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The Struggling SDGs, Money for Beirut, Resuming Vaccinations in Pakistan and Afghanistan

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The tremendous fallout from the explosion in Beirut on Aug. 4 continues as the United Nations offers direct aid, including providing a mobile health clinic and vaccines for children, while a new $565 million appeal to help the Lebanese recover …

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The Collateral Damage in Trump’s War on the WHO: Ending Polio for Good

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Already struggling with a surging Covid-19 pandemic, United Nations health agencies must now face the possible abdication of the United States’ leading role in fighting polio — just as the world gets tantalizingly close to eradicating it for good. Polio-free …

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