Etienne Krug, director of WHO's Department for Management of Noncommunicable Diseases, tells VOA the economic cost of diabetes can be catastrophic for both the individual and society
More than 125 million people live in crisis-affected countries, agency reports in appeal for $2.2 billion to address escalating health crisis
Human rights office says it does not know what is triggering increase in killings
Measures must be taken to ensure that human rights of all those returned are protected, UN refugee agency says
IOM says more than 18,000 migrants, refugees have arrived from Libya this year, an increase of more than 8,000 compared to same period last year
United States, Russia and other nations called upon to pressure President Bashar al-Assad's government to grant aid agencies access
UN refugee agency urges representatives of more than 90 countries attending ministerial-level conference to grant refuge to Syrians through resettlement and other humanitarian programs
Report says thousands of children in Yemen face life-threatening malnutrition, millions lack access to health care or clean water due to year-old war there
Though not yet scientifically proven, ‘the kind of urgent action called for by this public health emergency should not wait for definitive proof,’ WHO chief says
World Health Organizations notes 43 million peoples’ lives have been saved since 2000
Agreement essentially turns Greece ‘hotspots’ where refugees and migrants receive UN assistance into detention facilities, agencies say
World Meteorological Organization reports global warming is occurring at a much faster pace than previously predicted
World Health Organization reports that outbreak of yellow fever in Luanda has now spread to seven other provinces as well as to Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya
UN convoys have delivered desperately needed humanitarian assistance to nearly 260,000 people living in hard to reach areas
Phenomenon driven by continued belief in some parts of continent that killing people with albinism for their limbs brings good luck, wealth
Chaldean bishop of Aleppo, Antoine Audo, says Syrians themselves must want to arrive at peaceful solution for negotiated settlement to work
Violence has killed more than 250,000 people and forced 5 million to flee, according to new report; government, however, calls accusations of abuse false
UNICEF says nearly 33,000 children in the country are suffering from severe acute malnutrition and are in urgent need of therapeutic treatment
Refugee agency reports fighting between government and opposition forces in Mozambique is prompting growing numbers of refugees to flee to neighboring Malawi
Stroke, heart diseases, cancers, and chronic respiratory disease amount to nearly two-thirds of the total deaths caused by unhealthy environments
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