Smokers who quit one month before surgery reap benefits: UN health agency
Tobacco smokers who quit at least four weeks before undergoing [...]
Urgent need for ‘immediate’ solutions to combat drug-resistant infections, warns WHO
Drug-resistant infections are on the rise as private investment in [...]
Sudan: Lives of traumatized, displaced women in West Darfur under threat
Ongoing instability in Sudan’s West Darfur region has left the [...]
UN moves to tackle ‘hidden abuse’ and violence against Europe’s children
Each year, at least 55 million children in Europe suffer [...]
‘No shortcuts to a healthier world’: WHO chief sets out health priorities for the decade
The head of the UN health agency, WHO, has set [...]
UN health agency urges China to continue search for source of new virus, as Thailand case emerges
It is “essential” for China to continue investigating the source [...]
Tuesday’s Daily Brief: Syria, polio, DR Congo, Sudan updates, and – celebrating stolen art
Tuesday’s top stories include: A “daily nightmare” in Syria’s Idlib; polio [...]
More international support needed to curb deadly measles outbreak in DR Congo
Countries are being asked to step up assistance to the Democratic Republic [...]
Spread of polio still an international public health concern
The spread of polio internationally remains a global public health concern, experts meeting [...]
World Braille Day marks key communication tool for millions
Being marked for only the second time ever, World Braille [...]
Investing in health workers yields ‘triple dividend’, WHO chief says in New Year’s message
At the start of the new year and new decade, [...]
Year of the Nurse and the Midwife highlights ‘backbone’ of health systems
The world will need an additional nine million nurses and [...]
New Year’s Day a reminder of need for action to prevent newborn deaths: UNICEF
The world will welcome more than 392,000 babies on New [...]
Sub-Saharan Africa faces grave hunger challenges in 2020: UN food relief agency
At the dawn of the next decade, a new World [...]
Quality immunization and surveillance help stop polio outbreaks in three African countries: WHO
Three African countries have halted recent polio outbreaks which indicates that the [...]
Thursday’s Daily Brief: tobacco burn-out, cholera cases down, ‘shifting the needle’ on climate
Among today’s stories: more men are quitting nicotine than ever [...]
World Health Organization reports 60 per cent drop in cholera in 2018
International action to drive down cholera led to a 60 per cent [...]
UN health agency signals tobacco might be reaching burn-out among men
Two decades of increasing tobacco use around the world are [...]
Low cost breast cancer medicine move good news for women: UN health agency
More women could soon have access to an affordable version of [...]
Monday’s Daily Brief: anti-corruption conference, refugees’ summit, food extremes, Yemen aid
Our top stories for Monday include: major international conference on [...]