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Around 224 million women still don’t access family planning

November 4, 2025 Global AuthorHealthy News

Since 1990, the number of people using modern contraception methods has doubled globally but despite this, nearly 224 million women in mainly developing regions still do not use safe and effective family planning methods, according to the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA. Read More

Mental health takes centre stage at the General Assembly

September 25, 2025 Global AuthorHealthy News

For the first time, mental health is the focus of an official meeting of the General Assembly on Thursday, with world leaders expected to agree on a set of principles designed to drive global action to help alleviate the symptoms of those living with a complex variety of disorders. Read More

World News in Brief: Migrant medics mean shortages at home, UN names top innovators, Nigeria rights update, sunscreen an ‘essential medicine’

September 17, 2025 Global AuthorHealthy News

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) issued a warning on Wednesday that southern and eastern European countries are losing large numbers of doctors and nurses who are leaving to work abroad. Read More

World News in Brief: Pandemic treaty update, DR Congo Ebola response, more casualties in Ukraine

September 15, 2025 Global AuthorHealthy News

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) called on Monday for countries to overcome the remaining obstacles to concluding the global pandemic treaty. Read More

‘Shift the narrative’ on suicide to prevent loss of 720,000 lives annually

September 10, 2025 Global AuthorHealthy News

More than 720,000 people commit suicide every year and many more attempt it. Now the head of the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for “shifting the narrative” on the issue “to challenge harmful myths, reduce stigma and foster compassionate conversations.” Read More

80 million more children benefiting from school meals, WFP reports

September 10, 2025 Global AuthorHealthy News

School meals are a crucial way out of poverty into “a new world of learning and opportunity,” according to the World Food Programme (WFP) executive director Cindy McCain. Read More

Haitians in ‘despair’ following abrupt suspension of US humanitarian support

July 30, 2025 Global AuthorHealthy News

People in Haiti have expressed “despair” following the “abrupt suspension” of a wide range of humanitarian services, according to the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, in the Caribbean country. Read More

WHO urges rollout of first long-acting HIV prevention jab

July 14, 2025 Global AuthorHealthy News

A breakthrough HIV drug that only needs to be injected twice a year to offer near-total protection from the virus and developing AIDS should be made available “immediately” at pharmacies, clinics and via online consultations, the UN health agency said on Monday. Read More

UN warns of deepening health crisis in Gaza amid mass casualty incidents

July 9, 2025 Global AuthorHealthy News

As scores of people – including medical staff and their families – have reportedly been killed in the past week, UN health partners in Gaza continue to provide emergency care despite very limited resources. Read More

Antimicrobial resistance crisis ‘happening now,’ WHO’s Tedros stresses at Jeddah summit

November 15, 2024 Global AuthorHealthy News

The top UN health official gave a sobering reality check as the Fourth Global High-Level Ministerial Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance began Friday in Jeddah: “AMR doesn’t just threaten to make the medicines on which we depend less effective; it’s happening now.” Read More

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