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Safe in the sun? UN launches new app to help beat skin cancer
The SunSmart Global UV App, is the collective brainchild of the World…
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Celebrating the union of body and soul: UN marks International Yoga Day
Returning to an in-person format this year, the verdant North Lawn was…
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Nearly one billion people have a mental disorder: WHO
To make matters worse, in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
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‘Surprise’ early heatwave in Europe, harbinger of things to come
According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the intense heatwave made its way…
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New UN guide aims to tackle growing problem of elder abuse
The UN agency and partners are highlighting the issue in the context…
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WHO to determine if Monkeypox should be declared ‘Emergency of International Concern’; rights expert warns of COVID ‘vaccine apartheid’
The experts will meet on June 23 to assess whether the continuing…
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Burkina Faso: UN worried over killing of 50 civilians in rebel attack
– – The United Nations has condemned the latest rebel attacks in…
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Afghanistan: World Bank provides $150 million lifeline to stem rural hunger
Some 19.7 million people – almost half of Afghanistan’s population – are…
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Pioneering Namibia MP, Indonesia family planning board, win 2022 UN Population Award
The individual laureate is Member of Parliament Emma Theofelus, who is currently…
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World must ‘speed up’ efforts to end AIDS pandemic by 2030
The AIDS pandemic continues to be responsible for more than 13,000 deaths…
