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The UN health agency, WHO, is encouraging adolescents to exercise more.

Four in five adolescents failing to exercise for even 60 minutes a day, UN health agency warns

22 November 2019

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A nurse administers an oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) to a baby at the Kaloko Clinic, Ndola, Zambia.

World is closer than ever to seeing polio disappear for good

24 October 2019

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Cholera Vaccination Campaign in Beira is carried out by the Mozambique Ministry of Health, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners. (2019)

UN welcomes ‘most comprehensive agreement ever’ on global health

23 September 2019

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17-year-old Esther and her 11-month-old daughter Christine at a social center supported by UNICEF that provides material and psychosocial support in Bangui, Central African Republic.

Thursday’s Daily Brief: Stark childbirth survival figures, Security Council split on Syria, nature-based climate initiatives

19 September 2019

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Adolescent girls use cellphones and tablets in a solar kiosk providing internet connectivity in the Za’atari camp for Syrian refugees.

Thursday’s Daily Brief: Facebook rallies against vaccination ‘fake news’, DPR Korea UN staff cuts call, Syria crop report, crisis funding and Dorian latest

5 September 2019

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A mother is breastfeeding her newborn child at the Mother and Child Health Center in Bumbu, a district of Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on 20 October 2017.

Wednesday’s Daily Brief: World Breastfeeding Week kickoff, Second Ebola death on DR Congo’s eastern border, UN chief lauds climate activist Thunberg, Afghan bus attack, and outgoing UN agriculture chief hands over reigns

31 July 2019

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A child smiles while receiving a Measles and Rubella vaccination during a UNICEF-supported mobile vaccination campaign in Aden, Yemen, February 2019.

‘Complacency’ a factor in stagnating global vaccination rates, warn UN health chiefs

15 July 2019

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A mother and her new born baby at the National Health Center for Mother and Child, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. (4 September 2015)

‘Catastrophic’ healthcare costs put mothers and newborns at risk

3 June 2019

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