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Habitat for Humanity Notes Importance of World Toilet Day
New York, N.Y. The jokes are too easy, the ramifications too deadly. People are dying all over the world from a lack of proper sanitation and hygiene – and access to basi…
Millions More Children Will Have Access To ‘5-in-1’ Vaccine
New York, N.Y. – With a price drop to below $1 a dose, UNICEF has successfully secured a five-in-one vaccine for children at half the price the agency currently pays, whi…
Protecting Earth from ‘Invisible Killer’ is Focus of U.N. Campaign
New York, N.Y. The United Nations World Health Organization ( WHO ) in partnership with the Coalition for Climate and Clean Air (CCAC) and the Government of Norway has la…
U.N. Health Agency Sees 'Very Low' risk of Zika Spread From Olympics
New York, N.Y. An expert panel of the World Health Organization ( WHO ) today concluded that while the Zika virus and its associated disorders continue to be a public hea…
WHO Urges Drug Therapy for All HIV+ Patients
Geneva, Switzerland. The World Health Organization has revised its HIV guidelines to recommend that anyone who tests positive for the virus be given antiretroviral drugs…
Making Strides Toward Ensuring the Right to Clean Water
New York, N.Y. Like most Americans, I take easy access to clean drinking water for granted. “But it’s a fundamental human right,” Edward Buckley is quick to point out. “W…
World News Digest: April 19, 2013
U.N. and Partners Call Attention to Challenges Preventing Global Immunization U.N. agencies and global health organizations called attention yesterday to the urgent need…