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WHO calls for action to totally eliminate trans fat food
Industrially produced trans fat is commonly found in packaged foods, baked goods, cooking oils and spreads. Despite recent…
WHO launches Council to develop TB vaccines
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus, has unveiled plans to speed up the licensing…
Economic slowdown may force workers into ‘lower quality’ jobs
Finding a decent and well-paid job is likely to be harder this year, thanks to the continuing global…
Number of murdered journalists on the rise, says UNESCO
The number of journalists killed worldwide has significantly increased in 2022, after recording a decline over the previous…
UN urges more resources to address food insecurity in Nigeria
The United Nations (UN), yesterday, called on the Nigerian government to commit more resources and to implement mitigation…
Water’s a ‘dealmaker’ for multilateral cooperation and the SDGs
Water can be a “dealmaker” for stability and cooperation as well as for the implementation of the Sustainable…
WHO urges COVID-19 sequencing to tracking spread of new variants
. Recommends wearing of masks in crowded spaces The World Health Organisation (WHO) says sequencing remains vital to…
Global food crisis putting millions of young lives at risk
Five UN agencies on Thursday called for urgent action to protect millions of malnourished children in the 15…
New US border policy poses risk to fundamental rights, warns UN’s Türk
Recent Biden Administration border policy reforms “risk undermining the basic foundations of international human rights and refugee law”,…
Ozone layer recovery is on track, due to success of Montreal Protocol
The Earth’s ozone layer is on track to recover within four decades, a UN-backed panel of experts said…