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More than 5 per cent of world’s oceans now protected – UN Environment

Photo:By absorbing much of the added heat trapped by atmospheric greenhouse gases, the oceans are

Malaria remains acute public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa – UN report

Photo:A home-based caregiver in a village near Kayar, Senegal, provides basic healthcare services

UN inaugurates water project in Haiti benefiting 60,000 people as part of fight against cholera

Photo:Water Capture and Distribution now supplies clean water access to some 60,000 people on a d

New online portal helps World Health Organization track global access to universal health coverage

Photo:Strong primary health care is the lifeblood of every health system and no country can achie

US: Case Challenges Mass Internet Surveillance

Photo:A man is silhouetted near logos of the U.S.

UN aid agencies ramp up response amid the worst southern African drought in decades

Photo:Woman on her way to collect water in drought stricken Chikwawa district, Malawi

Countries urged to prioritize protection of pollinators to ensure food security at UN biodiversity conference

Photo:A bee does its business in Kenya's Kerio Valley.

EU-UNICEF #EmergencyLessons campaign supports crisis-affected youth with schooling

Photo:Children walk by houses destroyed by on-going fighting after their first day of school in e

Regulations, incentives can reduce high levels of informality in domestic work – UN

Photo:A domestic worker washes clothes by hand in New Delhi, India.

Women Should Take the Wheel in Saudi Arabia

Photo:Female driver Azza Al Shmasani sits in her car after driving in defiance of the ban in Riya