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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 policymakers to reduce food loss and waste, to improve access to nutritious and healthy food. more

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 ...

Body Mass Index associated with deaths from most causes: Study

New York: Body Mass Index (BMI), a measure of body fat, is linked to risk of death from every major cause except transport accidents, according to new research published in The Lancet Dia ...

Security Council urges responder-safety focus, as DR Congo Ebola outbreak worsens

New York, The United Nations Security Council has voiced “serious concern” over the impact of deteriorating security situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (D ...

C-section birth: Study says procedure increasing at an alarming rate

London: A recent study has said that the percentage of doctors and pregnant mothers undertaking the Ceasarean section or the C-Section has almost doubled in the last decade and a half. It ...

WHO supports Zimbabwe with 1.4 million vaccinations to beat cholera outbreak

New York, The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting Zimbabwe’s efforts to begin vaccinating 1.4 million people against a new deadly outbreak of cholera, beginning on Wednesd ...

Yemen: as cholera surges again, UN and partners double down on vaccination efforts

New York, Following an “important increase” in the number of suspected cholera cases recently in Yemen, a new vaccination campaign is underway in coordination with the g ...

‘Selfless’ South Sudanese surgeon, who’s saved thousands of lives over 20 years, ‘humbled’ to receive top UN award

New York, For 20 years, Doctor Evan Atar Adaha has been providing medical services to the conflict-affected people of Sudan and South Sudan and, on Monday, he received the 2018 Nansen Ref ...

Tobacco control measures are working, but too slowly in less-developed countries: WHO

New York, “Great progress” has been made in tackling tobacco consumption and saving lives but more needs to be done to challenge the industry’s attempts to “ ...

Access to legal abortion services needed, to prevent 47,000 women dying each year - UN rights experts

New York,: States across the world should act now to decriminalise abortion and make every effort to ensure women and girls have the right to make their own decisions about pregnancy, sai ...