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Kabul: The 20th instance of polio has been reported from Afghanistan this year, officials said. more
DR Congo violence puts Ebola humanitarian response at risk, UN food relief agency warns

New York,  A spokesperson for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has condemned any violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that could slow down the humanitarian ...

UN health agency launches action plan as global malaria cases rise

New York, Targets to reduce global rates of infections and deaths from malaria are not being met, says the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2018 World malaria report, released on M ...

Farmers on the frontline in battle against drug-resistant microbes: UN health agency

New York,  The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has revealed that as some 700,000 people are dying each year from antimicrobial resistant infections, an untold ...

‘Make healthy choices’ urges UN agency, to prevent and manage chronic diabetes

New York, The global prevalence of adult diabetes has nearly quadrupled since 1980, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, World Diabetes Day, with the call to “eat ...

Government must ‘secure’ polls in key DR Congo vote due next month: UN envoy

New York, With key national elections due next month in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), armed groups in the east of the country still threaten to derail the vote, the top Unit ...

Antimicrobial resistance a 'global health emergency,' UN, ahead of awareness week

New York, : By 2050, some five million people could die each year in Asia alone due to resistance to antibiotic medicines or antimicrobials, according to UN agencies.

Ebola outbreak in DR Congo conflict zone ‘remains dangerous and unpredictable’ – UN chiefs

New York While new measures to tackle the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are working, the epidemic remains dangerous and unpredictable, the United Nations sa ...

Poor diets threaten health more than malaria, tuberculosis, measles – new UN report

New York: With one-in-five deaths associated with poor-quality diets, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) issued a co-authored report on Wednesday, urging policymak ...

Frontline workers vaccinated in Uganda over Ebola fears, as top UN officials visit outbreak epicentre in DR Congo

New York, The World Health Organization (WHO), and Ugandan Ministry of Health, have begun vaccinating frontline health workers in the country against Ebola, in a bid to stop an outbreak i ...