Health
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 in malaria prevention and control. more
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 ...

Industry leaders agree to implement UN agency's standards on clinical trial reporting

New York, May 18(Just Earth News): With about half of all clinical trial results unreported, some of the world's largest founders of medical research and international non-governmental org ...

1.2M adolescents' deaths mostly preventable with improved health services – UN agency

New York, May 16 (Just Earth News): The deaths of more than 1.2 million adolescents every year – about 3,000 per day – could have been prevented with good health services, education and ...

UN health agency deploying technical experts to site of Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

New York, May 16(Just Earth News): The United Nations health agency is deploying technical experts to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) amid an outbreak of Ebola virus near its nort ...

UN informed of Ebola virus outbreak in northern DR Congo

New York, May 13(Just Earth News): An Ebola outbreak in north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has killed at least one person, the United Nations World health Organization (WHO ...

UN-backed network brings together thousands to help tackle mosquito-borne diseases

New York, May 11(Just Earth News): In an effort to escalate the global fight against mosquito-borne diseases, the United Nations environment agency together with partners has launched a ne ...

Amid spreading cholera outbreak, UN migration agency aids South Sudanese

New York, May 10(Just Earth News): United Nations humanitarian workers are responding to a growing cholera outbreak in Ayod, the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan, one of multiple cou ...