Although South Sudan had recently been declared free from the wild poliovirus, the UN health agency said on Friday that 15 children under th...
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Friday, November 13, 2020
Measles killed an estimated 207,500 people last year after a decade-long failure to reach optimal vaccination coverage, resulting in the hig...
A bold new blueprint to tackle all neglected tropical diseases has been agreed at the UN health agency’s World Health Assembly, which will i...
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Pneumonia is not a new emergency, it takes the lives of some 800,000 children each year, but this year’s COVID-19 pandemic makes it even mor...
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
The UN is calling for authoritative scientific information and research to be made freely available, to accelerate research into an effectiv...
Monday, November 9, 2020
The only way to fight the COVID-19 crisis is to make affordable vaccines available to everyone, independent UN human rights experts said on ...
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told Member States on Monday that efforts to tackle climate chan...
Friday, November 6, 2020
Globally, millions of children are at a heightened risk of polio and measles – dangerous but preventable diseases – amid disruptions to vita...
Physical distancing, handwashing with soap, wearing masks: these are some of the most basic, recommendations for slowing the spread of COVID...
The COVID-19 pandemic can be defeated through science, solutions and solidarity, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday, under...
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
The UN Deputy Secretary-General on Tuesday urged the Security Council to do more to encourage combatants across the world to put down their ...
Sunday, November 1, 2020
One of the far-reaching effects of the global lockdown brought on the COVID-19 pandemic has been the return of migrant workers to their home...
Friday, October 30, 2020
In Kenya, a major UN-led cash and nutrition relief project is underway for informal workers facing a hunger crisis brought on by COVID-19, a...
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
The heads of three UN agencies joined forces on Tuesday to appeal for a global push towards “open science”, citing the value of cooperation ...
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Yemeni children are suffering acute malnutrition at unprecedented rates as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis grinds on and funding falls...
Monday, October 26, 2020
Africa needs to prepare better for climate change by responding to a wide range of potential risks, a multi-agency report led by the UN Worl...
Sunday, October 25, 2020
Better preparation, listening to the science and acting together in solidarity, are some of the main ways that countries across the world ca...
Saturday, October 24, 2020
Facing another critical juncture in the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief told reporters on Friday that a “very t...
Monday, October 19, 2020
With countries and pharmaceutical companies around the world gearing up to distribute COVID-19 vaccines following trials, the UN Children’s ...
Friday, October 16, 2020
Latest results from a UN-coordinated international trial on four COVID-19 therapeutic drugs, indicate that they have “little or no” positive...
