A new report published today (Wednesday, June 19th) reveals that the European Investment Bank (EIB) is supporting harmful agriculture practices that are having devastating impacts on climate. The report from ActionAid International and Counter Balance shows that by the end of 2023, the EIB had €5 billion in outstanding loans to the agriculture and forestry.....
The critical shortage of fuel in Gaza is gravely impacting hospitals and affecting pregnant women’s ability to access vital healthcare. Hospitals are warning that vital life-saving equipment might be forced out of action if they do not receive sufficient fuel supplies quickly, while women have told ActionAid that they were forced to walk to hospital.....
ActionAid Ireland CEO, Karol Balfe, said staff at its partner hospital Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat – the only hospital in central Gaza currently providing maternity services including c-sections – said pregnant women are increasingly presenting at the hospital with heavy bleeding and other complications. She said: “It is heartbreaking but hardly surprising that the number.....
