Zika: UN health agency launches global response strategy; Member States briefed on outbreak

Feb 17, 2016, at 03:26 pm

New York, Feb 17 (Just Earth News/IBNS) As World Health Organization officials briefed United Nations Member States in New York on Tuesday on the Zika virus outbreak, the agency launched a global strategy to guide the international response to the spread of the virus and the neonatal malformations and neurological conditions associated with it.

Some 1.8 million newborn deaths a year in South-East Asia are preventable - UN health agency

Dec 15, 2015, at 03:11 pm

New York, Dec 15 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Nearly 7,400 newborns die every day in South-East Asia, causing untold misery to mothers and families, yet two thirds can be saved with proven cost-effective measures, the United Nations health agency said today, calling on Governments to act urgently against a scourge that kills 2.7 million newborns annually.

UN health agency recommends taxing tobacco products to curb deadly global epidemic

Jul 08, 2015, at 03:20 pm

New York, July 8 (IBNS) Only one in 10 of people now live in countries that levy taxes of more than 75 per cent on a pack of cigarettes despite the fact that raising taxes on tobacco products is one of the most effective – and cost-effective – ways to reduce consumption of products that kill one person every 6 seconds, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said today.

UN health agency presents new plan to eliminate tuberculosis in low-burden countries

Jul 04, 2014, at 03:32 pm

New York, July 4 (IBNS) The United Nations health agency on Thursday presented a new plan aimed at eliminating tuberculosis (TB) in over 30 countries with low levels of the infectious airborne disease.