New York, May 7 (JEN): Rates of maternal deaths are down, according to United Nations figures released on Tuesday, but pre-existing medical conditions heighten the risk of death for pregnant ...

New York, May 6 (JEN): The spread of polio in countries where it was once eradicated is an “extraordinary event” and unless an international coordinated response is urgently put in place ...

New York, May 2 (JEN): Significant gains in the fight against the cholera epidemic in Haiti have been recorded as the dry season ends and the United Nations continues to support the Governme ...

New York, May 1 (JEN): Antibiotic resistance – when bacteria change so antibiotics no longer work in people who need them to treat infections – is now a major threat to public health, sa ...

New York, Apr 26 (JEN): The tide has turned on malaria, with mortality rates for children in Africa down by half, but a stronger surveillance system is urgently needed to prevent new outbrea ...

New York, Apr 25 (JEN): Scientists in a United Nations-backed collaborative have cracked the genetic code of the bloodsucking tsetse fly in a breakthrough that brings new hope to the fight a ...

New York, Apr 25 (JEN): While some 80 percent of children around the world, or 110 million infants, are receiving life-saving vaccinations each year, “one in five – more than 22 million ...

New York, Apr 25 (JEN): Announcing that more than 50 partners are now on board its partnership initiative to fight against neglected tropical diseases, tuberculosis and malaria, the United N ...

New York, Apr 17 (JEN): As the FIFA World Cup in Brazil draws closer, the United Nations agency leading the response to the AIDS epidemic on Wednesday named the country’s football star Dav ...