Health

Every year, more than 21 million young girls in low and middle -income countries become pregnant. About half of these pregnancies are unintended. Nine out of 10 teenage births occur among girls who got married before they turned 18. “Early pregnancies can have serious physical and psychological consequences for girls and young women,” Dr. Pascale […]

Developed after over three years of negotiations under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO), outlines the draft framework to strengthen international cooperation, justice and resilience in the light of future global health threats. “The world’s nations created history in Geneva today“Said WHO HERFORY Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “By reaching agreement on the pandemic

As matches show no sign of reducing and humanitarian access extremely limited, the crisis in Sudan has become one of the world’s largest emergencies, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned on Monday. “This is a very, very sad milestone,” said Mamadou Dian Balde, UNHCR -Regional Director of East Africa and

Several employees, including two nurses, were wounded in the strike at the Kuwaitian field hospital in Khan Younis according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health and Health Agencies, UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric told journalists at the general news briefing in New York. The incident follows a separate strike on Sunday at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza

Tedros spoke on Thursday at a press conference in Geneva and said that in about 25 percent of countries some health facilities have had to close completely due to cuts, according to figures from more than 100 countries prepared by WHO. Serious disturbances Outside the pocket payments for healthcare have led to disruptions in the

Monday told World Health Organization (WHO) Representative Rik Peeperkorn UN news About the desperate conditions he had seen at Al-Ahli before the attack, and the serious restriction of movement that prevents thousands from being evacuated for medical treatment outside Gaza. “I was in Gaza several weeks ago and I came out in early March, just

Furthermore, unprecedented aid button that puts global progress to end maternity deaths at risk, UN agencies have warned in a new report requiring greater investment in midwives and other health workers. The Trends in maternal mortality The report was published by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Sexual

People everywhere, at all ages, can be infected with meningitis transmitted through respiratory secretions or drops in close human contact. Low and middle -income countries are worst affected. The so -called “meningitis belt” in Africa south of the Sahara sees most cases and outbreaks. It extends from Senegal and Gambia west of the continent all

Close by 300,000 women continue to die during pregnancy or birth every year. More than two million babies die in their first month of life and about two million more are stillborn, says the World Health Organization (WHO), which starts a long campaign on motherly and newborn health. The data adds a preventable death every

The UN Health Agency recorded nearly 810,000 cases and 5,900 deaths as a result of the preventable illness of 2024; That’s about 50 percent higher than the previous year, according to Dr. Philippe Barboza, who leads who is cholera team. He said that the latest reported cases are almost certainly underestimated and that the disease