UN lauds $6 billion US funding approval towards ending HIV/AIDS
© UNAIDS/Cynthia R. Matonhodze A 35-year-old HIV-positive mother holds her six-month-old baby. The UN agency leading the global effort to end HIV/AIDS worldwide welcomed legislative approval from the United States on Thursday for a $6 billion spending package to help tackle the disease, following nearly a year of sharp aid cuts. “This US investment […]
Global health systems ‘at risk’ as funding cuts bite, warns WHO
WHO/P. Virot The flag of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) flies at its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. By Vibhu Mishra The UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday that cuts to international aid and persistent funding gaps are undermining the global health system. This is occurring as the risk from pandemics, […]
World Health Day: Focusing on women’s physical and mental health around the world
© UNICEF/Kristina Müller Twin girls born at seventh months are taken care of at a health centre in Gitega province, Burundi. Monday’s World Health Day highlights a critical issue for global health: the particular vulnerabilities faced by women and girls. Close to 300,000 women continue to die during pregnancy or childbirth each year. More than two million babies […]
What is the World Health Organization and why does it matter?
By Eileen Travers When the plague, cholera and yellow fever rippled deadly waves across a newly industrialised and interconnected world in the mid-19th century, taking a global approach to health became an imperative. Doctors, scientists, presidents and prime ministers urgently convened the International Sanitary Conference in Paris in 1851, a precursor to what is now the […]
‘Off-the-charts awe inspiring’ Refugee Paralympic Team heading to Paris
© IPC | Guillaume Junior Atangana, a Cameroonian vision-impaired sprinter, and his guide Donard Ndim Nyamjua, are competing at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. ORIGINAL ARTICLE Eight athletes and one guide runner are set to compete in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games as the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team, the International Paralympic Committee announced on […]
39th UN-Water Meeting: A clean water future and UN World Water Day film screening
UN-Water Members and Partners gathered at their biannual meeting to discuss how the UN family can “deliver as one” in response to water- and sanitation-related challenges. A particular focus for the first day of the 39th UN-Water Meeting was preparations for conferences on water for sustainable development to be convened in 2026 and 2028, as […]