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29-06-2016 The nutritional well-being of pregnant women affects not only their health and their fetuses' development but also children's long-term risk of developing NCDs or obesity, according to a new report from WHO/Europe. "Good maternal nutrition. The best start in life" was launched under the
The stitches and bruises on her right wrist tell the story of Jyoti's life at the Nizamudin railway station. Her family landed in Delhi in the early 2000s from Bihar. The family had to beg at railway station and bus terminals. Eventually, Jyoti became part
Yaws Fact sheet Updated June 2016 Key facts Yaws is a chronic disfiguring and debilitating childhood infectious disease caused by Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue. It is one of the first diseases targeted by WHO and UNICEF for eradication nearly in the 1950s. The disease affects skin, bone
16 MAY 2016 | GENEVA | COPENHAGEN - New WHO recommendations aim to help health workers provide better care to the more than 200 million girls and women worldwide living with female genital mutilation. Female genital mutilation (FGM) describes all procedures that involve the partial or
IGNACIO ARÉCHAGA En la reciente sesión especial sobre drogas celebrada en la ONU, algunos esperaban un cambio radical en el plan de acción de la organización. Hay una sensación de cansancio ante una guerra interminable, que consume recursos y en algunos países va rodeada de situaciones
On World Malaria Day, a push to eliminate malaria News release 25 APRIL 2016 | GENEVA - A year after the World Health Assembly resolved to eliminate malaria from at least 35 countries by 2030, WHO is releasing a World Malaria Day report that shows this
H. E. Archbishop Bernardito Auza Apostolic Nuncio and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations United Nations Special Session of the General Assembly on the World Drug Problem New York, 21 April 2016 Mr. President, My delegation welcomes the convening of this
Appeal for Your Support and Prayers for KUMAMOTO Earthquake Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, On Thursday 14 April and Saturday 16 April 2016, a massive earthquake struck KUMAMOTO area, and we are still experiencing aftershocks. As reported, there have been about 30 dead and
The World Health Day is being celebrated since 1950 across the world every year on 7th of April under the leadership of World Health Organization to draw the attention of people to a subject of major importance to global health. Various events related to a
MOTHERS MATTER – WHO ON EARTH CARES Delivered during the UN Side Event: "Best Practices for Maternal Health Care in Africa" on March 17th, NY, NY Motherhood for Africans, has special significance. For Christians the most important event in history is the Incarnation, which came
