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Economic and social progress in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) have been slowed by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and the ongoing energy and food crises, according to an International Labour Organization (ILO) report. UNIFEED

Briefing by Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), and Salous Klaus Chilima, Vice-President of Malawi, on the launch of ILO's report on Least Developed Countries (LDC).

Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) reviewed vaccine policy issues including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and COVID-19 vaccination on immunization services, infection and vaccination-induced immunity, use of the Hepatitis A vaccine, Typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCVs), changes to the HPV vaccination schedule, and the polio eradication programme. WHO

Briefing General Assembly, International Mechanism head calls crimes committed in Syria ‘barbaric’, urges pursuing accountability.

Briefing General Assembly, International Mechanism head calls crimes committed in Syria ‘barbaric’, urges pursuing accountability.

As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its third year, 23 countries – home to around 405 million schoolchildren – are yet to fully open schools, with many schoolchildren at risk of dropping out, according to a new UNICEF report released today. UNICEF

Health authorities in Malawi are currently responding to the wild poliovirus type 1 outbreak after a single case was detected in Lilongwe district. The vaccination campaign, targeting children under-5-years old, began this week and is ongoing. Vaccinators have spread out across the country, including outside of Malawi’s cities, to reach potentially vulnerable children. WHO

The President of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera, held a meeting on the African country’s economy with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Friday at the IMF headquarters in Washington, DC. IMF

Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.