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Gaza’s maternal and newborn health system ‘decimated’, UN warns
- UN News
Gaza’s health system for mothers and newborns has been “decimated”, the UN said on Thursday, with Israeli attacks destroying almost all hospitals, cutting off medical supplies and driving sharp rises in maternal deaths, miscarriages and newborn fatalities amid mass displacement and hunger.
WHO expert group reaffirms no link between vaccines and autism
- UN News
A World Health Organization (WHO) expert committee has again confirmed that there is no causal link between vaccines and autism spectrum disorders (ASD), following a new review of global scientific evidence.
Venezuela’s National Guard linked to killings, torture and repression, UN probe finds
- UN News
Venezuela’s Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) has been implicated in a decade-long pattern of killings, arbitrary detentions, torture and sexual violence targeting protesters and opponents of President Nicolás Maduro, according to a new report from UN-appointed investigators on Thursday.
Human Right Day 2025
- Inter Press Service
In a world of turbulence and doubt, one promise remains. In 1948, nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
International Funding for 30×30 Biodiversity Target Falls Billions Short of Global Goals
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, December 10 (IPS) - A new study and interactive dashboard released today in Nairobi at the seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) finds that current international financial flows remain billions of dollars short of what is required to achieve the global biodiversity target of protecting and conserving at least 30 percent of the world’s land and ocean by 2030 (30×30).
How Community Radio Is Powering Tanzania’s Climate Resilience
- Inter Press Service
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, December 10 (IPS) - At dawn in the mangrove-choked Rufiji estuary, paddles from wooden canoes slice through still waters as a soft voice drifts across the tide.
The Daunting Tasks Ahead for the New UN Secretary-General
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nepal, December 10 (IPS) - The election of the next Secretary-General of the United Nations comes at a highly inopportune moment in 2026, when the UN is being bypassed, and multilateralism—with the UN at its core—is under increasing challenge from some of the world’s most powerful states and leaders.
Traditional medicine is now a global reality: WHO
- UN News
The vast majority of World Health Organization (WHO) member States say 40 to 90 per cent of their populations now use traditional medicine.
Eastern DR Congo fighting kills scores, cuts food aid and drives mass displacement
- UN News
Intensifying fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has claimed more than 70 civilian lives, displaced over 200,000 people and cut thousands off from food assistance, prompting UN warnings of a rapidly expanding humanitarian emergency spilling across borders.
World News in Brief: Gaza winter storm, $7 billion UNICEF appeal, support for emergency response fund
- UN News
As another winter storm hits the Gaza Strip, low temperatures and rains are putting the lives of newborns and other vulnerable groups at risk, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said on Wednesday.
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