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Personal protective equipment (PPE) is being distributed to health workers in Afghanistan during the COVID-19 outbreak.

UN welcomes three-day ceasefire announcement by Afghan government and Taliban during Eid al-Fitr

24 May 2020

Peace and Security

News Story

A 3-year-old girl receives a vaccine shot at a community health centre in Beijing, China, on 26 March 2020.

Experts underscore COVID-19 threat to global progress on child immunization

22 May 2020

News Story

The Pul-e-Kheshti Mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan. (file)

Afghanistan: UN shocked and outraged over deadly attacks on maternity hospital and funeral

12 May 2020

Peace and Security

News Story

Government measures to counter the COVID19 pandemic have affected all aspects of illegal drug markets, from production and trafficking to consumption.

COVID-19 causes some illegal drug prices to surge, as supplies are disrupted worldwide

7 May 2020

Law and Crime Prevention

News Story

A two day old child sleeps next to its mother at a maternity ward in Rajasthan, India.

Coronavirus: Health system overload threatens pregnant women and newborns

7 May 2020

News Story

Health staff from the Shaboura Health Centre in Rafah, Gaza, run by UN relief agency UNRWA, deliver medications directly to elderly Palestine refugees in the wake of COVID-19, so reduce their chances of exposure.

Average of 80,000 COVID-19 new cases a day since April: UN health agency

6 May 2020

News Story

The return home of some 136,00 Afghan people since the beginning of the year and a weakened health system is putting Afghanistan at risk of the coronavirus.

News in Brief 5 May 2020

5 May 2020

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Journalists in Kabul (File photo June 2019)

Press freedom critical to countering COVID-19 ‘pandemic of misinformation’: UN chief

4 May 2020

Culture and Education

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