Health

COVID-19 provides opportunity to resolve conflicts, address weaknesses across Arab region: UN chief

New York: While all Arab states are facing difficulties in responding to COVID-19, the pandemic can also provide an opportunity to resolve long-standing conflicts and address structural weaknesses across the region, the UN Secretary-General said on Thursday. more

Countries failing to stop harmful marketing of breast-milk substitutes, warn WHO and UNICEF

Geneva: A new report by WHO, UNICEF, and the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) reveals that despite efforts to stop the harmful promotion of breast-milk substitutes, countrie ...

UN chief calls for greater protection for children caught up in COVID-19 crisis

New York : The looming global recession resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic could cause hundreds of thousands of additional child deaths this year, effectively reversing recent gains in ...

Introducing peanuts and eggs early can prevent food allergies in high risk infants, finds study

London: In a series of papers published today in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, researchers found that despite low adherence, early introduction to allergenic foods (thos ...

Ebola emergency meeting to go ahead as UNICEF warns of higher risk to very youngest children

New York, July 17 (JEN): Ahead of a key expert meeting convened by the United Nations to decide whether to declare the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ...

Under-fives' daily screen time should be kept to 60 minutes only, warns WHO

New York: Toddlers should spend no more than 60 minutes passively watching a screen every day, while babies under 12 months should have none, to ensure that they grow up fit and well, the ...

Country origin ‘best predictor of outcome’ for children with cancer, UN experts say

New York:Each year, an estimated 215 000 cancers are diagnosed in children under-15, and about 85 000 cancers in those aged 15–19 years, the cancer research agency of the World Heal ...

Lack of access to clean water, toilets puts children’s education at risk, says UN

New York, Millions of children are going to school without basic hygiene facilities, and the goal of universal access to basic water, sanitation and hygiene remains “a huge challeng ...

Vaccines are protecting more children than ever, but millions still miss out on routine immunizations – UN

New York: At the start of World Immunization Week , the United Nations on Tuesday said that while vaccines are protecting more children than ever, more countries need to make immunization ...

Millions of children in Yemen vaccinated against polio through UN-backed campaign

New York, Apr 11(Just Earth News): Despite daunting challenges, United Nations agencies and partners in war-torn Yemen have completed a major nationwide polio inoculation campaign, vaccinati ...