New York, Apr 2 (JEN): The United Nations official tasked with coordinating the response to the cholera epidemic in Haiti says the country is not receiving the international attention it des ...

New York, Apr 2 (JEN): The number of suspected and confirmed cases of Ebola (EVD) in Guinea has jumped from 103 to 122 in just three days, with 80 confirmed deaths, said the United Nations W ...

New York, Mar 28 (JEN): The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday certified as polio-free 11 countries in Asia that together are home to a quarter of the global populati ...

New York, Mar 25 (JEN): On World Tuberculosis Day, the United Nations is calling for intensified global solidarity to eradicate the preventable disease, particularly by mobilizing the resou ...

New York, Mar 22 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday appealed for better access and equality to health services for persons with Down syndrome.

New York, Mar 19 (JEN): With about half of the health facilities in strife-torn Central African Republic (CAR) having been looted, the United Nations on Tuesday appealed for immediate additi ...

New York, Mar 14 (JEN): The world community must do more, and do better, to tackle the global drug problem, senior United Nations officials stressed on Thursday in Vienna, kicking off a two- ...

New York, Feb 22 (JEN): The head of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday that high levels of malnutrition could hold Zimbabwe back from reaching its full potential, ...

New York, Feb 20 (JEN): The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Wednesday there is no evidence that human patients infected with influenza A(H7N9), a low pathogeni ...