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 [...]
80 million more children benefiting from school meals, WFP reports
School meals are a crucial way out of poverty into [...]
‘Shift the narrative’ on suicide to prevent loss of 720,000 lives annually
More than 720,000 people commit suicide every year and many [...]
Child obesity level surpasses underweight cases worldwide for the first time, UNICEF warns
For the first time in history, obesity has surpassed those [...]
The night the mountains shook: A doctor on the front lines of Afghanistan’s earthquake
The first jolt threw Dr. Abdul Mateen Sahak out of [...]
Air pollution is on the rise – but not everywhere, says UN weather agency
As billions continue to breathe polluted air that causes more [...]
Finding strength amid sleepless nights: Ukraine’s hidden mental health toll
Nearly four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and [...]
WHO sounds alarm as mental health conditions soar past one billion worldwide
More than a billion people worldwide are living with mental [...]
UN agencies warn of rising heat stress risks for workers worldwide
Extreme heat is fast becoming one of the biggest threats [...]
It’s time to end physical punishment of kids once and for all, WHO says
Over half of all children under-18 worldwide continue to experience [...]
Rubella eliminated as a public health problem in Nepal: WHO
Nepal has eliminated rubella as a public health problem, the [...]
World News in Brief: Cholera strikes Sudan and beyond, humanitarian needs grown for returning Afghans, rising insecurity in DR Congo
The preventable but often deadly waterborne disease – cholera – [...]
Malnutrition deaths mark ‘latest in the war on children’ in Gaza: UNRWA chief
At least 100 children in Gaza have died from malnutrition [...]
Gaza health system ‘catastrophic’ with hospitals overwhelmed and medicines running out, WHO warns
Public health conditions in Gaza are “catastrophic”, with hospitals operating [...]
Abuse during and after childbirth persists globally, WHO warns
New evidence suggests mistreatment remains common in maternal and newborn [...]