News headlines for “Health Issues”, page 100
A knowledge-based approach to tackling Afghanistan’s drug abuse crisis
- UN News
There are many dangers lurking in the shadows just off the bustling streets of the Afghan capital Kabul, but none is more threatening than the drug abuse crisis that is ravaging the city, and the entire country.
Thailand: Moving from punishment to treatment of people who use drugs
- UN News
People who use drugs in Thailand are receiving more help to reduce the harm caused by their habit thanks to a change in formerly punitive drug laws and support from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Medical Abortion Expands Women's Rights in Argentina
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Jun 23 (IPS) - Viviana Mazur is a doctor at the Santojanni Hospital in Mataderos, a working-class neighborhood in Buenos Aires. She has witnessed the advances in women's rights in Argentina, where until 2020 abortion was only allowed on two grounds, while it is now available on demand up to 14 weeks of pregnancy.
First Person: Reducing the harm caused by drugs in Thailand
- UN News
A Thai man has been talking about how he is able to reduce the harm caused by using the drug crystal meth thanks to a programme supported by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Thailand.
In a dangerous and divided world, yoga yields ‘precious’ benefits
- UN News
Celebrating the union of body, mind and soul, hundreds of yoga enthusiasts - including UN officials and staffers - filled the green expanse of the North Lawn at UN Headquarters in New York on Wednesday to mark the ninth celebration of the International Day of Yoga, observed each 21 June.
Making the Impossible Possible, Chronicles of an Ambassadors Lifelong Frontline Battle to End Leprosy
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jun 19 (IPS) - In 1974, Yohei Sasakawa accompanied his father to a leprosy hospital he had funded. He saw leprosy patients inside the hospital still and expressionless. The smell of leprosy filled the air, the smell of pus from open sores.
Europe warming twice as fast as other continents, warns WMO
- UN News
Europe has been warming twice as fast as the global average since the 1980s it was revealed on Monday, with extreme weather causing excess deaths and economic disruption.
Kenyas Hits and Misses on Journey to Eliminating Plastic Waste
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jun 16 (IPS) - Plastic bags were a part and parcel of life in Kenya. More than 100 million plastic bags were used annually in Kenyan supermarkets alone, with at least 24 million plastic bags discarded every month. Kenya was choking under the weight of plastic bags.
It's Time to Ban Cigarette Filters
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Jun 09 (IPS) - The second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on plastic pollution (INC-2), held in Paris, France, from May 29 to June 02, 2023, concluded with optimism and the prospect of ending plastics pollution. Over 700 delegates from 169 Member States agreed to prepare a zero draft of agreement ahead of the third session in November this year.
The U.S. Assault on Mexico's Food Sovereignty
- Inter Press Service
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., Jun 06 (IPS) - On June 2, the U.S. government escalated its conflict with Mexico over that country’s restrictions on genetically modified corn, initiating the formal dispute-resolution process under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
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