Health
New York, Sept 28 (Just Earth News): The region of the Americas is the first in the world to have eliminated measles, a viral disease that can cause severe health problems, the United Nations health agency has declared. more
Improved UN database spotlights huge global disparities in access to cancer care

New York, Sept 28 (Just Earth News): A revamped global database launched on Wednesday by the United Nations atomic agency highlights startling disparities across the world when it comes to a ...

UN health agency provides emergency support as floods and landslides cause havoc in DPRK

New York, Sept 15 (Just Earth News): Responding urgent humanitarian needs triggered by flash floods and landslides in the northern provinces of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (D ...

UN health agency’s African member States adopt new malaria framework

New York, Aug 22 (Just Earth News): With Africa still accounting for more than 90 per cent of global malaria deaths in 2015, the United Nations health agency’s member States in the region ...

Davos: UN launches $1 billion appeal for global Ebola response

The United Nations on Wednesday appealed for $1 billion needed for the first six months of 2015 to sustain the momentum to stamp out Ebola in West Africa, where ‘the epidemic has started t ...