Global Issues News Headlines for “Health Issues”

In West Africa’s Benin, Women Make Centuries-Old Salt Production Methods Sustainable

2026-06-25T08:46:40-07:00

OUIDAH, Benin, June 25 (IPS) - It is barely noon, and a group of women sit near the beach on the outskirts of Djégbadji village, in West Africa’s Benin, sifting through mounds of salt harvested from the Gulf of Guinea’s ocean.

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Beyond Commemoration: Why Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Demands Urgent Global Attention

2026-06-25T06:45:32-07:00

DELHI, India, June 25 (IPS) - Three years ago, during a mission to the Central African Republic from United Nations Headquarters, I met a woman whose story has remained with me ever since. She had survived rape during the conflict. Yet what stayed with her most was not only the violence she had suffered, but the stigma that followed it. When she returned home, her family refused to take her back. In a society where survivors of sexual violence are too often burdened with shame that rightfully belongs to perpetrators, she found herself isolated and struggling to rebuild her life. In that moment, it became painfully clear that for survivors, the violence does not end when the assault ends, it continues through stigma, exclusion, and the resulting silence for most.

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Lives at risk in DR Congo as Ebola outbreak continues to outpace response

2026-06-24T05:00:00-07:00

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to spread faster than aid efforts can keep pace, despite significant gains in treatment capacity and growing community engagement, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday.

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WORLD CUP: ‘FIFA Has Placed Itself on the Side of the Polluters, Not the Rest of the Planet’

2026-06-24T04:55:53-07:00

CIVICUS speaks about the climate impacts of the 2026 World Cup with Frank Huisingh, founder of Fossil Free Football, a fan-led group that campaigns to end fossil fuel sponsorship in football and make the game more sustainable.

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Of 40 Million People Living with HIV today, 32.1 Million are now on Treatment, Living Long & Healthy

2026-06-24T04:53:04-07:00

UNITED NATIONS, June 24 (IPS) - I am honoured to address this High-Level Meeting. I thank very much the President of the General Assembly for her leadership, our Co-Facilitators, and all the Member States for the extraordinary effort that brought us here now.

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Ebola in DR Congo: first month of outbreak sees record number of cases – UN humanitarians

2026-06-23T05:00:00-07:00

Ebola has been spreading at unprecedented speed in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), bringing risk and fear into people’s daily lives, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.

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Dwindling Humanitarian Aid Devastates the Rohingyas in the World’s Largest Refugee Camp

2026-06-22T10:18:09-07:00

UNITED NATIONS, June 22 (IPS) - Nearly nine years after the violent persecution of the Rohingya minority population in Myanmar and the following mass exodus of refugees, over 1.2 million Rohingya currently reside in neighbouring Bangladesh, where they face immense challenges. With the United Nations (UN) recording significant shortfalls in global humanitarian funding, alongside Bangladesh’s diminishing ability to support these populations, experts warn of a deepening humanitarian crisis.

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In 2025, Government Forces were the Greatest Perpetrators of Violence Against Children in Armed Conflicts

2026-06-22T09:27:03-07:00

UNITED NATIONS, June 22 (IPS) - A record number of children were subject to grave violations by parties to armed conflicts, the highest since the UN mandate for children and armed conflict (CAAC) was established in 1996.

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Global Ebola cases top 1,000 as UN races to reach DR Congo’s most vulnerable

2026-06-22T05:00:00-07:00

As global confirmed Ebola cases reach 1,000, nearly three million children and adolescents are at risk in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), while efforts increase to treat prisoners near the epicentre of the current outbreak, UN agencies warned on Monday.

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World at ‘perilous moment’ as leaders warn HIV gains are at risk

2026-06-22T05:00:00-07:00

Four decades after AIDS first emerged as a global crisis, world leaders, advocates and community representatives gathered at UN Headquarters on Monday issued a stark warning: progress against HIV is slowing just as financial pressures and shrinking support threaten to reverse decades of gains.

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