SL health sector declares medical emergency

Apr 05, 2022, at 08:10 pm

Colombo/UNI: As the economic situation continues to worsen in Sri Lanka, a health emergency has been declared in the island nation due to shortage of medicine, fuel, and equipment and constant power cuts.

UN issues ‘wake-up call’: Don’t sideline AIDS response during COVID-19 crisis

May 12, 2020, at 01:03 pm

New York/IBNS: As the world continues to grapple with the coronavirus, decades of advances made in the battle against HIV are under threat, noted two UN agencies on Monday, point out that disruptions to treatment could cause hundreds of thousands of HIV-related deaths.

Only one in five countries has a healthcare strategy to deal with climate change

Dec 04, 2019, at 10:25 am

New York/IBNS: Protecting people’s health from climate change dangers such as heat stress, storms and tsunamis has never been more important, yet most countries are doing too little about it, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

Disease slashing global meat output, cereals boom, bananas under watch: FAO

Nov 08, 2019, at 10:03 am

New York/IBNS: A rapid spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) is wiping out pig herds in China, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday, and the killer disease has led to a drop in world meat production for the first time in more than 20 years, with other global staples also facing new threats.