New York, Nov 27 (JEN): Milk and dairy products from underutilized animals such as llama, donkey or yak should be more widely used to counteract high cow milk prices, the United Nations foo ...

New York, Nov 23 (JEN): The head of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) wrapped up a two-day visit to India by lauding the Government for legislation that has made the right to foo ...

New York, Nov 16 (JEN): Welcoming the adoption of the first-ever resolution on people with albinism by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the United Nations human rights ...

New York, Nov 14 (JEN): Food systems will need to change significantly to tackle severe nutrition problems that currently afflict more than half of the world’s population, experts told a ...

New York, Nov 13 (JEN): The United Nations and its partners are marking World Pneumonia Day Tuesday by highlighting essential actions that can help end child deaths from the single biggest ...

New York, Nov 9 (JEN): Aiming to stop a polio outbreak in Syria from spreading across the region, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) is spearheading the largest-ever immuniz ...

New York, Oct 31 (JEN): A United Nations report released Wednesday spotlights the high rates of teenage pregnancies in developing countries – 7.3 million every year – and calls on Gove ...

New York, Oct 30 (JEN): The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday confirmed 10 cases of polio in conflict-stricken Syria, adding that health authorities in the country and ...

New York, Oct 23 (JEN): Pregnant mothers and young children in the developing world are exposed to high levels of lead through unsafe paints, particularly in colours yellow and red where lea ...