UN Health News

New UN high-profile panel set to take on noncommunicable diseases, cause of seven in 10 deaths globally

Friday, February 16, 2018 - 5:00 AM

Bold, innovative solutions are now on the table to accelerate the prevention and control of deadly noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) – such as heart and lung disease, cancers and diabetes – as a new United Nations health agency high-level commission

New guidelines on global care standards during childbirth issued by UN health agency

Thursday, February 15, 2018 - 5:00 AM

The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new guidelines on global care standards throughout labour and immediately after childbirth aimed at reducing the use of needless and potentially harmful routine clinical and medical