World Food Day LIVE: The task of feeding the world
Amid the destruction of the Second World War, nations responded [...]
Afghan quake aftermath: Children facing heightened risk from disease
Over 212,000 Afghan children are now at risk of acute [...]
WHO calls for greater investment in brain health and care services
Countries must scale up investment and care to treat neurological [...]
Antibiotic resistance surges globally, UN health agency warns
Common infections are becoming harder – and sometimes impossible – [...]
Can AI create a fairer future for persons with disabilities?
For millions of persons living with disabilities worldwide, artificial intelligence [...]
Europe’s health system under strain as doctors and nurses face mental health crisis
One in 10 doctors and nurses in Europe experience suicidal [...]
‘Never be afraid to ask for help’: Ukrainians scarred by war find space to heal
People in Ukraine who have suffered mental stress as a [...]
WHO says rebuilding Gaza’s shattered health system critical to a lasting peace
As indirect talks in Egypt seeking to end Gaza’s two-year [...]
WHO: Despite smoking decline, tobacco still hooks one in five adults worldwide
Although there are fewer smokers now than 15 years ago, [...]
Haiti battles rabies with vaccines and vigilance
Health authorities in Haiti are turning deaths caused by rabies-infected [...]
Gaza health system overwhelmed as WHO reports 42,000 people have life-changing injuries
Nearly 42,000 people in Gaza are living with life-changing injuries [...]
World News in Brief: ‘Trust crisis’ impacts vaccine rollouts, Cyberspace must ‘serve the common good’, Türk calls for lasting truce in Lebanon
Immunisation experts at the UN World Health Organization (WHO) have [...]
Breathless in Gaza: Health crisis deepens as families burn plastic for fuel
Doctors in Gaza are warning of a surge in respiratory [...]
From crisis to community cure: A Haitian mother fights back against cholera
Faced with a deadly outbreak of cholera and a lack [...]
World News in Brief: New declaration on NCDs and mental health, Khartoum shelter crisis, WFP lifeline in Ukraine, South Sudan rights update
World leaders have thrown their weight behind the first-ever United Nations global [...]
Mental health takes centre stage at the General Assembly
For the first time, mental health is the focus of [...]
World News in Brief: WHO reaffirms safety of vaccines, appeal for Sudanese civilians trapped in El Fasher, DR Congo Ebola outbreak update
The World Health Organization (WHO) stressed on Wednesday that there [...]
World News in Brief: Gaza and Nicaragua human rights update, WHO hypertension alert and alarm over US autism claim
The UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, has confirmed that [...]
World News in Brief: Migrant medics mean shortages at home, UN names top innovators, Nigeria rights update, sunscreen an ‘essential medicine’
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) issued a warning on [...]
World News in Brief: Pandemic treaty update, DR Congo Ebola response, more casualties in Ukraine
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) called on [...]