How Media and Journalists Indirectly Promote Suicide
MEDIA play a critical role in society and without them, the world would suffer from information deficiency. The four functions of media are to inform, persuade, transmit culture, and entertain. It requires only responsible media to have that hazard perception skill or that fifth sense that tells them beforehand the implications their message could have on
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Women and girls carry the heaviest HIV burden in sub-Saharan Africa
WOMEN and girls bear the biggest burden of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa compared to their male counterparts. By Staff Reporter According to UNAIDS data, gender inequality and discrimination robs women and girls of their fundamental human rights, including the right to education, health and economic opportunities. The resulting disempowerment also denies women and girls sexual
Read MoreAct Now to Save Lives and Prevent Migrants From Going Missing
Thousands of migrants go missing or die each year along migration routes. In 2018, United Nations Member States committed to “save lives and establish coordinated international efforts on missing migrants” by adopting the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM). Four years and more than 15,000 documented deaths later, efforts to provide a
Read MoreSuspend Sale of Captured Live Wildlife in Food Markets Warns WHO and Partners
THE World Health Organisation (WHO), the Food and Agricultural organization (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) have issued a statement condemning the sale of live wild mammals as well as the slaughtering of sickly wild animals as a means to prevent the spread of new SARS-CoV-2 variants between humans and wild animals.
Read MoreHow Media and Journalists Indirectly Promote Suicide
MEDIA play a critical role in society and without them, the world would suffer from information deficiency. The four functions of media are to inform, persuade, transmit culture, and entertain. It requires only responsible media to have that hazard perception skill or that fifth sense that tells them beforehand the implications their message could have
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