Health
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What is the World Health Organization and why does it matter?
When the plague, cholera and yellow fever rippled deadly waves across a newly industrialised and interconnected world in the mid-19th…
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It’s not censorship to stop hateful online content, insists UN rights chief
Social media posts inciting hate and division have “real world consequences” and there is a responsibility to regulate content, the…
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Avian flu risk still ‘low’ after first US patient dies from H5N1 virus: WHO
A day after the United States reported its first human death from avian flu, the UN World Health Organization (WHO)…
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WHO continues to urge China to share data five years after COVID-19
The World Health Organization (WHO) this week reflected on COVID-19, and ongoing efforts to understand the disease, five years after…
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Israel attacks push Gaza healthcare ‘to brink of collapse’
Israel’s pattern of deadly attacks on and near hospitals in Gaza, and associated combat, have pushed the healthcare system to…
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Global solidarity key to future pandemic preparedness, says UN chief
In a message commemorating Friday’s International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged all nations to invest in…
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Yemen bears world’s highest cholera burden, deepening humanitarian crisis
Yemen has reported the highest global burden of cholera, with nearly 250,000 suspected cases and 861 associated deaths as of…
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Winter rains and aid obstacles worsen ordeal for one million Gazans
Nearly one million Gazans risk spending winter without adequate shelter as UN agencies struggle to provide cold weather assistance, amid…
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‘War on drugs has failed, completely and utterly’: UN human rights chief
The UN human rights chief has called on leaders and international stakeholders to radically rethink global drug policy, stating that…
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UN health agency approves ‘groundbreaking’ TB test
A potentially “groundbreaking” test for tuberculosis (TB) has been endorsed by the UN World Health Organization (WHO) as part of…
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