Health

Quake on March 28, measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale, hit central regions with deadly power, killed about 3,800 people and wounded over 5,000, according to the UN estimates. The disaster destroyed infrastructure and home across Mandalay, Sagaing and Magway, which displaced tens of thousands more in a country that is already struggling with over […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) released its 2025 report on the global tobacco epidemic on Monday focusing on the six policies described in WHO’s Mpower tobacco control measures. Since 2007, 155 countries have implemented at least one of these political prescriptions, which has resulted in over 6.1 billion people-it is three-quarters of the world’s population-now

This powerful message from International Yoga Day, observed annually on June 21, re -listened through the UN headquarters in New York on Friday when hundreds gathered to embrace the old, holistic practice. A well -known tradition now every year North Lawn transformed into an outdoor yoga studio overlooking the East River. After a stretch of

When she spoke on the regular Friday -pressed briefing in Geneva for Humanitarian Agencies, she warned that as richer nations make deep expenses, both international help and national health systems face serious disturbance. Dr. Chalkidou highlighted the recent decisions of the United States, several European governments and EU bodies to freeze or scale down health

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), this kind of large -scale is life -saving possible, if Midwifery care is universally available and is in line with international standards. “Expansion and investment in midwifery models of care is one of the most effective strategies to improve maternal and newborn health globally“Said Dr. Anshu Banerjee, director

But hunger has followed them. Over 57 percent of the population of the world’s youngest country to the south already stands for high levels of acute food security. Sudan and South Sudan are among five global hunger -hotspots of “highest concern”, caught in a deterioration cycle of conflict, climate and economic decline. Continued fighting in

Tom Fletcher noted that over 30 million people require humanitarian help. In addition, with famine, declared in several places and over 14.6 million people displaced, Sudan represents the greatest humanitarian crisis in the world. “Again and again, the international community has said that we will protect the people of Sudan. The population of Sudan should

Between January 1 and May 30, at least 2,680 people – including 54 children – were killed, 957 injured, 316 kidnapped for ransom and many more exposed to sexual violence and recruiting children. “Alarming as they are, the number cannot express the horrors that Haitians are forced to endure daily,” said Mr. Türk. Conflicts on

The warning comes in the midst of increased violence and a deterioration of food safety, which has 11 out of 13 counties in the state facing emergency levels of hunger and 32,000 of these inhabitants facing disastrous levels of hunger, almost three times earlier estimates. “We see the devastating impact conflict has on food security

Europe is heated faster than anyone else that regionAnd the impact on people’s health becomes more severe. From rising death rates to rising climate -related anxiety, almost any health indicator associated with the climate has worsened in recent years. In response, the WHO/Europe on Wednesday launched a new initiative-Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health (PECCH)-To