A pandemic like corona virus disease (COVID-19) has added more fuel to fire to push the region (and perhaps the rest of the world too) several steps back to achieve 'Health for all' by 2030 by ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) also declared, “older people are at highest risk from COVID-19, but all must act to prevent community spread.” In India, government data shows that although only 19 ...

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), mostly cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes, and lung diseases, account for over two-thirds of world's deaths each year. "Of these, the lung diseases are the ...

27 June 2016 – The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today called for an investigation into the killing of journalist Zamira Esther Bautista in Ciudad Victoria, the ...

GENEVA, March 8, 2016 – In the wake of last Friday’s Government takeover of Turkey’s major opposition newspaper, Zaman, following a controversial court order a few hours earlier, international ...

The unbelievable incident has brought bad luck in her life. "one is bound to bear luck. Everything depends on luck. If you were lucky, the husband wouldn't betray his wife," she said. "You were proud ...

With some 1.3 million drivers, passengers and pedestrians dying each year on the world’s roads, the United Nations took a major step to address this tragedy by launching on Thursday a trust fund to ...

Zero Discrimination Day is a chance to celebrate diversity and to reject discrimination. Credits: UNAids. Source:UN News. 1 March 2015 – The United Nations agency leading the world's HIV/AIDS response ...