New York, Apr 25 (JEN): While some 80 percent of children around the world, or 110 million infants, are receiving life-saving vaccinations each year, “one in five – more than 22 million ...

New York, Apr 25 (JEN): Announcing that more than 50 partners are now on board its partnership initiative to fight against neglected tropical diseases, tuberculosis and malaria, the United N ...

New York, Apr 15 (JEN): The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is warning countries to step up monitoring, reporting and prevention to tackle one of the world’s most de ...

New York, Apr 11 (JEN): Together with Ministries of Health and other partners across seven countries in West Africa, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is using culturally-sensiti ...

New York, Apr 10 (JEN): The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has issued its first guidelines for the treatment of hepatitis C, a chronic infection that affects an estimated 130 ...

New York, Apr 9 (JEN): With the recent discovery of a new case of polio in a six-month-old boy in Iraq, the United Nations and it partners, warning that the crippling virus still poses a thr ...

New York, Apr 8 (JEN): Warning that a “small bite can carry a big threat,” the United Nations family is marking World Health Day by urging the international community to back a global he ...

New York, Apr 4 (JEN): Highlighting the critical importance of keeping investments in health high on the international development agenda, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon encour ...

New York, Apr 3 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon marked World Autism Awareness Day with a call to action – urging the international community to take part in fostering p ...