Health
New York, Oct 11(Just Earth News): Despite a 50 per cent drop in AIDS-related deaths since the peak of the epidemic, new HIV infection declines among adults are lagging, prompting the United Nations to launch a 10-point plan that lays out immediate, concrete steps countries can take to accelerate progress. more
UN agencies launch cholera immunization campaign for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): In a race to prevent a cholera outbreak among the more than half a million Rohingya refugee arrivals over the past six weeks in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh, ...

UN health agency establishes high-level commission to tackle noncommunicable diseases

New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): The United Nations health agency on Tuesday announced the establishment of a high-level global commission on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) to identify in ...

UN and partners aim to slash 90 per cent of cholera deaths by 2040

New York, Oct 4(Just Earth News): A taskforce of United Nations and international partner agencies is gearing up to launch an ambitious new strategy to combat cholera – aiming to reduce de ...

UN hails landmark pricing deal for faster rollout of ‘game-changing’ HIV treatment

New York, Sept 22(Just Earth News): Senior United Nations officials on Thursday welcomed a breakthrough pricing agreement by global partners to accelerate the availability in low- and middle ...

UN health agency rushes to prevent malaria, cholera outbreaks in flood-hit Sierra Leone

New York, Aug 21(Just Earth News): The United Nations health agency is working closely with the Government of Sierra Leone to prevent the spread of infectious diseases such as malaria and ch ...

UN health agency working to boost malaria prevention and control in north-eastern Nigeria

New York, Aug 8(Just Earth News): The United Nations health agency estimates that if more funds are secured, up to 10,000 lives in Nigeria could be saved by November through targeted steps i ...

UN health agency urges early action to stave off threat of HIV drug resistance

New York, July 21(Just Earth News): The United Nations health agency has warned that the spread of an HIV strain resistant to some of the most widely used medicines could undermine global pr ...

UN health agency declares end to latest Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

New York, July 4(Just Earth News): A recent outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is over, the United Nations health agency on Monday said, while adding t ...

In final address, UN health chief urges world body to ‘remember the people’ behind the facts and figures

New York, May 23(Just Earth News): The outgoing chief of the United Nations health agency on Monday highlighted the relevance of the World Health Organization (WHO), and offered its decision ...