o treime din cele 140 de ţări evaluate, în special din cauza temerii de infectare, fiind afectate vaccinările de rutină, asistenţa în ambulatoriu şi serviciile de sănătate a mamei.La nivel global, 265 de milioane de copii nu mai beneficiază de hrană la şcoală, iar încă 5-6 milioane de copii cu vârste sub 5 ani (o creştere de 14%) vor suferi de malnutriţie acută în acest an, mai ales în Africa subsahariană şi în Asia de Sud.Raportul UNICEF mai previzionează că, până la mijlocul anilor 2020, încă 150 milioane de copii vor ajunge în sărăcie multidimensională.Tot UNICEF avertizează că 'o perioadă de 12 luni cu perturbări severe ale serviciilor şi de malnutriţie în creştere' ar avea drept consecinţă 'un număr estimat de încă 2 milioane de decese în rândul copiilor şi 200.000 de copii născuţi morţi'.
Persons: Henrietta Fore, presă.Ea, Henrietta Fore.Raportul Organizations: UNICEF, ONU Locations: sănătăţii, Africa subsahariană, Asia
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