World News in Brief: DPR Korea missile launch condemned, malaria vaccines for Cameroon, solidarity with Haiti
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the latest launch [...]
War and health crisis in Gaza a ‘recipe for epidemics’ warns WHO
The thousands of injuries sustained by civilians across Gaza combined [...]
Child deaths from wasting are predictable and preventable: WHO chief
Worldwide, 45 million children under five are wasted, meaning they [...]
World Toilet Day, flush with innovations for safer sanitation
Innovation abounds in the race to broaden access to clean [...]
World News in Brief: Diabetes on the rise, UN prisoners in Yemen, Ukraine war fuels rise in landmine casualties
One hundred years after the discovery of insulin, millions of [...]
Humanitarians step up response to deadly cholera outbreak in Sudan
Cholera vaccines are expected to arrive in Sudan this month [...]
Attacks on or near Gaza hospitals ‘unconscionable, reprehensible and must stop’: Relief chief
Senior UN officials said on Saturday there could be no [...]
Updated guidelines on COVID-19 revise risk of hospitalisation
The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its guidelines on [...]
One in three nonmelanoma skin cancer deaths linked to working outdoors
Nearly one in every three deaths from nonmelanoma skin cancer [...]
More action needed to write ‘final chapter’ of TB
Tuberculosis (TB) response is bouncing back from disruptions caused by [...]
Opium cultivation declines by 95 per cent in Afghanistan: UN survey
Opium poppy production in Afghanistan has plummeted since the de [...]
World News in Brief: Protection call for refugees in Pakistan, ‘One Health’ plan launched, radio waves saving lives
UN agencies on Friday called on Pakistan to continue protecting [...]
Bangladesh, Maldives, DPR Korea make ‘tremendous’ strides toward disease elimination
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday hailed the elimination [...]
First Person: Israel’s health system responds to October attacks
Healthcare providers in Israel are working around the clock following [...]
Human right to food needs ‘massive investment’: Guterres
With 735 million people going hungry last year and three [...]
Afghanistan earthquakes: ‘Staggering’ health consequences
Families in western Afghanistan, who have lost everything to a [...]
World News in Brief: Funds dry up for Afghan quake survivors, child deaths alert in Sudan, diphtheria outbreak in Guinea
In Afghanistan, urgent funding is needed to feed some 100,000 [...]
UN chief ‘horrified’ by strike on Gaza hospital, as warring sides blame each other
The UN Secretary-General said he was horrified by the killing [...]
Middle East on ‘verge of the abyss’ UN warns, as Israel-Hamas conflict deepens Gaza crisis
The UN Secretary-General on Sunday appealed to Hamas to immediately [...]
INTERVIEW: Reducing teen pregnancy in Thailand
Teen pregnancy rates have been falling dramatically in Thailand thanks [...]