Men should be playing a more active role in empowering women, and helping to end the scourge of gender-based violence.

As Rohingya refugees continue to pour into neighbouring Bangladesh, one UN agency is taking steps to address their psychological well-being.

Efforts are under way to eradicate a neglected form of tuberculosis that has a particularly damaging impact on poor rural communities in Africa and South-East Asia, UN health experts said on Thursday.

The flow of desperate Rohingya refugees fleeing across the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh is “unprecedented in terms of volume and speed”.