Flavoured nicotine products driving youth addiction, WHO warns
For most nicotine users today, their first experience with the [...]
‘This is not just ice’: Glaciers support human livelihoods, UN deputy chief says
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed called for urgent action to [...]
‘We are the present’: Tajik climate activist urges leaders to include youth voices in dialogue
A young activist from Tajikistan is speaking up to show [...]
UN searches for solutions to global housing crisis
The UN’s urban development agency estimates that an astonishing 2.8 billion people worldwide lack access to adequate housing, secure land, and basic water and sanitation services – that’s around 40 per cent of the global population.
Climate change: World Likely to Breach 1.5°C limit in next five years
2024 was the warmest year on record – but the [...]
Pandemics to pollution: WHO Assembly delivers landmark health decisions
The 78th World Health Assembly concluded Tuesday in Geneva, marking [...]
Sudan war exacerbates risk of cholera and malaria: UNICEF
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned of an escalating [...]
Real cost of disasters is 10 times higher than previously thought, says UN
As countries face increasingly steep bills from natural hazards, the [...]
Sudan conflict triggers regional health crisis, warns WHO
As the war between rival militaries in Sudan continues, the [...]
UN aims to transform urgency into action at Nice Ocean Conference
Countries are uniting in the French city of Nice next [...]
What’s your poison? Alcohol linked to higher risk of pancreatic cancer
Alcoholic drinks, especially beer and spirits, may raise the risk [...]
Public health champions honoured for work ‘beyond the call of normal duty’
Some patients are easy to diagnose. They walk into a [...]
‘A silent crisis’: Obstetric fistula affects 500,000 women, yet it’s fully treatable
Five days – that is how long it took Dah, [...]
Biodiversity loss demands urgent global action, says UN chief
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on countries to radically [...]
Champions for Change: World football teams up with UN development goals
Football unites fans worldwide – but on Wednesday it matched the sport’s global reach with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In the lead-up to World Football Day, marked on 25 May.
Nations adopt historic pledge to guard against future pandemics
After three years of negotiations sparked by the COVID-19 crisis, [...]
World Health Assembly opens amid high-stakes pandemic treaty vote, global funding crisis
The 78th World Health Assembly opened on Monday with a broad [...]
Countries set to adopt ‘vital’ pandemic preparedness accord
Could the world be better prepared for the next pandemic? [...]
Pandemic accord can be a ‘gamechanger’ for marginalised communities, says youth advocate
An international pandemic prevention treaty, three years in the making, [...]
‘On thin ice’: UN chief sounds alarm over rapid Himalayan glacier melt
The United Nations Secretary-General warned on Friday that Himalayan glaciers [...]