World News in Brief: Funding cuts curb development, human rights in Belarus update, Ebola and mpox in Africa
Speaking in Geneva, she said the world was facing “declining respect for human rights and multilateralism”, with conflicts, debt, and…
Tag: Surveillance
‘Let’s finish the job’ and end polio: WHO
In 1988, the international community united under the World Health Organization’s (WHO) leadership with the goal of eradicating polio. World…
Gaza: Hostages reported released, aid scale-up has begun, say aid agencies
António Guterres expressed his “profound relief” that the hostages had been freed, two years since they were among some 250…
Antibiotic resistance surges globally, UN health agency warns
According to the agency’s latest surveillance report, antibiotic resistance rose in more than 40 per cent of the bacteria-drug combinations…
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Haiti battles rabies with vaccines and vigilance
Last July, in the remote locality of Butête, in southern Haiti, nine-year-old Jonas* lost his life to rabies. When a…
Ukraine: ‘This war needs to end,’ Türk tells UN Human Rights Council
The full-scale Russian invasion of the country began in February 2022 and “this year has seen intense attacks along the…
World News in Brief: Gaza and Nicaragua human rights update, WHO hypertension alert and alarm over US autism claim
The damaged facilities include nine schools and two health centres sheltering more than 11,000 people. At least five displaced people…
Voices of the world gather at the UN: What you need to know about UNGA80
Representatives from all 193 UN Member States – along with two Observer delegations – will take the floor during the…
World News in Brief: Pandemic treaty update, DR Congo Ebola response, more casualties in Ukraine
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was speaking at the start of a meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the WHO Pandemic…