Pandemic lockdowns, misinformation campaigns, conflicts, climate crises and other problems diverted resources and contributed to the largest backslide in routine immunization in 30 years.
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At a Boarding School in Ukraine, Displaced Children Long for Home
Many left their parents behind when they were evacuated from the country’s east. Now they wrestle with the trauma of a conflict that has consumed much of their young lives.
Ruinous Flooding in India and Bangladesh Kills at Least 116
In regions of the two countries still reeling from flooding in May, monsoon rains brought more misery, with hundreds of thousands of people evacuated and communications cut.
Seeking Covid Pills, Poor Nations Fear Repeat of AIDS Crisis
The antiviral pills, plentiful in the United States, are scarce overseas. Health groups and the White House want to expand access but face obstacles that evoke the H.I.V. epidemic.
Bangladesh Shutters Dozens of Schools Set Up by Rohingya in Camps
More than 30 schools, teaching tens of thousands of Rohingya students, were closed in Bangladesh, where officials are said to have feared the schools would encourage the refugees to stay permanently.
U.N. General Assembly Vote Further Isolates Russia on Ukraine War
Syria, North Korea, Eritrea and Belarus voted against the resolution, joining Russia, which called the measure “pseudo-humanitarian.”
Teenage Inmates in Syria Lack Food and Medicine, Aid Group Says
UNICEF was given the first glimpse of teenage detainees at a prison attacked by ISIS two weeks ago in northeastern Syria.
Boys Held as Hostages by ISIS Worry Rights Activists
About 700 boys have been held for years in a prison in Syria because their parents joined the Islamic State.
Covid setbacks to schooling are ‘nearly insurmountable,’ the U.N. says.
Many millions of children have “significantly missed out” on the academic learning they would have acquired in the classroom, the United Nations Children’s Fund said in a new report.
In South Sudan, Vaccines Are Overshadowed by Pressing Needs
Much of South Sudan is under water from flooding induced by climate change and deforestation. Crops and livestock are lost, hunger and malaria are spreading. With so many worries, coronavirus vaccines are a tough sell.