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There are three Great Pyramids at Giza in Egypt - but imagine if there were 307 of the mighty edifices. And then imagine that they had dissolved into over two billion tons of sand and dust particles.
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As scores of people 鈥� including medical staff and their families 鈥� have reportedly been killed in the past week, UN health partners in Gaza continue to provide emergency care despite very limited resources.
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Anaemia remains one of South Asia鈥檚 quietest but most pervasive health crises, disproportionately affecting the region鈥檚 poorest women and girls 鈥� and with 18 million more cases projected by 2030, experts say urgent, unified action is critical.
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On the eve of the fourteenth anniversary of its independence, South Sudan 鈥� the world鈥檚 youngest country 鈥� is experiencing its worst and longest cholera outbreak.
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The UN鈥檚 flagship platform on artificial intelligence opened in Geneva on Tuesday, launching four days of high-level dialogue, cutting-edge demonstrations and urgent calls for inclusive AI governance. The event comes as autonomous and generative systems evolve faster than regulatory frameworks can keep pace.
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One in six people are affected by loneliness, with significant implications for health and well-being, according to a new report from the UN World Health Organization (WHO).
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has launched a bold new national initiative aimed at eliminating AIDS among children by 2030 鈥� a move hailed by the United Nations as 鈥渁 beacon of hope鈥� amid growing global funding constraints.
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Although nearly 92 per cent of the global population now has basic access to electricity, more than 666 million people still live without it, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to urge greater financial support for renewable energy.
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Nearly three months after Myanmar鈥檚 strongest earthquake in a century, more than six million people remain in urgent need of assistance, as the disaster compounds a humanitarian crisis driven by years of conflict, political turmoil and mass displacement.
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Tobacco use still claims over seven million lives a year, the World Health Organization warned on Monday, calling for greater efforts to limit its use amid rising interference from the global tobacco industry.
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In an age marked by conflicts, disease, dysfunction and mental health challenges, yoga offers a steady, time-trusted path to help find calm and harmony within 鈥� and without.
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The world is facing a health financing emergency, according to Dr. Kalipso Chalkidou, Director for Health Financing and Economics for the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Almost 4.5 million maternal, stillborn and newborn deaths were recorded in 2023. What if there was a clear path to saving 83 percent of these people? To saving 3.7 million mothers, unborn children and babies annually?
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Since conflict erupted in Sudan, more than a million people have fled to neighbouring South Sudan, seeking refuge from escalating violence that has displaced 12.4 million people and plunged over half the Sudanese population into food insecurity.
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