New York, May 29 (JEN): The Haitian Prime Minister, the UN Special Representative to Haiti and the UN Senior Coordinator for cholera response vowed to press on with intensified efforts to el ...

New York, May 24 (JEN): United Nations officials on Friday called for eradicating the global social injustice of obstetric fistula, a consequence of childbirth that affects an estimated two ...

New York, May 24 (JEN): Health experts and veterinarians called for stepped-up monitoring, investigations and immediate reporting of cases of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus ...

New York, May 21 (JEN): The health department of the UN agency assisting Palestinian refugees across the Middle East on Tuesday reported that more than half of its health centres in Syria ar ...

New York, May 20 (JEN): Health must be a part of any future global development agenda, a senior United Nations official underscored on Monday as she outlined a host of issues afflicting mill ...

New York, May 20 (JEN): Calling on Monday for a new global agreement to regulate unhealthy diets, the United Nations expert on the right to food urged swift action from governments to help c ...

New York, May 20 (JEN): The majority of the almost 3 million children who die before they turn one month old could be saved if they received quality care around the time of birth, according ...

New York, May 15 (JEN): Road traffic injuries, HIV/AIDS and suicide are the top killers of adolescents globally, while depression is the predominant cause of illness and disability, the Unit ...

New York, May 14 (JEN): Despite progress in maternity benefits and a positive trend in supporting new fathers, at least 830 million women workers still do not have adequate protection, the U ...