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How Effective Are vaccines? History of Immunization | Global Focus | UN Story
Vaccines save at least 4 to 5 million lives every year. This remarkable success story is the result of massive immunization campaigns that have swept round the world in recent decades. Smallpox, which killed hundreds ...
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Industry and a livable planet: Paris Climate Agreement | United Nations
Here’s our dilemma: we need industry to make the things we need, like cars, buses, tractors and computers. But we also need a clean, livable planet. Leading Indian environmentalist Sunita Narain says we can have both,...
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UN General Assembly: Haiti appeals for compassion on migrants
The Prime Minister of Haiti today called on leaders to adopt a compassionate approach to migration, as the United Nations General Assembly continued its high-level debate. “Many countries which are prosperous today h...
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COVID-19 Vaccine – Côte d’Ivoire first African country to vaccinate with COVAX
Côte d’Ivoire became Friday 26 February the second country to receive a COVAX vaccine shipment. The West African country received 504,000 doses of lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine. Philippe Poinsot, the United Nations Resi...