Global News Service
An estimated 41 million children under five years old are obese or overweight, United Nations health experts warned Wednesday while launching new guidelines to tackle the global epidemic. Faced with…
Worldwide, 25 million unsafe abortions (45% of all abortions) occurred every year between 2010 and 2014, according to a new study by WHO and the Guttmacher Institute published Thursday in…
More than 180 million people do not have access to basic drinking water in countries affected by conflict, violence and instability around the world, UNICEF warned Tuesday, as World Water…
New WHO data from 28 countries – representing approximately 70% of the global hepatitis burden – indicate that efforts to eliminate hepatitis are gaining momentum. Published to coincide with World…
The latest WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic finds that more countries have implemented tobacco control policies, ranging from graphic pack warnings and advertising bans to no smoking areas.…
The number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen continues to rise, reaching 101,820 with 791 deaths as of 7 June 2017. Worst affected are the country’s most vulnerable: children under…