Africa: WHO Calls for Action to Totally Eliminate Trans Fat, 'A Toxic Chemical That Kills'

Despite recent progress towards eliminating trans fat from food, some five billion people remain unprotected from its harmful impacts, thus increasing their risk of heart disease… Read more »

Africa: U.S.$2.54 Billion Needed to Tackle Unprecedented Health Needs in 2023 - WHO

Two-and-a-half billion dollars: that's how much funding the UN World Health Organization (WHO) will need across its operations this year, it said on Monday, to help a record number… Read more »

Africa: WHO Launches Council to Develop TB Vaccines

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has unveiled plans to speed up the licensing and use of effective novel vaccines against tuberculosis… Read more »

Africa: General Assembly President Hosts Children From Around the World, On MLK Day

Children from a dozen countries met with the President of the General Assembly and toured the United Nations on a federal holiday in the United States honouring the late civil… Read more »

Africa: Poorest Learners Benefit the Least From Public Education - UNICEF

Governments are not investing enough in those children who need education the most, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said in a report published on Tuesday, calling for equitable… Read more »

Africa: Nearly One Billion Served By Healthcare Facilities Without Reliable Electricity

Although electricity is critical to healthcare provision, nearly a billion people in poorer countries - one-eighth of the global population - are served by health facilities that… Read more »

Africa: Proving Who You Are - Addressing the Plight of Those With No Legal Identity

People who do not have a legal identity, and cannot prove who they are, are likely to end up without opportunities, and very vulnerable in society. The UN's Legal Identity Agenda… Read more »

Africa: Global Food Crisis Putting Millions of Young Lives At Risk

Five UN agencies on Thursday called for urgent action to protect millions of malnourished children in the 15 countries hardest hit by the unprecedented food and nutrition crisis. Read more »

Africa: UN Report Calls for Re-Thinking Social Protection As the World Ages

With the number of people aged 65 and over projected to more than double by the middle of the century, the rights and well-being of older persons must be prioritized in efforts to… Read more »

Africa: 2022 Confirmed As One of Warmest Years On Record - WMO

The UN weather agency, WMO, said on Thursday that 2022 was the fifth or sixth warmest year on record, adding to deep concerns that the likelihood of breaching the 1.5 degree… Read more »

Africa: World Bank - Sharp, Long-Lasting Slowdown to Hit Developing Countries Hard

Growth in emerging market and developing economies will be hit hard over the next two years, according to the World Bank's latest Global Economic Prospects report. Read more »

Africa: Covid-19 - WHO Highlights Critical Importance of Sharing Virus Sequences

Although virus sequencing is vital to detect and track new variants in the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing this information must be stepped up globally, the head of the World Health… Read more »

Africa: 'Unprecedented' Insecurity in West Africa and Sahel, UN Security Council Hears

Although West Africa and the Sahel continues to face unprecedented security challenges, it is still "a land of immense opportunities", a senior UN official told the Security… Read more »

Africa: Ozone Layer Recovery Is On Track, Due to Success of Montreal Protocol

The Earth's ozone layer is on track to recover within four decades, a UN-backed panel of experts said on Monday. Read more »

Africa: Improve Healthcare Access to End 'Preventable Tragedy' of Child Mortality

A child or young person died every 4.4 seconds in 2021, and millions more could lose their lives by 2030 unless all women and children have access to adequate healthcare, two UN… Read more »

Africa: WHO Continues to Urge China to Share More Data Amid Covid-19 Surge

The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the COVID-19 surge in China, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday, in his first virtual briefing for… Read more »

Africa: 2022 Year in Review - Celebrating Women Fighting for Their Rights

In the last of our Year In Review features, we honour the work of activists helping to protect women's rights, which once again, came under attack in many countries throughout… Read more »

Africa: 2022 Year in Review - As Conflicts Rage, International Dialogue Remains 'The Only Hope' for Peace

Russia's invasion of Ukraine creating global upheaval, and war, conflict, and unrest blighting all parts of the world in 2022. The UN stressed the importance of international… Read more »

Africa: 2022 Year in Review - Amid Global Turmoil, UN Doggedly Pursues International Climate Agreements

Despite strong evidence that human activity played a role in catastrophic weather events, and the emergence of a fuel crisis sparked by the war in Ukraine, greenhouse gas emissions… Read more »

Africa: 2022 Year in Health - New Ebola and Cholera Outbreaks, MPox Emergency, Covid-19 'Not Over'

The UN warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a cause for global concern, and outbreaks of cholera, Ebola and Monkeypox (now renamed mpox) led to the mobilization of health and… Read more »

Africa: 2022 Year in Review - 100 Million Displaced, 'A Record That Should Never Have Been Set'

A hundred million people were forced to leave their homes in 2022. The UN continued to help those in need in a myriad of ways, and push for more legal, and safe ways for people to… Read more »

Africa: Climate Action, One Recipe At a Time

Renowned chefs such as UN World Food Programme (WFP) Goodwill Ambassador Chef Manal Al Alem, and Chef José Andres, as well as indigenous home cooks and farmers from around… Read more »

Africa: WHO's Tedros Recaps Challenging Year

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) expressed concern on Wednesday over the evolving COVID-19 situation in China, saying the UN agency continued to receive increasing… Read more »