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As large fires burn out of control across parts of Europe and North America this summer, the smoke they generate travels further – across...

Agencies report that mass returns from Iran and Pakistan, combined with shrinking humanitarian assistance, the collapse of the rural opium-based economy, climate disasters –...

Why it matters1.2 million people acquired HIV and 570,000 died from AIDS-related illnesses in 2025 22 per cent of people living with HIV are still...

As health and social services have moved online, protecting people’s privacy while making sure digital transformation does not widen existing inequalities has become an...

When conflict erupts, disasters strike or political crises unfold, courts are among the few institutions expected to keep functioning – ensuring the essential rule...

Paula Narvaez, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, briefed journalists in New York on her recent visit to the country.  Speaking from Chile, she said...

On 16 July, the UN peacekeeping mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) deployed the base near the town of Nyakunde, in Ituri Province – allowing...

Wildfires destroyed 2.2 million hectares of land in the WHO’s European Region in 2025 – up from 1.4 million hectares in 2022. In Spain and...

The Progress Declaration passed by a recorded vote of 162 in favour to one against, with no abstentions.  It commits governments to strengthen national road...

Key pointsFastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever recorded.  No approved vaccine or treatment exists.  Violent instability hampering disease surveillance and care.  Early detection remains critical to saving lives.“The outbreak...