Health

3.7 million lives could be saved by 2025 if health services ramp up nutrition actions: WHO

New York, Sept 5 (JEN): If governments boost their focus on healthier eating, 3.7 million deaths could be prevented by the year 2025, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest guidelines on improving nutrition, released on Wednesday. more

WHO revises recommendations on hormonal contraceptive use for women at high HIV risk

New York: The World Health Organization (WHO) has revised its guidance on contraceptive use to reflect new evidence that women at high risk of HIV can use any form of reversible contracep ...

UN health experts warn ‘dramatic resurgence’ of measles continues to threaten the European region

New York, Aug 29 (JEN): Europe has lost ground in eliminating measles, as the number of countries having achieved or sustained elimination of the disease has declined, the European Region ...

Security Council gravely concerned by Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, demands immediate end to violence hampering response

New York, Aug 3 (JEN): The UN Security Council on Friday expressed grave concern about the current Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and stressed the urg ...

UNICEF must triple budget to combat Ebola outbreak in DR Congo; complex crisis impacting unprecedented number of children

New York, July 31 (JEN): With an unprecedented number of children affected by the Ebola virus outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the United Nations Children&rsquo ...

UN sees progress in fight against tobacco, warns more action needed to help people quit deadly product

New York, July 27 (JEN): Progress is being made in the battle against the global tobacco epidemic, but more action is needed to help people quit the deadly products, according to a new re ...

DR Congo: efforts to control Ebola epidemic continue, UN food relief agency doubles assistance to affected people

New York, July 27 (JEN): With Ebola accelerating in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the UN World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Friday that it plans to scale up and double ...

Eliminating hepatitis calls for ‘bold political leadership, with investments to match,’ UN health chief says

New York, July 27 (JEN): Calling for “bold political leadership” ahead of World Hepatitis Day, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged countries to take advanta ...

‘Deadly environment’ plus ‘political and social’ obstacles hinder Ebola fight in DR Congo, Security Council hears

New York, July 25 (JEN): The problems of eradicating Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are not only medical, but also linked “to a variety of political and social factor ...

UN health agency ‘strongly recommends’ dolutegravir antiretroviral medication to manage HIV

New York, July 23 (JEN): Based on new evidence, the United Nations health agency on Monday announced it was recommending the use of the antiretroviral drug dolutegravir (DTG) – whic ...