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Posts Categorized: Health
November 9, 2015
by Robert Arrington Today the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations had the opportunity to host Dan and Elizabeth Turk, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) mission co-workers serving in Madagascar since 1994 at the invitation of the Church for Jesus Christ of Madagascar (FJKM). They met with a group of us and shared what they have been… Read more »
May 22, 2015
by Nathan Jumper and Amelie Clemot The NGO Committee on the Status of Women/New York and the NGO Committee on Mental Health recently held a panel session in the UN community on the relation between gender equality and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). NCDs are currently divided into four categories: cancers, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory diseases, and… Read more »
April 25, 2013
Below is a message from Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on World Malaria Day. THE SECRETARY-GENERAL — MESSAGE ON WORLD MALARIA DAY 25 April 2013 Since world leaders adopted the Millennium Development Goals in 2000, a broad partnership of governments, United Nations entities, philanthropies and businesses has combined to protect hundreds of millions of people from… Read more »
September 10, 2012
The United Nations Country Team in the occupied Palestinian territory has issued a study that considers what it might look like to live in the Gaza Strip in 2020. The resulting document provides an overview of current challenges and trends in Gaza as well as an extrapolation eight years forward. The study concludes: In the… Read more »
April 30, 2012
Today, the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations hosted with Caritas Internationalis partners from the Diocese of El Obeid who spoke about their work in the Nuba Mountains region of Sudan. A briefing with nongovernmental and governmental partners was hosted this afternoon followed by an appointment with a UN agency. The partners brought the message… Read more »
August 18, 2011
A reflection on the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing for the purpose of strengthening the protection of Human Rights of older persons August 1-4, 2011 Peng LeongFirst Chinese Presbyterian Church of New York CityVolunteer Intern, Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations I have been working with older persons for many years in my church as… Read more »
June 7, 2011
U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Susan Rice gave a statement about HIV/AIDS to the Security Council this afternoon. She said, “Two decades of often heroic international efforts to extend the lives of those living with HIV/AIDS have significantly alleviated the health effects of the disease, but most people living with HIV still… Read more »
