UNAIDS chief warns of ‘real surge’ in deaths without US funding
Amid continuing uncertainty about the impact of deep US funding [...]
UNICEF condemns looting of lifesaving supplies for children in Sudan
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday strongly condemned the [...]
WHO give clean bill of health to cities taking action on preventable diseases
Three cities that share a healthy vision for their residents [...]
FAO warns of ‘unprecedented’ avian flu spread, in call for global action
The rapid spread of the highly infectious avian flu virus [...]
Afghanistan: Security Council renews UN mission as WHO warns of health catastrophe
The Security Council on Monday extended the mandate of the [...]
Europe grapples with highest number of measles cases in more than 25 years
Measles cases in Europe have doubled in just a year, [...]
WHO injects fresh support into DR Congo vaccination drive
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has stepped up efforts [...]
Choose compassion, reject cruelty to end HIV, says top UN rights official
Global efforts to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic continue to remain [...]
Funding cuts jeopardise global fight against tuberculosis, WHO warns
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday that [...]
‘Rapid expansion’ of synthetic drugs reshaping illicit markets, UN anti-narcotics body warns
Synthetic drugs are rapidly transforming the global drug trade, fuelling [...]
DR Congo: WHO tracks deadly mysterious illness
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [...]
New report flags severity of US funding cuts to global AIDS response
Shuttered clinics and health workers laid off around the world [...]
World News in Brief: Conflict in DR Congo, Europe’s ‘cradle to cane’ crisis, millions may go hungry in Chad
Ongoing fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo [...]
WHO marks 20 years of its lifesaving tobacco control treaty
A UN treaty that addresses the global tobacco epidemic has [...]
Breast cancer cases projected to rise by nearly 40 per cent by 2050, WHO warns
Breast cancer cases are expected to increase by 38 percent [...]
New round of polio vaccinations begins in Gaza
The latest round of a large-scale polio vaccination campaign in [...]
Explainer: 5 common myths about child marriage
Every day, almost one in five young women are married off [...]
UN to continue Gaza vaccination campaign against polio
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday that the [...]
US funding cuts threaten global health response, WHO chief warns
The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed deep concern over [...]
Meds platform launch gives children with cancer a fighting chance
A new UN-partnered project to distribute essential childhood cancer medicines [...]