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Every hour, 100 people die of loneliness-related causes, UN health agency reports

One in six people are affected by loneliness, with significant implications for health and well-being, according to a new report from the UN World Health Organization (WHO).  from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/I6dc7mC via IFTTT

DR Congo: New initiative to eliminate HIV in children ‘a beacon of hope’

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has launched a bold new national initiative aimed at eliminating AIDS among children by 2030 – a move hailed by the United Nations as “a beacon of hope” amid growing global funding constraints.  from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/4aeQSok via IFTTT

While energy access improved, more funding is needed to address disparities, says WHO

Although nearly 92 per cent of the global population now has basic access to electricity, more than 666 million people still live without it, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to urge greater financial support for renewable energy.  from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/lVIErLg via IFTTT

‘Still reeling’: Myanmar quakes worsen humanitarian crisis in fractured country

Nearly three months after Myanmar’s strongest earthquake in a century, more than six million people remain in urgent need of assistance, as the disaster compounds a humanitarian crisis driven by years of conflict, political turmoil and mass displacement. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/s6MvUQF via IFTTT

Tobacco control efforts protect three-quarters of the world’s population, WHO report finds

Tobacco use still claims over seven million lives a year, the World Health Organization warned on Monday, calling for greater efforts to limit its use amid rising interference from the global tobacco industry. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/qKmJzcr via IFTTT

‘One Earth, One Health’: Yoga Day provides respite in a tumultuous world

In an age marked by conflicts, disease, dysfunction and mental health challenges, yoga offers a steady, time-trusted path to help find calm and harmony within – and without. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/JR6ws1j via IFTTT

WHO warns of a health financing emergency

The world is facing a health financing emergency, according to Dr. Kalipso Chalkidou, Director for Health Financing and Economics for the World Health Organization (WHO). from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/Q42AoDa via IFTTT

Make midwives universally accessible and save millions of lives, WHO urges

Almost 4.5 million maternal, stillborn and newborn deaths were recorded in 2023. What if there was a clear path to saving 83 percent of these people? To saving 3.7 million mothers, unborn children and babies annually?  from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/jkUC6gc via IFTTT

Without urgent funding, global hunger hotspots are set to grow, UN warns

Since conflict erupted in Sudan, more than a million people have fled to neighbouring South Sudan, seeking refuge from escalating violence that has displaced 12.4 million people and plunged over half the Sudanese population into food insecurity.  from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/b4UEOat via IFTTT

World News in Brief: Rights abuses in Haiti, Sudan war sees exodus to Chad, food trade optimism

Escalating gang violence in Haiti has displaced a record 1.3 million people, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Friday.  from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/E2wRiOQ via IFTTT

World News in Brief: ‘Indifference and impunity’ in Sudan, ICC judges speak out against sanctions, respiratory diseases overlooked in Europe

With over half of the Sudanese population in need of aid and lean season rapidly approaching, the UN Chief for Humanitarian Affairs once again sounded the alarm about the crisis unfolding in Sudan on Thursday.  from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/fQz3j6p via IFTTT

Famine stalks two counties in South Sudan as fragile peace is threatened

Two counties in the Upper Nile State of South Sudan are sliding into famine, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned in a new report released Thursday.  from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/3qj0UFS via IFTTT

Climate emergency is a health crisis ‘that is already killing us,’ says WHO

With 2024 confirmed as the hottest year on record, the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a stark warning: the climate crisis is also a health crisis – and it’s already claiming lives. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/TYmbNR7 via IFTTT

Social and economic barriers, not choice, driving global fertility crisis: UNFPA

The global fertility slump isn’t down to young people turning their backs on parenthood – it’s due to social and economic pressures stopping them from having the children they want, says a new UN report.  from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/KduTemD via IFTTT

World News in Brief: Women’s health in Sudan, childhood wasting, Belarus trade unions, Guatemala child rights violation

As hostilities rage in Sudan, access constraints and devastating funding cuts are isolating rape survivors and pregnant women from essential health services, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency UNFPA said on Thursday.  from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/eaHlf3O via IFTTT