AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoFood Safety Policy: Eritrea’s Ministry of Agriculture, with FAO support, held an Asmara inception workshop to develop a National Food Control Policy—aimed at safer food, healthier families, and stronger systems linking farms, markets, and households. Malaria Treatment Risk: New research warns artemisinin resistance is spreading across East Africa, with partial resistance now established across much of Uganda and Rwanda and along the Ethiopia–Eritrea–Sudan border, raising the risk that first-line malaria treatments could lose effectiveness over time. Health & Conflict Watch: WHO says Sudan’s cholera outbreak may intensify as fighting and the rainy season approach, with reported deaths and cases likely undercounted. Health-Related Justice: A UK high court ruled changes to trafficking protections under the “one in, one out” asylum returns deal were unlawful, affecting Eritrean and Sudanese small-boat asylum seekers—an issue with direct implications for vulnerable people’s access to care and protection. Gender & Health Context: A global demographic snapshot shows men outnumber women in only about one-third of countries, with migration and longevity shaping sex imbalances—useful background for health planning and population-focused services.
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