Heavier rains this season arise from a global rise in temperatures during the past year, he said, citing an assessment by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). It showed that the average ...

A draft pandemic treaty negotiated at the World Health Organisation (WHO) leaves health policy to national governments, ...

AS African nations gathered in Addis Ababa last week for a pivotal workshop on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), a stark ...

The U.N. warns that millions fleeing Sudan’s conflict risk facing worsening hunger. Nearly half of Sudan’s population suffers ...

Mary Barikungeri was just six years old when persecution against the Tutsi erupted in Rwanda in 1959. Her family, like thousands of others, fled the violence—first to Uganda, then across other borders ...

Humanitarian organizations are warning that access to healthcare in Sudan is nearly impossible due to systematic attacks, ...

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A new initiative seeking to deliver maternal and child health services in drought-hit parts of Kenya and Somalia has been ...

World Development Report 2022: FINANCE for an Equitable RecoveryThe COVID-19 pandemic triggered the largest global economic crisis seen in more than a century, with especially severe impacts for ...

Full Report and Executive Summary Global growth is forecast at 3.0 percent for 2019, its lowest level since 2008–09 and a 0.3 percentage point downgrade from the April 2019 World Economic Outlook.