Cancer cases increasing worldwide, says WHO
The worldwide number of cancer cases has risen to an estimated 14 million per year and is expected to rise to 22 million annually in the next two decades.
The worldwide number of cancer cases has risen to an estimated 14 million per year and is expected to rise to 22 million annually in the next two decades.
The establishment of the Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs is moving a step closer this week as countries around the world gather at the UN in New York to discuss the future of global development.
An appeal for $2 billion is being made by the UN to tackle what’s been described as a deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Sahel region of Africa.
The joint UN and Arab league envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, has said there has been no progress in getting humanitarian aid to the besieged city of Homs in Syria.
Sport can do more than governments to bring people together to promote peace and cooperation according to the grandson of former South African president, Nelson Mandela.
Syrian government officials and the opposition have committed to further negotiations to find an end to the three-year-old civil war in Syria
The UN says more than 100,000 people have been killed and around 11 million more require humanitarian assistance.
Indigenous people in Bangladesh are being denied services because of what is being called a top-down approach to providing health care.
The authorities in a town in South Sudan town have begun mass burials of around 500 people who were killed during recent fighting.
The South Sudanese government has been battling rebel forces since December.
Improving hygiene and protecting water sources from contamination, remain key challenges for Cambodia.
According to the UN Children’s agency (UNICEF) less than one in three Cambodians have access to latrines and hand washing facilities, one of the lowest rates in South East Asia.
African leaders are arriving in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa to discuss the future development of the continent.
The 22nd African Union summit will bring together heads of state and government under the theme “2014 Year of Agriculture and Food Security.”