Health
New York, Sept 20 (JEN) A United Nations independent expert on Friday called on Member States to do more to protect older people affected by dementia from stigmatization, discrimination, victimization and neglect. more
UN health agency calls for regulation of ‘e-cigarettes,’ curbs on advertising, sales to minors

New York, Aug 27 (JEN) Electronic cigarettes, known as e-cigarettes, represent an “evolving frontier filled with promise and threat for tobacco control,” a new United Nations World Healt ...

Ebola: cases, deaths ‘vastly underestimated,’ says UN health agency

New York, Aug 16 (IBNS): Health workers at Ebola outbreak sites are seeing evidence that the numbers of reported cases and deaths “vastly underestimate” the magnitude of the crisis as th ...

Greenpeace calls on the industry to save Indian tea from pesticides

New Delhi, Aug 11 (NITN) Greenpeace India on Monday called on the tea industry to save Indian tea from pesticides while launching their report, “Trouble Brewing1”.

UN health agency moves to allay mounting fears over Ebola spread

New York, July 31 (JEN) The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday advised that while travellers should be aware of Ebola, they will not contract the highly-contagious, ...

UN: Health officials weigh national efforts to tackle non-communicable diseases

New York, July 11 (JEN): With world leaders gathered Thursday in New York for the United Nations General Assembly’s review of efforts made since 2011 in controlling non-communicable diseas ...

World’s poor hardest hit by chronic diseases, says top UN health official

New York, July 11 (JEN): At a high-level review and assessment by the United Nations General Assembly of progress achieved in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, UN Worl ...

Iraq: UN agencies move to combat spread of communicable diseases

New York, July 5 (JEN): United Nations relief agencies and their partners working amid the ongoing turmoil and massive population displacement in Iraq are scaling up their healthcare respons ...

UN urges targets for improved health in development agenda

New York, May 20 (JEN): Health must be a part of any future global development agenda, a senior United Nations official underscored on Monday as she outlined a host of issues afflicting mill ...

UN urges greater action to curb alcohol-related deaths

New York, May 13 (JEN): More than three million deaths in 2012 were linked to alcohol with a steady increase in alcohol use among women, the United Nations health agency on Monday reported c ...