New Round of Talks on Global Plastic Pollution Treaty Under Way in Nairobi
© UNEP Dandora landfill in Nairobi, Kenya, where much of the waste in the landfill is plastic (file photo). UNNEWS Negotiators from around the world […]
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UN and partners visit severely damaged Jenin Refugee Camp
© UNRWA/Tareq Shalash The two-day Israeli military operation, which included airstrikes in this densely populated community, caused the worst level of destruction in more than […]
Mpox public health emergency declared over
© WHO/Khaled Mostafa A doctor looks at an image of a Mpox lesion on his computer screen at a sexual health clinic in Lisbon, Portugal. […]
WHO chief declares end to COVID-19 as a global health emergency
© WHO/Michael Duff Nurses work at a mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Rofunta, Sierra Leone, in December 2022. UN NEWS The head of the UN […]
Omicron Still Dominates Globally
Omicron and its descendent lineages are still the dominant COVID 19 variant globally but have declined in relative prevalence, according to the World Health Organization. […]
WHO Assesses new viruses and highlights critical importance of sharing sequences
© UNICEF/Delil Souleiman A mother in Raqqa city, Syria, collects medicine for her children suffering with diarrhoea and also receives instructions on how to sterilize […]
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 […]
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 […]
Vaccination campaign against hepatitis E in South Sudan makes a difference
Photo by Peter Caton For more than 20 years, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have been confronted with outbreaks of hepatitis E; frustrated […]
New omicron sub-variants on the rise
In China, where the pandemic began, new sub-variants have led to recent increase in Covid, said a ministry source. Cases across China are triggered by […]