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Nigeria, 36 African countries face health worker shortage amid foreign recruitment: WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Nigeria and 54 other countries are struggling with serious health worker shortages…
Malnutrition: Lagos State accounts for 2,000 stunted, 200,000 wasted children— UNICEF
Lagos State accounts for about 2,000 children with stunted growth as a result of malnutrition, the United Nations…
7.3 million Nigerian girls, women undernourished, worsening maternal mortality, says UNICEF
By Tochukwu Bliss The number of adolescent girls and women aged 15-49 years who are undernourished has soared…
Jobs and pay for women, barely improved in 20 years: UN labour agency
In a new blow for equality in the 21st century workplace, UN labour experts said on Monday that…
UN’s commission on women opens amid vanishing progress on rights
Closing the major gender gap in innovation and technology is the focus of the 67th session of the…
Cindy McCain appointed new UN World Food Programme
Cindy McCain will become Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) from next month, the agency…
Guterres calls for G20 to agree $500 billion annual stimulus for sustainable development
The UN on Friday called for a significant increase to the tune of $500 billion each year in…
Amid ‘spy balloon’ controversy, WMO highlights key role of weather balloons in climate monitoring
Weather balloons play an important part of a vast, intricate global observation system, providing vital information for climate…
Exhibition showcases millets as ‘smart food’, rich in heritage and full of potential
A new exhibition highlighting the crucial role millets play in boosting global food and nutrition security, adapting to…
UN-backed project aims to eliminate mercury from skin lightening products
The Governments of Gabon, Jamaica and Sri Lanka have united in a $14 million project to eliminate the…