Motorbike ambulance saves mothers and babies in Kenya
© UNFPA/Luis Tato The motorcycle ambulance has significantly reduced the time required to deliver essential and urgent medical assistance to local communities. UN News The […]
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UN chief calls for renewable energy ‘revolution’ for a brighter global future
© UNICEF/Kim Rechargeable solar lamps are helping girls study after sunset in Chad. UN News Renewable energy is the only credible path forward if the […]
UN Chief says rule of law stands between peace and ‘brutal struggle for power’
UNOCHA A demolished home in Beit Sira village, Ramallah, in the central West Bank. UN News The rule of law forms the bedrock of all […]
Nearly one billion served by healthcare facilities without reliable electricity
UN Photo/Mark Garten A mother and child receive care at the Mobarakpur Community Clinic in Kulaura Upazila, northeastern Bangladesh. UN News Although electricity is critical […]
New Omicron variant more transmissible
Monica Sharik, a vaccinator at Dusten Kura Gwari, Chanchagi LGA WHO Image UN News Officials with the World Health Organization (WHO) say a new Omicron […]
UN Weather Agency warns of extreme weather conditions around the world
People walk along railway tracks during a cold and foggy morning, in New Delhi with the minimum temperature dropping to 3 degrees Celsius in the […]
Rohingya refugee adrift in Indian Ocean
© UNICEF/Patrick Brown Rohingya refugees arrive by boat from Myanmar on the Bay of Bengal to Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh. (file) UN News […]
Millions of Afghan children inoculated against measles and polio
© UNICEF/Azizullah Karimi In southern Afghanistan, a baby receives a polio vaccine at the Mir Bazar Clinic. UN NEWS Millions of Afghan children have been […]
East Africa faces most severe drought in more than two generations – UNICEF
© UNICEF/Grace Ekpu A ten-month-old boy is treated for severe malnutrition at a hospital in Puntland, Somalia. UN New The number of children suffering from […]
UN condemns recent deadly armed group attacks in eastern DR Congo
© UNICEF/Arlette Bashizi Beni, a city in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. UN News UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the […]