New York, Mar 22 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday appealed for better access and equality to health services for persons with Down syndrome.

New York, Mar 19 (JEN): With about half of the health facilities in strife-torn Central African Republic (CAR) having been looted, the United Nations on Tuesday appealed for immediate additi ...

New York, Mar 14 (JEN): The world community must do more, and do better, to tackle the global drug problem, senior United Nations officials stressed on Thursday in Vienna, kicking off a two- ...

New York, Feb 28 (JEN): ‘Zero Discrimination Day,’ to be marked on Mar 1, is a worldwide call to promote and celebrate everyone’s right to a full life with dignity – no matter what t ...

New York, Feb 22 (JEN): The head of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday that high levels of malnutrition could hold Zimbabwe back from reaching its full potential, ...

New York, Feb 20 (JEN): The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Wednesday there is no evidence that human patients infected with influenza A(H7N9), a low pathogeni ...

New York, Feb 7 (JEN): United Nations officials on Thursday called for a complete end to genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) to ensure the dignity, health and well-being of every girl, noting ...

New York, Feb 6 (JEN): The United Nations agency assisting Palestinian refugees said on Wednesday it has begun a large-scale polio vaccination campaign targeting thousands of children in the ...

New York, Feb 4 (JEN): With new cancer cases worldwide expected to rise from 14 million to 22 million per year within the next two decades, and annual cancer deaths rising from 8.2 million t ...