Health

In an address to heads of state, ministers and international partners, the President of the UN General Assembly Annalena Baerbock said that today’s hunger crisis is not the result of scarcity, but of inequality, conflict and political choices. Last year, more than 670 million people experienced hunger and 2.3 billion faced moderate or severe food […]

In 1988, the international community united under the leadership of the World Health Organization (WHO) with the goal of eradicating polio. World Polio Day, which falls on October 24, raises awareness of the progress that has been made and the challenges that remain to stop the spread. Polio can invade the nervous system and cause

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed the end of hostilities but said “the crisis is far from over and the needs are enormous.” He highlighted the toll of the months of conflict: more than 170,000 people were injured – including 5,000 amputees and 3,600 people with severe burns. At least 42,000 require long-term rehabilitation, and 4,000 women

Amid the devastation of World War II, nations responded to the threat of hunger and malnutrition by creating the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on October 16, 1945. The UN agency celebrates this achievement as World Food Day each year on its birthday, recognizing the work of all those committed to ensuring food for all.

The serious risk of disease outbreaks comes after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck a remote eastern region of Afghanistan on August 31 near the Pakistan border, destroying water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure. “The earthquake has flattened home and taken too many lives, and now threatens to take even more through illness,” warned Dr. Tajudeen Oyewale, UNICEF’s

More than 40 percent of the global population-over three billion people are affected by neurological conditions, according to WHO’s first report ever on the issue. Top 10 includes Blows, migraines, meningitis, Alzheimer’s disease and other dementiaas well as neurological complications associated with birth prior, autism spectrum disorders and cancer of the nervous systems. Improve healthcare

According to the agency’s latest monitoring report, antibiotic resistance increased by more than 40 percent of the bacterial drug combinations traced between 2018 and 2023, with average annual increases in the area from 5 to 15 percent. “Antimicrobial resistance surpasses progress in modern medicine that threatens the health of families around the world,“Said WHO HERFORY

When designed with lived in heart experience, AI tools such as conversational screen readers, adaptive dashboards and captions in real time do not just barriers; They expand the opportunity. They transform access to agency and freedom to learn, lead and contribute fully. Avoid a ‘shining version of the same old bias’ Surashree Rahane was born

Landmark Survey, funded under WHO/Europe’s project with the Europe Commission – coinciding with World Mental Health Day – analyzed nearly 100,000 responses from 29 countries from October 2024 to April this year. The central finding is that doctors and nurses work under conditions that harm their mental health and well-being affect patients. “In the end,

“I saw people running away, so I joined them,” the 88 -year -old Yuri remembers, thinking back on the day he left Ukraine. “I came to Moldova alone, without family and no children to approach.” Most days, Yuri spends time in the yard in a mental health center in Chișinu, where he participates in therapeutic