health News
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A child or youth died once every 4.4 seconds in 2021 – UN report
NEW YORK/GENEVA/WASHINGTON D.C., 10 January 2023 – An estimated 5 million children…
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Urgent action needed as acute malnutrition threatens the lives of millions of vulnerable children
United Nations agencies are calling for urgent action to protect the most…
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Global food crisis putting millions of young lives at risk
More than 30 million under-fives are suffering from wasting, or acute malnutrition,…
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Flexible work arrangements, a benefit to all – ILO report
Issues surrounding working hours and conditions are “at the heart of most…
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Improve healthcare access to end ‘preventable tragedy’ of child mortality
In 2021, an estimated five million boys and girls died before their…
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COVID-19: China infection surge on agenda at WHO coronavirus meeting
In Geneva, a spokesperson for the WHO confirmed to journalists in Geneva…
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The Netherlands increases its flexible contribution for “a strong and agile WHO”
On 29 November 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands…
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UN chief issues global ‘wake-up call’ on Day of Epidemic Preparedness
“The costs have been catastrophic”, Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement…
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Kenya: Severe drought fuels malnutrition, reduces hospital-delivery births in Turkana County
“I have never experienced a drought as bad as this in my…
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Millions of Afghan children inoculated against measles, polio in 1st Statewide drive since 2021 transition
Afghanistan has vaccinated 5.36 million nine- to 59-month old children against measles…
