Goal 3: Good Health Archives - United Nations Sustainable Development /sustainabledevelopment/blog/category/health/ 17 Goals to Transform Our World Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 Former rebel fighters join campaign against Ebola in the DR Congo https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168146 Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168146 Demobilised former combatants are actively joining the fight against Ebola by participating in public information campaigns in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).  Read Full Story on UN News

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]]> An attack on healthcare every six hours, and no one held to account https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168144 Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168144 Across the world, healthcare has suffered more than 10,000 attacks in the past eight years, including during the brutal conflict in Ukraine and efforts to contain the current Ebola outbreak spreading rapidly in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).  Read Full Story on UN News

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]]> Meth trafficking across Middle East becoming more advanced, UNODC warns https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168142 Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168142 Authorities in Iran intercepted 3,663 kilogrammes of methamphetamines headed for Europe and the Persian Gulf in the first quarter of 2026, according to the UN’s drugs and crime fighting agency (UNODC). Read Full Story on UN News

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]]> ‘Ebola is winning’: Epidemic now killing one person every 30 minutes https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168148 Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168148 The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – the fastest-growing on record and on track to become the deadliest – is killing one person every 30 minutes. Read Full Story on UN News

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]]> Ebola tracing improves in DR Congo – but the virus is still winning the race https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168137 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168137 Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are tracking a growing share of people exposed to Ebola, but the epidemic in the country's restive east continues to outpace their ability to find and isolate the sick, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Read Full Story on UN News

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]]> WHO chief voices concern over Trump Administration’s executive order on vaccines https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168124 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168124 The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday upheld the safety of childhood vaccines in response to a new directive from the White House to overhaul the recommended inoculation schedule. Read Full Story on UN News

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]]> Cholera spreads across borders in West and Central Africa https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168125 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168125 Cholera is spreading rapidly across West and Central Africa, with active outbreaks now in six countries and millions of children at growing risk, UN children’s agency UNICEF has said. Read Full Story on UN News

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]]> Ebola deaths top 2,000 as scientists race to develop vaccine https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168117 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168117 Local officials in the DR Congo (DRC) reported on Tuesday that deaths from the Ebola virus disease have surpassed 2,000, with half of that number in the last 20 days. Read Full Story on UN News

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]]> DR Congo: Ebola is killing people before they ever reach a doctor https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168105 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168105 More than 1,900 people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ebola outbreak – and most of them never made it to a treatment centre. Between 60 and 70 per cent of deaths are happening in communities far from care, a gap that is now central to the World Health Organization's response.  Read [...]

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]]> Ebola in DR Congo: Childhood deaths rise; hopes raised over new vaccine https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168100 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168100 More than 300 children have died in the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN said on Friday, as health experts urged trials of the only vaccine against the disease to halt further spread of the rare Bundibugyo species. Read Full Story on UN News

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]]> Ebola virus reaches displacement camps in DR Congo https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168092 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168092 Agencies are on high alert amid reports that the rapidly spreading Ebola Bundibugyo virus species in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has infected 19 internally displaced people, killed five of them, according to the UN’s refugee agency (UNHCR). Read Full Story on UN News

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]]> New Ebola vaccine trial launches as outbreak spreads in DR Congo https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168072 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168072 Results may be months away, but efforts are advancing towards enhanced treatment and the world’s first vaccine for the Bundibugyo species of Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday as deaths and cases rise in the largest ever outbreak on record in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Read Full Story on UN [...]

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]]> Mothers still lack support to breastfeed, UN warns https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168065 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168065 Breastfeeding rates are rising worldwide, but millions of mothers and families still lack the services and protection they need to feed their babies safely, the UN has warned.  Read Full Story on UN News

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]]> DR Congo: New centre opens at heart of record Ebola outbreak https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168064 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168064 New UN-backed centres will serve eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as confirmed Ebola cases continued to climb sharply over the weekend in the largest ever outbreak of the highly contagious disease in the country. Read Full Story on UN News

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]]> Wildfire smoke poses hidden health threat https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1168060 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/07/1168060 Wildfires are often associated with the destruction they leave behind, but the smoke they produce can pose a serious health threat far beyond the fire zone, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Read Full Story on UN News

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]]> Hunger hampers Ebola response as cases top 3,200 in DR Congo https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1168047 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/07/1168047 The UN emergency food agency appealed for immediate funding on Wednesday, warning that deepening hunger is undermining the response to an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that has now infected more than 3,200 people. Read Full Story on UN News

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]]> HIV, hepatitis, STI gains at risk as funding falls, WHO warns https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1168040 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/07/1168040 Years of progress in tackling HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are at risk of stalling, leaving millions of people without access to life-saving prevention, testing and treatment, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Read Full Story on UN News

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]]> High prices and funding cuts stall HIV prevention revolution https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1168033 Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/07/1168033 The AIDS epidemic could stage a comeback amid unequal access to breakthrough prevention medicines and a sharp decline in global funding, according to a UN report released on Monday ahead of the opening of the 26th International AIDS Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Read Full Story on UN News

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]]> Cyberattacks and the digital divide are creating new barriers to HIV services https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1168030 Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/07/1168030 Cyberattacks, data breaches, online harassment and other forms of technology-facilitated violence are becoming significant obstacles to HIV prevention and treatment, according to a UNAIDS specialist who says digital security has become inseparable from the fight against the epidemic itself. Read Full Story on UN News

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]]> Gaza: Dialysis patients face grueling hospital journey by donkey cart https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/07/1168026 Sun, 26 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/07/1168026 Shortly before sunrise, Palestinian Fathi Hajji begins an arduous thrice weekly journey to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. Read Full Story on UN News

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