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International Day: UN urges world to seek end of obstetric fistula in our lifetime

New York, May 23 (JEN): Obstetric fistula is a devastating yet completely preventable and, in many cases, treatable injury of childbirth, affecting at least two million women and girls worldwide and leaving them isolated from communities, the United Nations spotlighted ahead of the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula. more

No order to recall Maggi noodles, says Nestle

New Delhi, May 21 (JEN) While the popular Maggi noodles faced a threat of a ban in Uttar Pradesh after authorities there said monosodium glutamate or MSG and lead were found beyond permissib ...

Tanzania: UNICEF works to halt cholera outbreak among Burundian refugees

New York, May 22 (JEN): The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is rushing critical relief supplies to Tanzania’s north-western border with Burundi amid a devastating cholera outbrea ...

Expert urges WHO to do more to protect people from toxic substances

New York, May 21 (JEN): The UN independent expert on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes on Wednesday ur ...

Ebola: WHO deploys team on border of Guinea and Guinea-Bissau

New York, May 21 (JEN): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday reported “a substantial increase” in the weekly total of new Ebola cases in Guinea and Sierra Leone and deployed ...

Health services for Palestine refugees extended despite regional turmoil: WHO

New York, May 21 (JEN): A newly published report by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) spotlights improved health services being deliv ...

UN assists as diarrhoea leaves seven Burundi refugees dead at Tanzania camp

New York, May 19 (JEN): The United Nations refugee agency has announced on Monday that it is taking urgent measures to contain the spread of a severe watery diarrhoea outbreak among newly ar ...

Citing ‘defining moment’ sparked by Ebola outbreak, WHO chief pledges reforms

New York, May 19 (JEN): The head of the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday promised a new $100 million emergency fund and a global health crisis workforce as part of a ...

Ban kicks off meeting to boost commitment to ‘Every Woman, Every Child’ initiative

New York, May 15 (JEN): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has gathered senior leaders from around the world for a meeting that began on Thursday in New York on ways to step-up commitments to imp ...

Haiti: UN official says cholera outbreak needs urgent attention

New York, May 15 (JEN): The cholera outbreak in Haiti remains the largest in recent world history, according to the United Nations official coordinating the Organization’s cholera response ...