WHO appeals for $1.5 billion to deliver healthcare in crises
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday launched a $1.5 [...]
Another malaria milestone as WHO declares Cabo Verde free of deadly disease
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday declared Cabo [...]
World News in Brief: Gaza relief ‘an impossible mission’, COVID spreading fast again, food prices fall
The UN’s relief chief on Friday warned that “Gaza has [...]
Stories from the UN Archive: Hollywood greats campaign against malaria and polio
Frank Sinatra and Edward G. Robinson were two of the [...]
WHO and partners deliver aid to two Gaza hospitals in high-risk missions
The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners delivered fuel and [...]
‘Act on the lessons of COVID-19’, Guterres says on Epidemic Preparedness Day
The world must prepare for the next pandemic and act [...]
2023 marked by achievements and ‘avoidable suffering’: WHO chief
The past year saw significant milestones and challenges in global [...]
Dengue spike fuels concerns of public health threat in previously untouched countries: WHO
This year's surprising spike in dengue infections globally represents a [...]
World News in Brief: Latest Sudan fighting displaces thousands, second malaria vaccine, Russian dissidents ‘disappeared’
The latest surge in fighting in Sudan has displaced up [...]
COVID-19: WHO designates JN.1 ‘variant of interest’ amid sharp rise in global spread
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is [...]
UN workers delivering aid to Gaza hospital describe ‘bloodbath’ in overflowing emergency department
UN workers delivering medical supplies to the Al-Shifa Hospital in [...]
World News in Brief: End e-cigarette boom urges WHO, measles surge in Europe, Central Asia; crisis for kids in Lebanon
E-cigarettes, which pose serious health risks, are being “aggressively marketed” [...]
World News in Brief: Investing in primary healthcare, record hunger in West and Central Africa, UNICEF emergency appeal
Half of the world’s population is not fully covered by [...]
Do’s and don’ts for tackling chronic back pain
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday released its [...]
World News in Brief: Russia’s LGBT ban condemned, unprecedented Africa malnutrition crisis, health after childbirth
UN independent human rights experts on Thursday raised concerns about [...]
Climate change risks upending global fight against malaria
Climate change and its impacts, particularly extreme weather and heatwaves, [...]
World AIDS Day celebrates communities working to end the disease
The leadership of communities affected by HIV has been vital [...]
World News in Brief: South Sudan aid plan, rising cost of healthy eating, Europe’s diabetes burden
Humanitarians have launched a $1.8 billion plan to support six [...]
World News in Brief: Burkina Faso attack, ending AIDS, Syrian child casualties, new UN migration ambassador
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, said it was appalled [...]
World News in Brief: Aid cut threat for Afghan deportees, saving Rohingya lives at sea, China respiratory illness spike, new rail transport treaty
Emergency support for thousands of Afghan families repatriated from Pakistan [...]