The world marked September 10, World Suicide Prevention Day, this year’s theme, “Creating Hope Through Action,” could not be timelier. It highlights the desperate need for action to counter the ...

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched a major new initiative urging countries to raise real prices on tobacco, ...

The approval of the first malaria treatment for newborns and young infants could lead to imminent widespread use in Africa, ...

More than 17 million people in conflict-torn Yemen are going hungry, including over one million children under the age of ...

Dr. Claudette Yaméogo is Burkina Faso’s only ophthalmologist who specializes in treating children. She is one of just 70 eye doctors for the West African nation's 23 million people.

DAR ES SALAAM: AMID rising cases of stress, anxiety and emotional distress in Tanzania, a team of young innovators from the ...

A World Bank-supported health project started in 2021 to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine rapidly pivoted to help the country’s healthcare system respond to urgent needs caused by Russia’s ...

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UNICEF is working with Sudan's Ministry of Health and other partners to protect children from cholera. More supplies and ...

The IRC, in partnership with Yemen’s Ministry of Health, has launched a new strategy to boost childhood vaccination rates and rebuild trust in immunization across vulnerable communities. With support ...

China and Russia could launch simultaneous attacks on Western allies that could plunge the world into another global conflict, the head of Nato has warned. Mark Rutte set out a scenario in which ...

Full Report and Executive Summary Global growth is forecast at 3.0 percent for 2019, its lowest level since 2008–09 and a 0.3 percentage point downgrade from the April 2019 World Economic Outlook.