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WHO Results Report 2024 shows health progress across regions overcoming critical challenges
‘These violations should never have occurred’: the troubled history of intercountry adoption
UN Women Executive Board to convene annual session 2025
Joint Statement The Urgent Need for an Australian Digital Duty of Care to Protect Children from Online Sexual Abuse
Author talk and writing workshop by influential Asian Australian in May
Increases in vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks threaten years of progress, warn WHO, UNICEF, Gavi
Country-level champions meet to strengthen interagency coordination of mental health and psychosocial support across humanitarian emergencies
Worldwide rally for maternal and newborn health marks World Health Day 2025
OLYMPIC GYMNAST EMMA NEDOV ADVOCATES KEEPING KIDS IN SPORT AMID RISING COSTS
World must act with urgency to save Palestinians in Gaza
The multigenerational charge for women’s health and gender equality
Aid cuts threaten fragile progress in ending maternal deaths, UN agencies warn
WHO brings countries together to test collective pandemic response
WHO unveils bold commitments at Nutrition for Growth Summit
Europe and Central Asia: To feed the population, sustainable water management is essential, UN report says
Fully-funded Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, is a lifeline for child survival, says WHO
Foreign aid cuts could mean 10 million more HIV infections by 2030 – and almost 3 million extra deaths
UNITAR Global Water Academy 2025 World Water Day Side Event
Decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths under threat, warns the United Nations
WHO prequalifies first maternal respiratory syncytial virus vaccine
New SDG indicator on Minimum Dietary Diversity adopted by UN Statistical Commission
30 years of uneven progress for adolescent girls
Fast facts: 30 years of uneven progress for adolescent girls 
Supermarkets, convenience stores spread junk food diet across world
Humanitarian access improves quality of polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip
Somalia: Drought, conflict and high food prices risk pushing 4.4 million people into hunger, the Federal Government of Somalia and UN warn
How Nutriset, a French company, has helped alleviate hunger and create jobs in some of the world’s poorest places
Message by the Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at WHO – January/February 2025
Mass polio vaccination campaign to continue in the Gaza Strip
Feeding your baby butter won’t help them sleep through the night, whatever TikTok says
WHO, St. Jude launch groundbreaking international delivery of childhood cancer medicines
Strengthening alliances and building movements to end female genital mutilation
Skin-to-skin contact is good for your baby and you – and not just straight after birth
New UN Report: 74 percent of Latin American and Caribbean countries are highly exposed to extreme weather events, affecting food security
The ceasefire in Gaza brings hope, but immense challenges lie ahead to restore the health system
UN Women Executive Board to convene first regular session 2025
Food and nutrition crisis deepens across Sudan as famine identified in additional areas
UN report: Hunger in the Arab region reaches a new height as challenges intensify
Pushing Boundaries To Achieve Her Goals
Call to action: Towards Beijing+30 – UNiTE to end violence against women and girls
Advancing Sexual And Reproductive Health In Southeast Asia
Tobias Alfvén presents at COP29: Addressing climate change and child health
Insights from Western Sydney University’s ‘Did you hear me?’ report seeks to empower young people
Online games should not be included in Australia’s social media ban – they are crucial for kids’ social lives
Second round of polio campaign in Gaza completed amid ongoing conflict and attacks: UNICEF and WHO
Vaccine doses allocated to 9 African countries hardest hit by mpox surge
Countries pledge to act on childhood violence affecting some 1 billion children
Western Researchers Secure $1.2 Million To Support Strategic Research Partnerships