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DR Congo: WHO tracks deadly mysterious illness

Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) are carrying out further investigations to determine the cause of another cluster of illness and deaths in Équateur province, UN officials reported on Thursday. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/n8b7hwT via IFTTT

New report flags severity of US funding cuts to global AIDS response

Shuttered clinics and health workers laid off around the world reflect the widespread, negative toll the United States funding freeze is taking on the global AIDS response, according to a new situation report released on Wednesday by the UN agency charged with responding to the disease. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/noq09gS via IFTTT

World News in Brief: Conflict in DR Congo, Europe’s ‘cradle to cane’ crisis, millions may go hungry in Chad

Ongoing fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and Congolese troops has claimed more lives and forced even more families from their homes.  from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/fryeBmG via IFTTT

WHO marks 20 years of its lifesaving tobacco control treaty

A UN treaty that addresses the global tobacco epidemic has saved millions of lives over the past two decades, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.  from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/vyCsmq8 via IFTTT

Breast cancer cases projected to rise by nearly 40 per cent by 2050, WHO warns

Breast cancer cases are expected to increase by 38 percent globally by 2050, with annual deaths from the disease projected to rise by 68 percent, according to a new report from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a specialised branch of the World Health Organization (WHO).  from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/CvQT6BH via IFTTT

New round of polio vaccinations begins in Gaza

The latest large-scale polio vaccination drive in Gaza targeting some 600,000 children under age 10 got underway on Saturday. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/5w0gXTk via IFTTT

Explainer: 5 common myths about child marriage

Every day, almost one in five young women are married off while still children, according to the UN reproductive and sexual health agency, UNFPA, which is urging countries to say “I don’t” to child marriage, an illegal practice that is almost universally condemned and yet remains widespread globally. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/YSfwW4j via IFTTT

UN to continue Gaza vaccination campaign against polio

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday that the mass polio vaccination campaign in Gaza which began successfully last year, will continue in the coming days. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/KB04dpI via IFTTT

US funding cuts threaten global health response, WHO chief warns

The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed deep concern over the impact of US funding cuts on critical global health initiatives, warning they pose a direct threat to public health efforts worldwide. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/qUhRYLc via IFTTT

Meds platform launch gives children with cancer a fighting chance

A new UN-partnered project to distribute essential childhood cancer medicines has begun in Uzbekistan and Mongolia, the first rollout for a project due to be piloted in six countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/ptEsnZA via IFTTT

US aid funding cuts put HIV prevention at risk, warns UNAIDS

The US pause in foreign assistance funding has created “confusion” in the vital work of community HIV prevention, despite a waiver issued for HIV/AIDS programmes, the UN agency to combat the still deadly disease said on Friday. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/jAb4xp2 via IFTTT

‘She had a syringe, razor blade, and bandages’: Surviving genital mutilation

Some 230 million girls in more than 90 countries – predominantly in Africa and Asia – have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) and can suffer lifelong physical, emotional and psychological scars, an issue that the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency has been tackling with the support of the international community including the United States. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/OmqIxoc via IFTTT

Gaza: UN health agency urges rapid scale-up of medevacs as thousands remain in critical condition

More than 12,000 critically ill and injured patients, including at least 5,000 children, urgently need to be evacuated from Gaza, amid the crumbling health system, the UN World Health Organization (WHO)’s top official in the region said on Thursday. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/9bzOqhc via IFTTT

‘Step Up the Pace’ and end female genital mutilation, UN says

As the world marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation on Thursday, the United Nations is warning that without urgent action, a staggering 27 million more girls could undergo the procedure by 2030. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/i5uwtbD via IFTTT

Toxic air threatens children’s lives across East Asia and the Pacific, UNICEF warns

More than 100 children under the age of five die every day in East Asia and the Pacific due to air pollution, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned in a new analysis released on Thursday, calling for urgent action to tackle the crisis. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/v8Xzk6g via IFTTT

World News in Brief: US executive orders continue, killings in Sudan, breast cancer alert in Africa, human rights in Tunisia

New executive orders issued by the White House are set to further impact the cooperative, multilateral work of the United Nations, two weeks since the United States declared that it was pulling out of the UN health agency, WHO. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/bt7fU3N via IFTTT

Explainer: How family planning saves lives

Sakina Sani was married off when she was 12 years old amid conflict and food shortages in northern Nigeria. She became pregnant at 15 but miscarried and then had two children in rapid succession. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/3nJEIcL via IFTTT

World News in Brief: WHO chief asks US to reconsider withdrawal, gender parity remains distant goal, call for rethink on Nordic alcohol law change

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday he would “welcome constructive dialogue” with the United States Government over the decision made by President Donald Trump to withdraw.  from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/nQ2rTDF via IFTTT

Eastern DR Congo crisis increasing risk of mpox transmission, WHO chief warns

The worsening security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has forced many mpox patients to flee treatment centres, increasing the risk of transmission, the UN health agency (WHO) warned on Monday. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/1JiNdAO via IFTTT