"DATA COLLECTION"

WHO recommends highly successful COVID-19 therapy and calls for wide geographical distribution and transparency from originator. WHO

At least two thirds of households with children have lost income since the COVID-19 pandemic hit two years ago, according to a new report published on Thursday by United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Bank. UNICEF

Bringing heavy rains, violent winds and storm surges, Intense Tropical Cyclone Batsirai made landfall on the central-eastern coast of Madagascar on Saturday. Storms during the agricultural season have the potential to wipe out harvest, send food prices soaring and increase food insecurity. WFP

Disruptions and delays to HIV services caused by the COVID-19 pandemic led to declines in HIV testing and diagnoses in 2020 for the first time in more than two decades. UNITAID

The World Food Programme (WFP) has launched today in South Africa the drone hub to focus together with government and partners on building capacity with the aim of using drones for humanitarian purposes. UNTV CH

Briefing by Shantanu Mukherjee, Chief of the Integrated Policy Analysis Branch in DESA's Division for Sustainable Development Goals, Nancy L. Vandycke, Economic Advisor at the World Bank, and Jan Hoffman, Head of UNCTAD's Trade Logistics Branch, on the Interagency Report on Sustainable Transport.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the 20th anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action “offers an important opportunity to reflect on where we stand and where we need to go,” adding that “structural racism and systematic injustice still deny people their fundamental human rights.” UNIFEED

Job losses, lack of cash and soaring prices are creating a new class of hungry in Afghanistan, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned today. WFP

Press briefing by Rob Floyd, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), on the 25th anniversary of the Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.

Briefing by Florencia Soto Niño, Associate Spokeswoman for the Secretary-General.