New York, Apr 10 (JEN): The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has issued its first guidelines for the treatment of hepatitis C, a chronic infection that affects an estimated 130 ...

New York, Apr 9 (JEN): With the recent discovery of a new case of polio in a six-month-old boy in Iraq, the United Nations and it partners, warning that the crippling virus still poses a thr ...

New York, Apr 8 (JEN): Warning that a “small bite can carry a big threat,” the United Nations family is marking World Health Day by urging the international community to back a global he ...

New York, Apr 4 (JEN): Highlighting the critical importance of keeping investments in health high on the international development agenda, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon encour ...

New York, Apr 3 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon marked World Autism Awareness Day with a call to action – urging the international community to take part in fostering p ...

New York, Apr 2 (JEN): The United Nations official tasked with coordinating the response to the cholera epidemic in Haiti says the country is not receiving the international attention it des ...

New York, Apr 2 (JEN): The number of suspected and confirmed cases of Ebola (EVD) in Guinea has jumped from 103 to 122 in just three days, with 80 confirmed deaths, said the United Nations W ...

New York, Mar 28 (JEN): The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday certified as polio-free 11 countries in Asia that together are home to a quarter of the global populati ...

New York, Mar 25 (JEN): On World Tuberculosis Day, the United Nations is calling for intensified global solidarity to eradicate the preventable disease, particularly by mobilizing the resou ...