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UN: Health officials weigh national efforts to tackle non-communicable diseases

New York, July 11 (JEN): With world leaders gathered Thursday in New York for the United Nations General Assembly’s review of efforts made since 2011 in controlling non-communicable diseases like heart disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic lung disease, the Organizations’ top health official launched a new report that shows progress at the national level has been insufficient and uneven. more

World’s poor hardest hit by chronic diseases, says top UN health official

New York, July 11 (JEN): At a high-level review and assessment by the United Nations General Assembly of progress achieved in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, UN Worl ...

Iraq: UN agencies move to combat spread of communicable diseases

New York, July 5 (JEN): United Nations relief agencies and their partners working amid the ongoing turmoil and massive population displacement in Iraq are scaling up their healthcare respons ...

Ebola: UN agency to help West Africa coordinate response to 'unprecedented' outbreak

New York, July 5 (JEN): West African countries and international health authorities at a United Nations-backed emergency summit have adopted a strategy covering a range or priorities, includ ...

‘Leave no stone unturned’ to halt Ebola’s rapid spread in West Africa, urges UN agency

New York, July 3 (JEN)Urging health authorities in West African countries affected by the largest Ebola outbreak in history to “leave no stone unturned” in their efforts to contain the s ...

New UN report outlines top 10 food-borne parasites of greatest global concern

New York, July 2 (JEN) A new report released on Tuesday by two United Nations agencies identifies a “top 10” of food-borne parasites with the greatest global impact, including those fou ...

Ebola outbreak ‘not out of hand’, UN health agency says readying response

New York, June 28 (JEN): The United Nations health agency and partners are working with the Governments of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to control an outbreak of Ebola in West Africa, a ...

Global drug use stable, but nearly 200,000 deaths still recorded : UN

New York, June 27 (JEN): Global drug use has stabilized, but some 200,000 people are still victims of drug-related deaths, according to the latest World Drug Report from the United Nations O ...

"Community engagement key to tackling non-communicable diseases"

Washington, June 20 (JEN) Broader community-based engagement is vital to tackling non-communicable diseases – such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes – which are one of the m ...

UN urges efforts to end female genital mutilation

New York, Jun 17 (JEN): The United Nations human rights chief on Monday called for concerted efforts to urgently address female genital mutilation, calling it a form of gender-based discrimi ...