Cancer rates set to rise 77 per cent by 2050

Thursday, February 01, 2024 - 5:00 AM

Global cancer cases are expected to rise around 77 per cent by the middle of the century, UN health authorities said on Thursday, highlighting the growing burden of the disease.

Cholera cases soar globally; Malawi, Haiti deadliest outbreaks, WHO reports

Tuesday, January 16, 2024 - 5:00 AM

The world enters 2024 with soaring cases of cholera globally, with over 667,000 cases and more than 4,000 deaths last year, UN agencies have reported.

COVID-19: WHO designates JN.1 ‘variant of interest’ amid sharp rise in global spread

Wednesday, December 20, 2023 - 5:00 AM

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is continuously monitoring the global spread of JN.1, a COVID-19 variant of interest, adding that current vaccines continue to offer protection against severe disease and death from this and other

COP28: The climate crisis is also a health crisis

Sunday, December 03, 2023 - 5:00 AM

Health has made it onto the agenda of a UN climate conference, and health advocates at COP28 in Dubai on Sunday said the topic was long overdue for discussion as climate inaction is costing lives and impacting health every single day.

Climate change risks upending global fight against malaria

Thursday, November 30, 2023 - 5:00 AM

Climate change and its impacts, particularly extreme weather and heatwaves, pose a “substantial risk” to progress being made to fight malaria, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.

Child deaths from wasting are predictable and preventable: WHO chief

Monday, November 20, 2023 - 5:00 AM

Worldwide, 45 million children under five are wasted, meaning they are dangerously thin for their height, and roughly one million die each year from the condition, the Director-General of the World Health Organization told the Global Food Security

Convention’s 10-year birthday marks commitment to prevent new mercury scare

Tuesday, October 10, 2023 - 6:00 AM

Banning new mercury mines is among milestones achieved under the Minamata Convention, which is now 10 years old.

COVID-19: WHO tracking new EG.5 'variant of interest'

Wednesday, August 09, 2023 - 6:00 AM

The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently tracking several COVID-19 "variants of interest", including the latest, EG.5, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in Geneva on Wednesday.

COVID-19: WHO tracking EG.5 'variant of interest'

Wednesday, August 09, 2023 - 6:00 AM

The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently tracking several COVID-19 "variants of interest", including EG.5 which is on the rise in several countries, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in Geneva on Wednesday.

Child health: More focus needed on earliest years, urges WHO

Thursday, June 29, 2023 - 6:00 AM

A new progress report launched on Thursday by UN agencies highlights the need to step up investment in nurturing care – especially in the poorest and most fragile countries.

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