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UNCTAD marks its fiftieth anniversary Interview with Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD

08/07/2015

Mukhisa Kituyi has had a long and impressive career. Not only has he been an academic and a minister of trade for Kenya, he also has wide-ranging experience in trade negotiations, as well as in African and international economics, and diplomacy. It has been said that one could hardly find a better qualified person to head the United Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), with its focus on achieving prosperity for all. (In addition – believe it or not…

Health services shut down as funding shortfall cripples humanitarian operations in Iraq

08/07/2015

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4 August 2015 – A severe funding shortfall has led to the closure of 84% of health programmes supported by humanitarian partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO), in Iraq, leaving almost 3 million people without access to urgently needed heath care services. More than 184 front line health services in 10 governorates have been suspended, leaving millions of refugees, internally displaced persons and host communities without access to trauma care, nutrition supplementation, primary health care, outbreak detection and…