What Public Health Officials Can Learn from a New Long COVID Survey
ABUJA, Jul 30 (IPS) – A new survey on public awareness of long COVID by ‘Resolve to Save Lives” showed that among the 40% of Americans...
100,000 children in Tigray at risk of death from malnutrition: UNICEF
More than 100,000 children in Tigray, Ethiopia, could suffer from life-threatening severe acute malnutrition in the next 12 months, a tenfold jump over average annual...
A skeleton from Peru vies for the title of oldest known shark attack victim
When news broke that the oldest known case of a person killed by a shark involved a member of Japan’s Jōmon culture around 3,000...
A teenage girl who was sold for sex for the price of a few beers as a twelve-year-old, has told the United Nations how...
The global Formula E electric race series, a partner with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), has grown in popularity since it launched some seven years...
COVID-19 vaccine shipments boost for Africa
After a near-halt of COVID-19 vaccine shipments in Africa, delivers have ramped up in recent months, the UN health agency said on Thursday. Read the full story, “COVID-19...
People being plunged into poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase in the killing of people with albinism, the outgoing UN...
Human trafficking: UN chief calls for action as COVID leaves ‘many millions’ more vulnerable
UN Secretary General António Guterres on Thursday urged States to take action against human trafficking, where a third of all victims are children. Read...
Countries urged to develop pandemic preparedness and response treaty
A senior official with the World Health Organization (WHO) has highlighted the need for a global treaty on pandemic preparedness and response, urging countries...
Kenyas Huge Railway Project Is Causing Environmental Damage. Heres How
NAIROBI, Jul 29 (IPS) – Kenya is constructing a railway line that connects the coastal port of Mombasa and the interior of the country....
Why the UN General Assembly still matters 
UN Crime Congress: Technology is transforming crime – and the response to it 
Surviving the summer 
Women and girls pay high price in DR Congo Ebola outbreak