News headlines for “Health Issues”, page 95
International Youth Day: Battling the stigmatization of teen pregnancy in Thailand
- UN News
Young mothers in Thailand are receiving support to overcome the challenges they face in a country where teenage pregnancy is still taboo.
Taking Stock of Two Decades of Trailblazing Protocol on Womens Rights in Africa
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Aug 09 (IPS) - It promised to be the most defining, groundbreaking, and transformative protocol on African women’s rights. Specific in its approach, broad in its reach, and unique in its all-encompassing nature, covering issues such as HIV/Aids, widow inheritance and property disinheritance in a most unprecedented manner.
COVID-19: WHO tracking EG.5 'variant of interest'
- UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently tracking several COVID-19 "variants of interest", including EG.5 which is on the rise in several countries, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in Geneva on Wednesday.
‘Master Blaster’ Sachin Tendulkar bats for children’s education, nutrition
- UN News
UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador and legendary Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar has called for increased investments in children’s education and nutrition programmes, to help them achieve their full potential.
UNHCR warns of deteriorating health conditions in Sudan
- UN News
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, issued a warning on Tuesday that health conditions are rapidly deteriorating in Sudan, where conflict has uprooted four million people.
Real influencers: Faith leaders find ‘hidden’ children living with HIV
- UN News
To find “hidden” children living with HIV around the world, you need to find their mothers. To do so, innovative projects in Africa are entering places of worship and finding thousands who are now receiving life-saving treatment.
Nurturing future generations through breastfeeding
- UN News
Christine, her son, and her mother are among 100,000 refugees, mostly women and children, living in a camp in northwestern Uganda, served by the World Food Programme (WFP) and its partners, which are providing critical assistance to breastfeeding mothers.
“No” to Sex Education Fuels Early Pregnancies in Central America
- Inter Press Service
SAN SALVADOR, Aug 03 (IPS) - Pregnancies among girls and adolescents continue unabated in Central America, where legislation to prevent them, when it exists, is a dead letter, and governments are influenced by conservative sectors opposed to sex education in schools.
Climate Change Is Making Us Sick, Says WHO Envoy
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Aug 02 (IPS) - Climate change is making us sick. It has become urgent to build resilient health systems to secure humanity’s well-being, says the special envoy for climate change and health of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Government Health Financing for All, Not Insurance
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR and BERN, Aug 02 (IPS) - To achieve universal health coverage, people need public healthcare systems providing fair access to decent health care. This should be an entitlement for all, regardless of means, requiring adequate, appropriate and sustainable financing over the long term.
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