Health

A new UN health agency report also shows that six out of 10 medicines trained outside the region in Europe in 2023, while the number is even higher for nurses. In light of these findings – and the fact that many Western and Northern European countries become “heavily dependent” on these foreign workers – WHO […]

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke at the beginning of a meeting in the intergovernmental working group on the WHO Pandemical Agreement, which took place in Geneva until Friday. It comes four months after countries adopted the world’s first pandemic treaty, which he called “a generation performance”. Tedros said the next step “is to bring this historical

The number of children receiving school meals through government -led programs has increased by 20 percent since 2020, found the latest edition of WFP’s flagship biennial report The State of School Recovery worldwide. Now almost 80 million more children are able to enjoy nutritious meals in school, bringing the global total amount to approx. 466

When we talk about World Suicide Prevention Day, which is marked annually on September 10, WHO’s Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that “every lost life lost an in -depth influence on families, friends, colleagues and whole communities.” All age groups are influenced by suicide and were the third leading cause of death among 15-29 year olds

One in 10 children aged 5 to 19 – 188 million all over the world -In now with obesity and place them at an increased risk of chronic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease and certain cancers. “When we talk about malnutrition, we are no longer just talking about underweight children,” said UNICEF

At home in Jalalabad, about 50 kilometers away from the episent, Dr. Sahak and his wife out of their bedroom to find their eight children already in the hallway. “I immediately thought of Herat,” the Afghan doctor told me in his late forty, referring to the earthquakes that destroyed the country’s western province in 2023.

“Air quality respects no limits“Said Lorenzo Labrador, scientific officer at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).” Smoke and pollution that questions from the fire in this record -breaking season on the Iberian Peninsula have already been detected over Western Europe [and]… Can travel basically through the rest of the European continent. “ Presents the latest WMO

When we speak from the capital Kyiv, which was shaken by some of the deadliest attacks from the war last week – and after a visit to the front -line area of ​​Sumy – UN Women’s Representative in Ukraine Sabine Freizer Gunes described to FN news Nathalie Minard both the emotional exhaustion and the resilience

Disruptions such as anxiety and depression are to be a heavy toll for individuals, families and economies, yet most countries fail to provide sufficient support. Mental health problems are widespread across any society and age group and remains the second leading cause of long -term disability. They increase the cost of healthcare for families and

The new joint report, Climate change and heat stress at workemphasizes the mounting risks as climate change fuel longer, more extreme and more frequent heat waves. When one emphasizes that workers in agriculture, construction and fishing are already suffering from the effects of dangerous temperatures, the report points out that vulnerable groups in developing countries-inclusive