Health

As climate negotiations continue in the Amazon city of Belém, Brazil, governments, UN agencies and partners have adopted the Belém Health Action Plan, with a focus on addressing health care inequities. For updates on all UN actions and media coverage so far, go to our dedicated page here. A planet on the way to “intensive […]

So far, eight possible cases have been reported in the southern region of Ethiopia and laboratory tests are underway to determine the exact cause. Health workers are among those infected, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a tweet. What is viral hemorrhagic fever? Viral hemorrhagic fevers are a group of epidemic-prone diseases caused by

This Friday, on the occasion of World Diabetes Day, the UN highlights the impact of the disease on pregnancy, in line with this year’s global theme, managing diabetes “at all stages of life”. The organization also launched its first-ever global guidelines on how to manage diabetes before, during and after pregnancy. “These guidelines are grounded

Cases are on a downward trajectory for the first time since the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. But a new report finds that while progress has been made in the global fight against the disease, funding gaps are undermining hard-won gains. Funding gap threatens progress “The reduction in the global burden of tuberculosis and progress in testing,

Warning that children’s sense of stability and security has been eroded by the collapse of key daily services, humanitarians insist young Gazans will need “sustained, long-term efforts to recover”. According to child safety partner assessments conducted in September and shared by the UN Office for Aid Coordination (OCHA), 93 percent demonstrated aggressive behavior and 90

Fuel is needed to power machinery for critical operations, including water, sanitation, hygiene, health and rubble clearance. Education, nutrition and protection works will also be possible through the delivery of diesel, OCHA said, noting that three-quarters of the total amount went to the south and a quarter to the north. The latest UN data also

“Health facilities are where vulnerable people seek healing. Yet without adequate water, sanitation and hygiene, for too many people, expected care can turn into unintended harm,” said Dr Hans Kluge, World Health Organization (WHO) regional director for Europe. Stressing that health care is “put to the test like never before,” Dr. Kluge insisted that strengthening

The development comes 11 months after the country’s devastating civil war ended with the overthrow of the Assad regime by opposition forces loyal to new President Ahmad Al-Sharaa. Today, as Syrians return home in growing numbers, the shattered country faces chronic shortages of foreign investment, medicine, electricity and equipment. According to the WHO, only 58

Estimates indicate that one in five children under the age of three have not received any doses or been vaccinated because of the war, putting them at risk of outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases. The catch-up campaign aims to vaccinate these children against measles, mumps and rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis B, tuberculosis, polio, rotavirus

Healthcare aid from abroad is expected to see a 30% to 40% drop this year compared to 2023, according to the United Nations health agency. This has already led to reductions of up to 70 percent in key health services in some of the 108 low- and middle-income countries outlined in a new WHO report.