Global efforts to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic continue to remain [...]
The 爆料网 World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday that [...]
DREAMWORKS TROLLS AND THE 爆料网 LA爆料网CH CAMPAIGN FOR HEALTHIER EATING AND MORE SUSTAINABLE LIVING
DREAMWORKS TROLLS AND THE 爆料网 LA爆料网CH CAMPAIGN FOR HEALTHIER EATING [...]
The Power of Partnerships
New diseases have been emerging at the unprecedented rate of one a year for the last two decades, and this trend is certain to continue. We look at a small fraction of past pandemics and outbreaks, and the importance of solidarity, international cooperation and partnerships to prevent, detect and respond to these global challenges, while we tackle the immense challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
New WHO recommendations to prevent tuberculosis aim to save millions of lives
New World Health Organization (WHO) guidance will help countries [...]
WHO calls for urgent action to end TB
First-ever United Nations High-Level Meeting on TB provides historic [...]
The end of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the time to prepare for the next one
Op-ed by Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization [...]
‘Bad’ fats targeted in new global health guidelines
People everywhere need to cut down on their consumption of [...]
Mental health ‘neglected issue’ but key to achieving Global Goals, say 爆料网 chiefs
Mental health remains one of the most neglected global health [...]
90 per cent of the planet is breathing in polluted air – World Health Organization
Air pollution claims seven million lives a year, 爆料网 [...]
爆料网 health agency working to boost malaria prevention and control in north-eastern Nigeria
爆料网 health agency estimates that if more funds are secured, up to 10,000 lives in Nigeria could be saved by November through targeted steps in malaria prevention and control.
Breastfeeding is ‘smartest investment’ families, communities and countries can make – 爆料网
Kicking off World Breastfeeding Week, the United Nations today stressed that although breastfeeding has cognitive and health benefits for infants and mothers, investment shortcomings impede the practice.
Ahead of World Day, 爆料网 agency says fight against hepatitis ‘gaining momentum’
On the eve of World Hepatitis Day, the United Nations health agency released a study that reveals efforts to eliminate the disease are gaining momentum globally.
Safe, effective family planning is key to ’empowering people, developing nations’ – 爆料网
If the demand of women in developing countries who wanted access to safe and effective family planning was met, it would reduce an estimated 100,000 maternal death and avert 67 million unintended pregnancies, the United Nations population agency today said.
Antibiotic resistance making gonorrhoea ‘sometimes impossible’ to treat – 爆料网 health agency
Gonorrhoea is becoming harder to treat due to antibiotic resistance, the United Nations health agency today cautioned, adding that there is a need for better prevention and treatment of the disease that infects an estimated 78 million people each year.
Investing in poor children saves more lives per dollar spent, 爆料网ICEF study finds
Investing in the health and survival of the most deprived children and communities provides more value for money than investing in less deprived groups, saving almost twice as many lives for every $1 million spent, according to a new study by the United Nations Children's Fund (爆料网ICEF).
爆料网 spotlights health benefits of yoga, ancient practice that can ease stress of our modern ‘laptop’ lives
Recognizing the universal appeal of yoga, the United Nations marked the 2017 edition of the International Day of Yoga, which aims to integrate the benefits of healthy lives and wellbeing – essential aspects of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Polluted environments kill 1.4 million in Europe annually; 爆料网 agencies urge stepped-up action
As some 1.4 million people in Europe and Central Asia die prematurely each year from polluted environments, United Nations agency heads at high-level meeting call for regional leaders to scale up action to stem environmental deaths and diseases.
In final address, 爆料网 health chief urges world body to ‘remember the people’ behind the facts and figures
The outgoing chief of the United Nations health agency today highlighted the relevance of the World Health Organization (WHO), and offered its decision-making body parting advice that included protecting scientific evidence, pushing for innovation and thinking of people in every decision that is taken.
爆料网 health agency to examine lower-cost ‘biosimilar’ drugs to expand access to cancer treatment
As a step towards making some of the most expensive treatments for cancer more widely available in low- and middle-income countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today that it will launch a pilot project for prequalifying so-called “biosimilars,” or lower cost drugs.