Cholera outbreak in West and Central Africa poses crisis for children
Some 80,000 children are estimated to be at high risk [...]
World News in Brief: Cambodia-Thailand ceasefire, bloody weekend in Ukraine, stop hepatitis deaths
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the ceasefire agreement between [...]
Slight decrease in global hunger as inequalities widen, UN report reveals
An interagency group from the UN released the flagship 2025 State [...]
Home is where the heart is – and where development begins
When Denis Jobin, a senior evaluation specialist at the United [...]
‘Perfect storm’ of global crises drove years of food price surges: FAO
The chief economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), [...]
Effective partnerships can stop the next pandemic
“There will be another pandemic, and it will not be [...]
Global demand for meat and dairy set to rise, but climate and nutrition gaps remain
Global demand for meat, dairy and fish is projected to [...]
WHO urges rollout of first long-acting HIV prevention jab
A breakthrough HIV drug that only needs to be injected [...]
Lifesaver: Study shows vaccine campaigns cut deaths by nearly 60 per cent
Emergency vaccination campaigns have slashed deaths from major infectious disease [...]
Fight to end AIDS: ‘This is not just a funding gap – it’s a ticking time bomb’
Devastating funding cuts from international donors are hitting countries hardest [...]
Overlooked and underestimated: Sand and dust storms wreak havoc across borders
There are three Great Pyramids at Giza in Egypt - [...]
She fought for the girl the world left behind: Natalia Kanem’s UN legacy
When Natalia Kanem reflects on her eight-year tenure at the [...]
In South Asia, anaemia threatens women’s health and economic futures
Anaemia remains one of South Asia’s quietest but most pervasive [...]
UN warns of deepening health crisis in Gaza amid mass casualty incidents
As scores of people – including medical staff and their [...]
UN summit confronts AI’s dawn of wonders and warnings
The UN’s flagship platform on artificial intelligence opened in Geneva [...]
Every hour, 100 people die of loneliness-related causes, UN health agency reports
One in six people are affected by loneliness, with significant [...]
DR Congo: New initiative to eliminate HIV in children ‘a beacon of hope’
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has launched a [...]
Energy access has improved, but more funding is needed to address disparities: WHO
Although nearly 92 per cent of the global population now [...]
‘Still reeling’: Myanmar quakes worsen humanitarian crisis in fractured country
Nearly three months after Myanmar’s strongest earthquake in a century, [...]
Tobacco control efforts protect three-quarters of the world’s population, WHO report finds
Tobacco use still claims over seven million lives a year, [...]