FROM THE FIELD: ‘Harvested’ rainwater saves Tanzanian students from stomach ulcers, typhoid
The students in the Tanzanian town of Bagamoyo once had to decide between getting sick or being thirsty all day long.
FROM THE FIELD: Survival in Yemen against all odds
Fawaz, just 18-months old, suffered from severe acute malnutrition and [...]
Country origin ‘best predictor of outcome’ for children with cancer, UN experts say
Each year, an estimated 215 000 cancers are diagnosed in [...]
UN announces roadmap to Climate Summit in 2019, a ‘critical year’ for climate action
2019 is a critical year, the “last chance” for the [...]
Measles cases nearly doubled in a year, UN health agency projects
A projected near-doubling of measles infections has been identified amid [...]
‘New tech’ business model threatens decent work conditions, warns UN
Unemployment is down globally but workers’ conditions have not improved, the UN said on Wednesday, warning that some businesses driven by new technology “threaten to undermine” hard-won social gains of recent decades.
‘Shared responsibility’ to stop 420,000 needless deaths from tainted food each year, UN, world leaders warn
Each year, food contaminated with bacteria, viruses, parasites, toxins or chemicals cause more than 600 million people to fall ill, and 420,000 to die worldwide, prompting a call from world leaders on Tuesday for greater international cooperation to make the food chain safer.
UN guidelines unveiled to prevent rising hearing loss among young smartphone listeners
More than one billion 12 to 35-year-olds, risk irreversible hearing [...]
Boat made of recycled plastic and flip-flops inspires fight for cleaner seas along African coast
After completing a historic 500km journey from the Kenyan island of Lamu to the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar, the world’s first ever traditional “dhow” sailing boat made entirely from recycled plastic, known as the Flipflopi, has successfully raised awareness of the need to overcome one of the world’s biggest environmental challenges: plastic pollution.
FROM THE FIELD: For refugees and migrants in Europe, healthcare’s essential but a challenge to find
There are some 68.5 million people currently displaced around the [...]
UN ready to rise above political fray and help Venezuelans based ‘on need, and need alone’
The situation for ordinary Venezuelans is increasingly critical but the [...]
More women and girls needed in the sciences to solve world’s biggest challenges
Many of the world’s biggest problems may be going unsolved because too many women and girls are being discouraged from the sciences.