‘We are the present’: Tajik climate activist urges leaders to include youth voices in dialogue
A young activist from Tajikistan is speaking up to show [...]
Climate change: World Likely to Breach 1.5°C limit in next five years
2024 was the warmest year on record – but the [...]
Pandemics to pollution: WHO Assembly delivers landmark health decisions
The 78th World Health Assembly concluded Tuesday in Geneva, marking [...]
Sudan war exacerbates risk of cholera and malaria: UNICEF
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned of an escalating [...]
Sudan conflict triggers regional health crisis, warns WHO
As the war between rival militaries in Sudan continues, the [...]
UN aims to transform urgency into action at Nice Ocean Conference
Countries are uniting in the French city of Nice next [...]
What’s your poison? Alcohol linked to higher risk of pancreatic cancer
Alcoholic drinks, especially beer and spirits, may raise the risk [...]
Public health champions honoured for work ‘beyond the call of normal duty’
Some patients are easy to diagnose. They walk into a [...]
‘A silent crisis’: Obstetric fistula affects 500,000 women, yet it’s fully treatable
Five days – that is how long it took Dah, [...]
Biodiversity loss demands urgent global action, says UN chief
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on countries to radically [...]
Champions for Change: World football teams up with UN development goals
Football unites fans worldwide – but on Wednesday it matched the sport’s global reach with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In the lead-up to World Football Day, marked on 25 May.
Nations adopt historic pledge to guard against future pandemics
After three years of negotiations sparked by the COVID-19 crisis, [...]
World Health Assembly opens amid high-stakes pandemic treaty vote, global funding crisis
The 78th World Health Assembly opened on Monday with a broad [...]
Countries set to adopt ‘vital’ pandemic preparedness accord
Could the world be better prepared for the next pandemic? [...]
Pandemic accord can be a ‘gamechanger’ for marginalised communities, says youth advocate
An international pandemic prevention treaty, three years in the making, [...]
‘On thin ice’: UN chief sounds alarm over rapid Himalayan glacier melt
The United Nations Secretary-General warned on Friday that Himalayan glaciers [...]
Pandemic heroes stepped up in 2020 – now they’re asking world leaders to do the same
As world leaders negotiate the landmark Pandemic Preparedness Treaty at [...]
Gazans ‘in terror’ after another night of deadly strikes and siege
Amid reports that Israeli strikes across Gaza overnight into Friday [...]
‘The world is failing its health checkup,’ says WHO
In just two years, between 2019 and 2021, life expectancy [...]
Over 60 per cent of the Arab world still outside the banking system
Between 2016 and 2024, the number of Egyptians with a bank account – which experts say is essential for financial inclusion - tripled, from 17.1 million to over 51 million.