Health

According to the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, more than 290 schools have been damaged or destroyed in Ituri this year alone, bringing the total number of children outside the school in the province to over 1.3 million. Protective crisis Between January and April 2025, an increase in violence expelled more than 100,000 people – half […]

However, more than 30 million people receive life-saving treatment around the world, making the UN AIDS response a “clear example of a multilateral success,” said Amina Mohammed, the UN under Secretary-General on Thursday, when the General Assembly reviewed progress made to end AIDS and prevent HIV infections. ‘Series of threats’ “Global engagement fades. Financing is

As hostilities rage in Sudan, access restrictions and devastating cuts in funding are insulating rape and pregnant women from important healthcare, the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency UNFPA said on Thursday.

In addition, the Assembly approved a wide range of measures to promote health justice, reduce air pollution and strengthen the protection of vulnerable populations. “The words ‘historical’ and ‘landmark’ are overused but they are perfectly suitable to describe this year’s World Health Assembly“WHO HERFORY Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at the end of the assembly

This is especially true among youth users: This is one of the main reasons why young people are experimenting with tobacco or nicotine products in the first place, according to the UN World Health Organization (WHO). Aromatized nicotine and tobacco products are in themselves addictive and toxic – often more than ordinary tobacco. Taste increases

In a report published on Wednesday, UNICEF highlighted the growing threat of cholera in the war -hired country with more than 7,700 cases and 185 affiliated deaths reported in Khartoum State alone since January 2025. Alarmingly over 1,000 cases affected children under five years. Since the beginning of the conflict in April 2023, three million

“The ongoing conflict and displacement in addition to fragile health infrastructure and limited access to affected populations pose a risk of transmission of mass diseases,” the UN Health Agency said in a report issued on Tuesday, calling on immediate support to maintain surveillance, strengthen the outbreak and preserve lifeguard healthcare. Since Civil War broke out

But this is not universal. Many people all over the world are fighting – unable to go into clinics or explain their symptoms: “[These patients] Do not line on waiting lists. They are unconsciously waiting for interior understanding and the courage to seek care, ”said Dr. Merete Nordentoft from Denmark, describing the patients with whom

The research, led by the UN World Health Organization Center for Cancer Research, collected data from nearly 2.5 million people throughout Asia, Australia, Europe and North America. It revealed one “Modest but significant” correlation between alcohol consumption and the risk of developing pancreatic cancerregardless of gender or smoking status. “Alcohol consumption is a known carcin

16 years – that was how long Dah had to live with the annoying state and undergo eight different surgical procedures before finally getting the fistula repaired. In recognition of the over 500,000 women like Dah, forced to endure what is a very treatmentable state, the international day is marked to end obstetric fistula on