In marking World TB Day, health officials warn the COVID-19 pandemic and multiple global crises are reversing years of progress made in fighting tuberculosis
More than 1.4 million people affected by Cyclone Freddy in Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar are exposed to outbreaks of water-borne and other diseases
UN commission says peace in the country’s Tigray region will not hold unless perpetrators held to account
UN investigators accuse Russian authorities of a pattern of grave, wide-ranging human rights violations against Ukrainian civilians
Poor work conditions exacerbate employee turnover and labor shortages, jeopardizing provision of basic services, according to ILO report
Failure to provide timely aid and protection to Syrian earthquake victims has cost the lives of many civilians caught in the disaster, commission says
Almost 2 million deaths annually are associated with excessive sodium intake, says Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
UN rights chief says conflict, climate change, poverty and discrimination are eroding people's human rights and fundamental freedoms and threatening the stability of nations worldwide
Human rights expert says de facto rulers of Afghanistan aim to erase women and girls from public life
Arbitrary and disproportionate actions and measures, including those imposed retroactively, violate Nicaragua's international human rights commitments, UN says in report
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemns the carnage unleashed by Russian aggression
New report by four leading United Nations agencies and World Bank estimates every two minutes, one woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth, mostly from preventable causes
According to Office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, at least 8,006 civilians have been killed and 13,287 injured over the past 12 months in Ukraine fighting
An estimated 10 million people may have a mental health condition, nearly half of whom may have moderate to severe conditions
Money from the appeal will provide food, health care, cash and other life-saving assistance to 11.1 million people inside Ukraine and will help 4.2 million Ukrainian refugees and communities in 10 European countries
Many children in northwest Syria facing cholera outbreak, brutal winter, and vicious conflict, UNICEF reports
Sub-Saharan Africa has emerged as the new global epicenter of violent extremism, with nearly half of global terrorism deaths in 2021
Two inter-agency convoys reached communities in acute need on the frontlines this past week
The chances of survival for women in poor countries is about 50 percent less than for women in rich countries with better health care
Disease outbreaks threaten well-being of millions worldwide
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