No-where as worrisome for COVID-19 infections as South America, Brazil concerning: PAHO
Bogota, ColombiaReuters South America is the most worrying region for COVID-19 infections, as cases mount in nearly every country, the director of the Pan American Health Organization said on Wednesday. “No-where are infections as worrisome as in South America”, Director Carissa Etienne said during a weekly press conference. Senior citizens wait to receive a dose […]
WHO says the Americas are new COVID-19 epicenter as deaths surge in Latin America
Brasilia, BrazilReuters The Americas have emerged as the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization said in a Tuesday briefing, as a US study forecast deaths surging in Brazil and other Latin American countries through August. “Now is not the time for countries to ease restrictions,” Carissa Etienne, WHO director for the […]
WORLD IN CRISIS: CORONAVIRUS CHASES THE SLUM DWELLERS OF LATIN AMERICA
OSCAR LOPEZ and ANASTASIA MOLONEY, reporting for Thomson Reuters Foundation, look at the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on those living in South America’s slums…
Domestic violence rates fall in parts of Latin America – UN
Thomson Reuters Foundation Domestic violence against women may have declined over the past 20 years in seven countries in the Americas, though the problem remains rife and undermines development in the region, the Pan-American Health Organization said last week. Domestic violence, including physical and sexual abuse against women, carried out by former or current boyfriends […]