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The United Nations is the global intergovernmental organization tasked with international cooperation and establishing peace. The European Times provides in-depth, accurate coverage of UN programs, peacekeeping, human rights issues, security council meetings, general assembly votes, and secretary general actions. Their unbiased reporting sheds light on this complex organization’s inner workings and impact on world affairs.

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Remdesivir no COVID-19 silver bullet, says UN health agency

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An advisory body of the UN health agency is not recommending the use of the high-profile antiviral drug Remdesivir for hospitalized COVID-19 patients, saying on Thursday there is insufficient evidence that it improves survival outcomes or cuts down on the need for patients to be put onto ventilators. 
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In the face of ridicule: one woman’s fight to bring sanitation to a Nepali village

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4.2 billion people are living without access to safely managed sanitation, putting them at increased risk of catching a host of infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, cholera, and typhoid. On this year’s World Toilet Day, which is marked on 19 November, we look at how Ratna Khawas has fought ridicule and tradition to improve hygiene in her Nepali village, with the help of the UN.
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Ensure safe and hygienic sanitation for all, UN urges, marking World Toilet Day

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The UN is marking World Toilet Day on Thursday, in a bid to reinforce the need for equal access to sanitation for all. More than a quarter of the global population lack basic facilities, and more than three billion people live in homes without basic hand washing facilities, soap and water. 
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Future of an entire generation at risk, as COVID-19 pandemic drags on

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While symptoms among children infected with COVID-19 mostly remain mild, infections are rising and the longer-term impact on the education, nutrition and well-being of an entire generation of young people can be life-altering, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned. 
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Silent Pandemic: Overuse renders antimicrobials less effective – UN agriculture agency

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People, plants and animals around the world are dying from untreatable infections – even with the best medicines available – due to a rise in antimicrobial resistance, the UN food agriculture agency said on Wednesday, kicking off World Antimicrobial Awareness Week. 
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Latest Ebola outbreak in DR Congo is declared over, with lessons for COVID-19  

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An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus disease in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is over, the government announced on Wednesday, after a five-month response supported by the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO), and other partners.   
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Persons living with disabilities ‘have very special abilities’, UN deputy chief tells young Ghanaians  

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During her visit to Ghana on Monday, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed met with young people living with HIV and disabilities in the capital, Accra.   
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New partnership to boost maternal and newborn health in East and Southern Africa

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Some 10,000 health workers will be trained to support mothers and newborns in Africa through a partnership between the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, and Laerdal Global Health, the non-profit arm of a Norwegian company that provides innovative training, educational and therapy solutions for emergency medical care and patient safety.
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UN-backed fund to address crisis in global sanitation and hygiene

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A UN-backed fund, launched on Tuesday, is set to take on the centuries-old crisis centred around sanitation, hygiene and menstrual health, which now impacts more than four billion people across the world. 
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WHO rolls out plan to rid world of cervical cancer, saving millions of lives

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The World Health Organization (WHO) set out a strategy on Tuesday for eliminating cervical cancer, which would avoid the death of an estimated five million women and girls from the disease, by 2050.
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No time for complacency as COVID-19 cases surge: WHO chief

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Despite encouraging news about COVID-19 vaccines and cautious optimism over potential new tools against the disease, “this is not the time for complacency,” the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday during his latest press briefing in Geneva. 
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Diabetes increasing COVID risks, showing need to strengthen health systems 

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As the number of people with diabetes surges, many are at “increased risk of severe disease and death from COVID-19”, the UN chief said in his message for World Diabetes Day, on Saturday. 
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COVID-19: Consequences of ‘chronic under-investment in public health’ laid bare: Tedros

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A global chronic under-investment in public health has been exposed by the coronavirus pandemic, which must now lead to a major re-think in how all societies value health, said the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday.
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South Sudan: ‘No child anywhere should suffer from polio’ – UN health agency

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Although South Sudan had recently been declared free from the wild poliovirus, the UN health agency said on Friday that 15 children under the age of five are reported to have been infected by a vaccine-derived form of polio, which has left them with irreversible paralysis. 
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Neglected tropical diseases: Countries endorse new targets to eradicate 20 killers

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A bold new blueprint to tackle all neglected tropical diseases has been agreed at the UN health agency’s World Health Assembly, which will involve a radical shift in approach by Member States and non-state actors, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
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‘Bring life to those fighting for breath’, UNICEF urges on World Pneumonia Day 

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Pneumonia is not a new emergency, it takes the lives of some 800,000 children each year, but this year’s COVID-19 pandemic makes it even more critical to stop the deadly infection, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Thursday. 
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UN deputy chief conducts solidarity visit to West Africa and the Sahel

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The UN Deputy Secretary-General is on a two-week solidarity visit to West Africa and the Sahel to underscore the Organization’s support to countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
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World can save lives and ‘end this pandemic, together’ – WHO chief

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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues evolving, the world must “take all opportunities to learn and improve the response as we go”, the UN health agency chief said on Friday.     
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‘Emergency action’ needed to prevent major polio, measles epidemics

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Globally, millions of children are at a heightened risk of polio and measles – dangerous but preventable diseases – amid disruptions to vital immunization programmes due to the coronavirus pandemic, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO) have said.
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FROM THE FIELD: coping with COVID in refugee camps

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Physical distancing, handwashing with soap, wearing masks: these are some of the most basic, recommendations for slowing the spread of COVID-19, but for many refugees, and other displaced people, they can be very difficult to follow.
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Ahead of global health assembly, WHO stresses need for solidarity, preparation

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The COVID-19 pandemic can be defeated through science, solutions and solidarity, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday, underlining one of its core messages throughout the crisis. 
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Protecting citizens from COVID while granting refugee access, can be done: UNHCR

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It is possible for countries to both protect public health and “ensure access” for vulnerable people forced to flee their homes, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday.
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Deputy UN chief pushes Security Council on global ceasefire, to fight ‘common enemy’

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The UN Deputy Secretary-General on Tuesday urged the Security Council to do more to encourage combatants across the world to put down their guns and focus instead on fighting “our common enemy” – the coronavirus.
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Protect children and relief workers caught up in conflict, urges UN rights envoy

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Indiscriminate attacks on education and health facilities during armed conflict is having a “dramatic impact” on children and humanitarian personnel, the UN envoy for Children and Armed Conflict said on Monday.
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‘If we invest in health systems, we can bring this virus under control’ – WHO chief

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Health systems and global preparedness are not only an investment in the future but “the foundation of our response” to today’s COVID-19 health crisis, the head of the UN’s health agency said on Monday.  
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