New York, Nov 20 (JEN): Voicing deep concern over high HIV/AIDS infection among children and teenagers in Asia-Pacific, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Tuesday called for accel ...

New York, Nov 16 (JEN): Welcoming the adoption of the first-ever resolution on people with albinism by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the United Nations human rights ...

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, Nov 2 (JEN): The shifting demographics of the AIDS epidemic demands a new focus to reach people aged 50 and over who are currently underserved by HIV services, Friday urged the Un ...

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 ...