World Health Organization
167 people have committed suicide in Egypt this year
Egypt
July 28, 2015
167 people have committed suicide in Egypt this year
One-hundred sixty-seven people have committed suicide nationwide in Egypt over the past seven months, according to reports by rights organizations. Headlines…
Greenpeace: China air pollution levels fall
Environment
July 22, 2015
Greenpeace: China air pollution levels fall
Air pollution levels in China's cities improved in the first six months of this year, environmental campaign group Greenpeace said…
Countries must invest more in mental health in hard times: WHO
Health & Fitness
July 15, 2015
Countries must invest more in mental health in hard times: WHO
Rich and poor countries alike must invest more in mental health care, especially during economic crises when rates of depression…
Climate change health risk is a ‘medical emergency’, experts warn
Environment
June 23, 2015
Climate change health risk is a ‘medical emergency’, experts warn
The threat to human health from climate change is so great that it could undermine the last 50 years of…
WHO team urges South Korea to reopen schools as more close in MERS crisis
Health & Fitness
June 10, 2015
WHO team urges South Korea to reopen schools as more close in MERS crisis
A joint South Korean-World Health Organization mission studying an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) recommended on Wednesday that…
1,400 mothers die per year at childbirth
Egypt
June 6, 2015
1,400 mothers die per year at childbirth
“She needs to be taken quickly to the hospital and given blood,” said the doctor to Khaled when his wife’s…
World Health Organization: Liberia is free of Ebola
Health & Fitness
May 9, 2015
World Health Organization: Liberia is free of Ebola
Liberia is now free of Ebola after going 42 days - twice the maximum incubation period for the deadly disease…
WHO warns of high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity
Health & Fitness
May 6, 2015
WHO warns of high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity
Health data released on Wednesday provided the clearest evidence to date of the spread of chronic diseases like diabetes and…
World failing in fight against antibiotic resistance: WHO
Health & Fitness
May 1, 2015
World failing in fight against antibiotic resistance: WHO
The world is doing far too little to combat the misuse of antibiotics which is fuelling drug resistance and allowing…
WHO warns of imminent collapse of Yemeni healthcare services
Egypt
April 22, 2015
WHO warns of imminent collapse of Yemeni healthcare services
In a statement on Tuesday, he World Health Organization (WHO) warned the international community of the imminent collapse of healthcare…