News headlines for “Health Issues”, page 8
World at ‘perilous moment’ as leaders warn HIV gains are at risk
- UN News
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.
DR Congo: Efforts ramp up as Ebola outbreak accelerates beyond borders
- UN News
The spread of Ebola is accelerating in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) amid continued armed violence, posing a grave and growing risk to the region, UN agencies warned on Friday.
Fermentation, flavour and the future of food: Making sustainability delicious
- UN News
Words like “sustainability” and “healthy” shouldn’t take the joy out of eating. As elite chef Jaume Biarnés has been explaining to UN News, sustainable gastronomy can be delicious, exciting and fun.
GLOBAL TAX TREATY: ‘Without Sustained Pressure from Organised Movements, the Political Space to Win Simply Doesn’t Open’
- Inter Press Service
CIVICUS discusses a proposed United Nations (UN) tax treaty with Jenny Ricks, General Secretary of Fight Inequality Alliance, a global movement that organises to counter the concentration of power and wealth in the hands of a small elite.
Ebola treatment capacity expands in DR Congo as WHO issues new guidelines
- UN News
Treatment capacity for the rare and deadly Bundibugyo species of Ebola is expanding in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as the World Health Organization (WHO) warns that community mistrust remains a major challenge to ending the outbreak.
UNICEF: Overlapping Climate Hazards Threaten Children’s Quality of Life
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, June 16 (IPS) - A new report from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) highlights the vast, overlapping climate threats affecting children worldwide, which is leaving them increasingly vulnerable to escalating risks across health, security, and education.
‘Some question if Ebola is real’: how trust is central in fighting DRC outbreak
- UN News
In Ebola-stricken Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), winning the race against the disease requires earning the community’s trust first and foremost, humanitarians said on Tuesday.
The Last Bottle of Halothane: Why Africa Cannot Wait
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA Uganda, June 16 (IPS) - Global health has a habit of mobilizing around the visible and the dramatic. Ebola, malaria, and Mpox have all dominated headlines related to Africa in recent years, and understandably so. But nobody is talking about one of the most consequential regional health crises waiting to happen.
Chatbots & AI Companions: From Science Fiction to Everyday Reality
- Inter Press Service
PORTLAND, USA, June 15 (IPS) - AI chatbots and AI companions designed to simulate human-like conversation and provide relationships and companionship through generative artificial intelligence (AI) have rapidly evolved from science fiction into everyday reality.
WHO and Brazil urge world leaders to finalise Pandemic Agreement to prevent future global health crises
- UN News
Global officials are calling on world leaders to finalise a crucial international agreement aimed at preventing future pandemics, according to a joint letter issued on Monday.
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