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 ...

New York, Oct 19 (JEN): Countries should strengthen national actions to eliminate lead paint, a major source of potential poisoning for young children which causes some 600,000 new cases of ...

New York, Oct 18 (JEN): The specialized cancer agency of the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday that outdoor air pollution is a leading environmental cause ...

New York, Oct 16 (JEN): From Ethiopia and Yemen to Bolivia and Viet Nam millions of children on Tuesday took part in the sixth annual United Nations-backed Global Handwashing Day, driving ...