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Hong Kong : Study suggests testing, contact tracing and population behavioural changes—measures which have less disruptive social and economic impact than total lockdown—can meaningfully control COVID-19 more
Amid COVID-19 constraints, UN women’s commission meets to push gender equality forward

New York : Despite constraints imposed by the new coronavirus disease, activists for gender equality gathered at UN Headquarters on Monday for the latest session of the Commission on the ...

Health services for Syrian women caught up in war, foster safety and hope: UNFPA

New York : Continued displacement from conflict-affected areas in northeast Syria leaves women and girls in urgent need of safe spaces, shelter and reproductive health services, according ...

‘No shortcuts to a healthier world’: WHO chief sets out health priorities for the decade

New York : The head of the UN health agency, WHO, has set out his urgent global health challenges for the next ten years – designated the “Decade of Action” by the UN Ge ...

Low cost breast cancer medicine move good news for women: UN health agency

New York: More women could soon have access to an affordable version of an expensive life-saving breast cancer treatment, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.

Four in five adolescents failing to exercise for even 60 minutes a day, UN health agency warns

New York: An alarming lack of exercise among adolescents across the world risks seriously compromising their health into adulthood, the UN said on Thursday.

Quality and use of green spaces may determine their health benefits, finds study

Barcelona: Numerous scientific studies have demonstrated the benefits that green spaces have in people’s lives.

Obesity rates soar due to dramatic global diet shift, says UN food agency

New York: Eating food high in starch, sugar, fats and salt; combined with a sedentary lifestyle, is a recipe for soaring global obesity rates, even in countries where many still suffer fr ...

UN welcomes ‘most comprehensive agreement ever’ on global health

New York: Describing it as an “important landmark” on our “journey to health for all”, Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday welcomed the UN Politica ...

3.7 million lives could be saved by 2025 if health services ramp up nutrition actions: WHO

New York, Sept 5 (JEN): If governments boost their focus on healthier eating, 3.7 million deaths could be prevented by the year 2025, according to the World Health Organization’s (W ...