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Haitian capital’s crippled health system ‘on the brink’

The health system in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince is “on the brink” and “crippled by escalating violence” according to the UN’s Pan American Health Organization’s (PAHO) representative in the Caribbean island nation, Dr. Oscar Barreneche. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/1aj7z6K via IFTTT

Road safety gets a boost with new UN fix for ‘pedal error’

Have you ever been driving in your car and pressed the accelerator instead of the brake? It happens more than you might think and it’s a cause of serious accidents that UN road safety experts have found a fix to, they announced on Thursday. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/t9DBr2C via IFTTT

Famine risk is real for 14 areas of Sudan amid ongoing fighting

The risk of widespread famine in Sudan caused by war there was confirmed on Thursday by leading hunger experts who warned that the country faces “the worst levels of acute food insecurity ever recorded”, with no less than 14 areas at the highest level of risk. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/HqSlYsj via IFTTT

World Drug Day report highlights spike in drug use, increased trafficking

The UN agency tackling crime and drug abuse (UNODC) released its annual World Drug Report on Wednesday warning that the number of users is ticking up alongside a rise in trafficking. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/hbpCQB6 via IFTTT

Over three million preventable deaths per year due to alcohol and drug use

Over three million deaths per year were attributable to alcohol consumption and drug use, a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) found. Of these deaths, 2.6 million were attributable to alcohol consumption, accounting for nearly five per cent of all deaths, with the highest numbers in the WHO European Region and African Region. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/1IpFY2R via IFTTT

Half the world now following doctors’ orders on cutting trans fats: WHO

A total of 53 countries had best practice policies in place for tackling industrial trans fats in food as of last year, vastly improving the food environment for 3.7 billion people, or 46 per cent of the world’s population, according to a milestone report published by the UN World Health Organization on Monday. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/9elAhZJ via IFTTT

Birth in a war zone: Coping amid ongoing attacks in Ukraine

Like many expecting parents, Oleksandra and Oleksandr Chebotar were eagerly awaiting the birth of their daughter. The way it happened, however, was unlike anything they had ever imagined. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/qFD6LQN via IFTTT

WHO announces global resurgence of cholera cases in 2024

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a spike in cholera in several regions of the world, with almost 195,000 cases and over 1,900 deaths reported in 24 countries since the start of this year.  from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/MShvR7E via IFTTT

UN health agency issues alert on falsified medicines used for diabetes treatment, weight loss

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday issued a medical product alert on the release of three batches of falsified semaglutides – the type of medicines primarily used to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity in some countries. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/m0kvS9j via IFTTT

Deadly and growing impact of air pollution laid bare in new UNICEF-backed report

The State of Global Air (SoGA) report published in partnership with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warns on Wednesday that air pollution is increasingly impacting human health - and is now the second leading global risk factor for premature death. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/V7qYJRj via IFTTT

At World Health Assembly, countries agree on efforts to boost pandemic preparedness

Countries on Saturday agreed to a set of key actions to better guide and coordinate international efforts in preventing, detecting, and responding to public health risks, while also committing to finalize negotiations on a global pandemic agreement within a year at the latest. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/QEGYCJU via IFTTT