Gender inequalities hampering global efforts to end AIDS
The study shows how gender inequalities and harmful gender norms are blocking the end of the AIDS pandemic, with rising
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‘Intense diplomatic efforts’ continue to ensure food and fertilizers reach those in need
Stéphane Dujarric reiterated that the UN welcomed the donation of 260,000 metric tonnes of fertilizer which has been stored in
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WHO recommends new name for monkeypox
The decision follows a series of consultations with global experts. Both terms will be used simultaneously for a year before
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Three years of flatlined progress on HIV treatment and prevention affect 2.7 million youth
Three years of flatlined progress on HIV treatment and prevention affect 2.7 million youth Some 110,00 youth under age 19
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‘Critical opportunity’ to protect against biological warfare, countries hear
In a speech to the Biological Weapons Convention, Izumi Nakamitsu explained that the issue of verifying whether biological toxins are
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‘We cannot give up’ on the millions suffering in drought-stricken Horn of Africa, urges WFP official
In an interview with UN News, Mr. Dunford said: “Unfortunately, we have not yet seen the worst of this crisis.
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict nearing ‘boiling point’, UN envoy warns
Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland called for stronger international commitment towards the two-State solution and outlined potential ways to move forward.
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Ukraine: Heading into winter without heat or water, needs in Mykolaiv are ‘critical’
Updating journalists at a regular press briefing, Stéphane Dujarric recounted Humanitarian Coordinator Denise Brown’s visit over the weekend to Kherson
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Healing Haiti in the face of an increase in sexual violence
Claudine* looks across a sweeping valley high above the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. The lushness of the tropical vegetation, the cool
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First Person: The Liberian police inspector working to end sexual and gender-based violence
“I am in charge of cases pertaining to women and children in Nimba county. The most prevalent cases I handle
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