Thursday’s Daily Brief: Samoa measles epidemic, Dozens die off Mauritania, Volunteer Day and Zambia’s food troubles
A recap of Thursday’s top stories: Dozens of migrants drowned off [...]
UN team aids Samoa response to deadly measles epidemic
UN teams are on the ground in Samoa as the [...]
Measles ‘misinformation campaigns’ through social media, fuel rising toll
Measles deaths and infections in 2019 are set to “substantially [...]
Malaria: Focus on pregnant women and children, stresses UN health agency report
While more pregnant women and children are being protected against [...]
Tuesday’s Daily Brief: climate crisis reports, renewal in Iraq, Zimbabwe’s hunger crisis, Disabilities Day
A recap of Tuesday’s stories: New climate change reports on [...]
Only one in five countries has a healthcare strategy to deal with climate change
Protecting people’s health from climate change dangers such as heat [...]
Plants, the ‘core basis for life on Earth’, under increasing threat, warns UN food agency
Plants, which make up 80 percent of the food we [...]
Monday’s Daily Brief: COP25, African debt, cost of Israeli occupation, UN worker’s world record
A recap of Monday’s stories: Guterres calls for ‘path of resolve, [...]
Political solution ‘long overdue’ to protect the children of eastern Ukraine
Nearly half a million children in eastern Ukraine continue to [...]
Armed groups kill Ebola health workers in eastern DR Congo
Deadly night-time attacks by armed groups have once again claimed [...]
Zimbabwe facing man-made starvation, says UN expert
Man-made starvation is “slowly making its way into Zimbabwe” and [...]
WHO working to save lives following powerful earthquake in Albania
Staff from the World Health Organization (WHO) are assisting authorities [...]
Wednesday’s Daily Brief: Afghan child abuse, DR Congo measles deaths, Palestinian solidarity
A recap of Wednesday’s stories in brief: UN Afghan Mission [...]
Measles claims more than twice as many lives than Ebola in DR Congo
Since the beginning of 2019, measles has taken more than 5,000 [...]
UN working to prevent attacks on civilians in eastern DR Congo
Peacekeepers from the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of [...]
Empowering people living with HIV ‘will end the epidemic’, says AIDS agency chief
When people living with HIV actively participate in their own [...]
UN agencies ramp up Somalia measles and polio campaign
A campaign to vaccinate some 1.7 million children in Somalia [...]
Friday’s Daily Brief: DRC Ebola concerns, Yemen peace hopes, more migrant boats leave Libya
A recap of Friday’s stories in brief: WHO raises fresh [...]
Ebola in DR Congo: New transmission chain risks reversing major gains
Amid multiple deadly attacks on civilians by armed groups in [...]
Four in five adolescents failing to exercise for even 60 minutes a day, UN health agency warns
An alarming lack of exercise among adolescents across the world [...]