Córdoba in Argentina, Fortaleza in Brazil and Manchester in the UK, picked up accolades at a healthy urban summit hosting the UN World Health Organization (WHO), Bloomberg Philanthropies and Vital Strategies. The Argentine city won recognition for its policy to eliminate sugary and artificially sweetened beverages – along with ultra -processed foods – from all […]

Briefing members in Rome, FAO officials called for urgent action to strengthen biosecurity, monitoring and rapid response mechanisms to limit the outbreak. FAO Deputy General Goodfrey Magwenzi emphasized that the crisis threatens to have “serious influences on food security and food supply in the countries, Including loss of valuable nutrition, rural and income, shock to

Unanimous adoption of decision 2777 (2025), Council 15 members emphasized the “critical significance” of a continued presence of unama and other UN agencies throughout Afghanistan. The Council also expressed the appreciation of the UN’s long -term commitment to the country and its people who repeated its full support to Unama and the special representative of

“Meslinger is back and it’s a waking call“Warned Dr. Hans Kluge, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director of the European Region. A total of 127,350 cases were reported in the region in 2024, twice the number of reported cases for 2023 and the highest number since 1997, according to analysis of WHO and the

The initiative aims to limit the spread of preventable diseases such as polio, measles and yellow fever, which remains a sustained threat in difficult to reach areas. Speedy Answer There were 79 outboard motors, two speedboats, 14 motorcycles and other important equipment worth $ 750,000 to the country’s public health ministry to expand vaccination campaigns

In a sharp assessment of the current situation in the health crisis, Deputy Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif warned that more than nine million people do not receive treatment, while 4,000 girls and young women contract the virus every week. A staggering three -quarters of them live in Africa south of the Sahara, she

The health agency emphasized that essential prevention, testing and treatment services collapse and leave millions at risk. The most severely affected regions include Africa, Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific, where national TB programs strongly depend on international support. “Any disturbance of TB services – whether economically, political or operational – may have devastating and

In his annual report from 2024, which was released on Tuesday, Incb explains that as opposed to plant -based drugs, These drugs can be made anywhere without the need for large -scale cultivation, making them easier and cheaper for human traffickers to produce and distribute. The increase of heavy opioids such as fentanyl and nitazener

In recent months, disease monitoring has identified increases in cases and deaths on three occasions across different areas of the country, which triggered follow -up studies to confirm the cause and provide the necessary support that said in a statement. Symptoms include fever, headaches, chills, sweat, stiff neck, muscle pain, several joint pain and body

In a warning on Tuesday, UN help coordinators Ocha said six humanitarian workers have been killed since January -the latest victim was shot during clashes last week near a hospital in the Masisi territory about 80 kilometers west of Goma, in North Kivu. The same clashes allegedly killed three other civilians and wounded a child,