Health

PAHO/Joshua Cogan

Antibiotic resistance is ‘crisis we cannot ignore,’ UN warns, calling for responsible use of these medicines

13 November 2017
Global

As World Antibiotic Awareness Week began on Monday, the United Nations, through its Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), called for responsible use of antibiotics in humans and animals to reduce the emergence of antibiotic resistance.

World Bank/Charlotte Kesl

UN health agency recommends farmers stop using antibiotics in healthy animals

7 November 2017
Global

Farmers and the food industry should stop using antibiotics routinely to promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals, the United Nations health agency said on Tuesday.

The Global Fund/Ryan Quinn Mattingly

Tuberculosis world's top infectious killer; UN health agency calls for political action to stop spread

30 October 2017
Global

Progress has not been fast enough over the past year to reach global and regional targets on stopping the spread of tuberculosis (TB), or to make real headway in closing persistent gaps in TB care and prevention, the World Health Organization warned Monday.

UNICEF/UNI133530/Pietrasik

Measles deaths fall, but world still far from eliminating disease – UN-backed report

26 October 2017
Global

Annual deaths from measles dropped below 100,000 last year for the first time, to 90,000, United Nations and other international agencies reported on Thursday, as they warned however that the world is still far from reaching goals on eliminating the disease.

UNICEF/Phelps

Despite drop in under-five mortality rate, 7,000 newborns die every day – UN report

19 October 2017
Global

More must be done to stop babies from dying the day they are born, United Nations agencies said in a new report issued Thursday, which argued that life-saving know-how and technologies must be made readily available – particularly in Southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa – where they are most needed.

Governments endorse UN-backed plan to tackle cancer, diabetes and other deadly diseases

19 October 2017
Global

Global leaders have pledged to take bold action to reduce suffering from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which include the world's leading killers – heart and lung diseases, cancers and diabetes – the United Nations health agency has reported.

World Bank/Nahuel Berger

Latin America and Caribbean falling off ‘zero hunger’ path towards 2030 – UN report

12 October 2017
Americas

The total number of persons that suffer from hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean has increased, reversing decades of progress, even as overweight and obesity emerged as a major problem in all countries in the region of the Americas, a United Nations-backed report shows.

World Bank/Aisha Faquir

UN health agency establishes high-level commission to tackle noncommunicable diseases

10 October 2017
Global

The United Nations health agency today announced the establishment of a high-level global commission on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) to identify innovative ways to curb the world’s biggest causes of death and extend life expectancy for millions of people.

WHO/Acland

UN and partners aim to slash 90 per cent of cholera deaths by 2030

3 October 2017
Global

A taskforce of United Nations and international partner agencies is gearing up to launch an ambitious new strategy to combat cholera – aiming to reduce deaths by 90 per cent by 2030, the UN health agency announced today.

Tapping into talents of older persons can boost Global Goals, says UN on International Day

1 October 2017
Global

On the International Day of Older Persons, the United Nations is urging the world to tap into the often overlooked contributions of older persons, and calling for integrated care to improve well-being and ensure they have the opportunity to contribute to development.