3 December 2022 Human Rights Marking this year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which falls on Saturday, António Guterres, the UN Secretary-General, called for… Read More »Innovation Key To A Fairer World For Persons With Disabilities: UN Chief
In its new report, What works to prevent online violence against children, WHO focuses on ways of curbing the grooming of youngsters via the Internet, sexual… Read More »UN Health Agency Outlines ‘clear Direction’ For Reducing Online Violence Against Children
2 December 2022 Health Persons with disabilities face a risk of dying up to 20 years earlier than other sections of society, according to a new… Read More »Many Persons With Disabilities Face Premature Death Due To Health Inequities
1 December 2022 Human Rights The legacy of the transatlantic slave trade “reverberates to this day”, just as modern-day enslavement is growing, UN Secretary-General António… Read More »Legacy Of Slavery Still Scars Society, Blocks Progress Says UN Chief
The size of the appeal – 25 per cent higher than this year’s – reflects the fact that the total number in need is 65… Read More »UN Appeals For Record $51.5 Billion To Help 230 Million On The Brink In 2023
New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) indicates that by 2030 in sub-Saharan Africa, 390 women will die in childbirth for every 100,000 live… Read More »Africa’s Advances In Maternal, Infant Mortality Face Setbacks: WHO
Mr. Pedersen feared the ramp-up in military operations has the potential to unravel a strategic stalemate in the war that has brought relative calm for… Read More »UN Envoy Warns Against ‘worrying And Dangerous’ Military Escalation In Syria
The study shows how gender inequalities and harmful gender norms are blocking the end of the AIDS pandemic, with rising new infections and continuing deaths… Read More »Gender Inequalities Hampering Global Efforts To End AIDS
According to the agency’s first report on global water resources, areas that were unusually dry included South America’s Rio de la Plata area, where a… Read More »Large Parts Of World Drier Than Normal In 2021: WMO
28 November 2022 Health Monkeypox will now be known as mpox, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, in the wake of reports of… Read More »WHO Recommends New Name For Monkeypox