Trending news global1/27/2024 ![]() As borders closed, restricting trade and affecting food supply chains, we stepped up support for local food production with seeds, tools, and knowledge to help communities become more self-sufficient. ![]() We brought healthcare closer to home through door-to-door and outdoor screenings in hard-to-reach communities. For example, recent years have seen a movement to treat malnutrition without forcing families to travel to faraway hospitals, and this has become even more critical as people fear that health clinics could expose them to Covid-19. From rapid vaccine development to the COP26 climate conference, leaders are coming together to address pressing challenges and their impacts on the most vulnerable people. Meaningful progress requires partnerships, and I am looking for a greater emphasis on cross-sector collaboration this year. This kind of data can enable more equitable decision-making and more collaborative approaches to these and other challenges. This report, which was commissioned by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, found that the economic benefits of an equitable vaccine solution could boost the global economy by $466 billion by 2025. According to the WHO, leaving low- and lower-middle-income countries without access to vaccines will cause significant economic damage that puts decades of progress at risk. Prioritizing the most vulnerable people can benefit everyone. Particularly as Covid-19 vaccines become more widespread, so will questions about equitable access, including which nations, communities and population groups have access first. Unsurprisingly, in 2021, health will remain center stage, and I predict there will be an even greater spotlight on health equity. In the year ahead, I expect leading organizations to accelerate efforts to address these issues together. The climate crisis is a health crisis and a hunger crisis. It also is increasing hunger: Without climate action, the World Food Program estimates that global hunger could increase by as much as 20% by 2050. I see hopeful signs that governmental and corporate leaders are increasingly focused on climate, from the Biden Administration to the EU to the World Bank.Ĭlimate change impacts many of the social and environmental determinants of health, including access to clean air, safe drinking water and secure shelter. ![]() Sadly, nothing suggests that 2021 will be different. Last year also brought severe wildfires, droughts, floods, locust infestations, and record-breaking storms around the world. In 2016, 1.1 million people in the region were impacted by floods, a number that jumped to 4 million in 2019 and then 6 million in 2020. There, flooding is not new, but the duration and impact have grown exponentially. Across disparate contexts, look for security to be an underlying factor driving the headlines.Ĭlimate shocks are accelerating. The specifics may range from worries about contracting Covid-19 to cyberattacks to efforts to ensure a smooth transfer of power. In 2021, people around the world may continue to feel underlying concerns about physical and psychological stability. Security is a basic human need, and one of the core benefits that the nonprofit sector can deliver to the people we serve and society at large.
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