‘Bad’ fats targeted in new global health guidelines
People everywhere need to cut down on their consumption of [...]
Mental health ‘neglected issue’ but key to achieving Global Goals, say UN chiefs
Mental health remains one of the most neglected global health [...]
90 per cent of the planet is breathing in polluted air – World Health Organization
Air pollution claims seven million lives a year, UN [...]
UN health agency working to boost malaria prevention and control in north-eastern Nigeria
The United Nations health agency estimates that if more funds are secured, up to 10,000 lives in Nigeria could be saved by November through targeted steps in malaria prevention and control.
Breastfeeding is ‘smartest investment’ families, communities and countries can make – UN
Kicking off World Breastfeeding Week, the United Nations today stressed that although breastfeeding has cognitive and health benefits for infants and mothers, investment shortcomings impede the practice.
Ahead of World Day, UN agency says fight against hepatitis ‘gaining momentum’
On the eve of World Hepatitis Day, the United Nations health agency released a study that reveals efforts to eliminate the disease are gaining momentum globally.
Safe, effective family planning is key to ’empowering people, developing nations’ – UN
If the demand of women in developing countries who wanted access to safe and effective family planning was met, it would reduce an estimated 100,000 maternal death and avert 67 million unintended pregnancies, the United Nations population agency today said.
Antibiotic resistance making gonorrhoea ‘sometimes impossible’ to treat – UN health agency
Gonorrhoea is becoming harder to treat due to antibiotic resistance, the United Nations health agency today cautioned, adding that there is a need for better prevention and treatment of the disease that infects an estimated 78 million people each year.
Investing in poor children saves more lives per dollar spent, UNICEF study finds
Investing in the health and survival of the most deprived children and communities provides more value for money than investing in less deprived groups, saving almost twice as many lives for every $1 million spent, according to a new study by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
UN spotlights health benefits of yoga, ancient practice that can ease stress of our modern ‘laptop’ lives
Recognizing the universal appeal of yoga, the United Nations marked the 2017 edition of the International Day of Yoga, which aims to integrate the benefits of healthy lives and wellbeing – essential aspects of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Polluted environments kill 1.4 million in Europe annually; UN agencies urge stepped-up action
As some 1.4 million people in Europe and Central Asia die prematurely each year from polluted environments, United Nations agency heads at high-level meeting call for regional leaders to scale up action to stem environmental deaths and diseases.
In final address, UN health chief urges world body to ‘remember the people’ behind the facts and figures
The outgoing chief of the United Nations health agency today highlighted the relevance of the World Health Organization (WHO), and offered its decision-making body parting advice that included protecting scientific evidence, pushing for innovation and thinking of people in every decision that is taken.
UN health agency to examine lower-cost ‘biosimilar’ drugs to expand access to cancer treatment
As a step towards making some of the most expensive treatments for cancer more widely available in low- and middle-income countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today that it will launch a pilot project for prequalifying so-called “biosimilars,” or lower cost drugs.
Inequalities between rich and poor temper broad success of immunization – UNICEF
Even though billions of doses of vaccines for children across 100 countries around the world were supplied in 2016, millions of children – especially those in conflict zones – still miss out on life-saving inoculations, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned.
Ghana, Kenya and Malawi to pilot malaria vaccine trial – UN
The United Nations health agency’s regional office for Africa has announced that Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi will take part in a breakthrough pilot programme to make the world’s first malaria vaccine available in selected areas, beginning in 2018.
Ahead of World Malaria Day, UN says ‘let’s close the gap’ in prevention coverage
On the eve of World Malaria Day, the United Nations health agency called today for accelerating scaled-up efforts to prevent malaria, which remains a major public health threat, killing one child every two minutes worldwide in 2015.
World Immunization Week: Power of vaccines still not fully utilized, says UN health agency
Vaccinations stave off 26 potentially deadly diseases, the United Nations health agency is emphasizing on the first day of World Immunization Week, which also marks the halfway point of the Organization's goal to stop millions of deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases.
UN Secretary-General joins High-Level Steering Group for Every Woman Every Child
Washington, D.C. | 21 April 2017—The UN Secretary-General, Mr. António [...]
Progress against tropical diseases must be backed by poverty alleviation efforts – UN health agency
The United Nations today cited “record-breaking” progress in controlling neglected tropical diseases – which blind, maim, disfigure and debilitate millions of people worldwide, especially in its poorest areas – as an estimated one billion people were reached with treatment for at least one of these diseases in 2015 alone, according to the Organization’s health agency.
UN stresses need to anticipate changes in world’s population age structure to achieve Sustainable Development Goals
Changes in age structure of human populations are taking place worldwide, with major implications for sustainable development policies, highlights 50th session of the UN Commission on Population and Development