More than 19 million children in Bangladesh are at risk from devastating floods, cyclones and other environmental disasters linked to climate change, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday in a new report.
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Average life-expectancy globally has increased by five-and-a-half years since the turn of the century, and women outlive men “everywhere”, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
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A new interactive data tool created by the UN University Centre for Policy Research, which shows a mismatch between where modern slavery occurs, and where governments are spending resources to address it, could help make a positive impact on policy debates surrounding the issue.
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Though India has achieved almost universal coverage in the area of drinking water services, a majority of the rural population is not using safely managed drinking water
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Ten countries accounted for approximately three-quarters of the total increase in measles in 2018,including significant outbreaks inBrazil, Madagascar, the Philippines, Ukraine, and Yemen
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In not too good news India will be topping the list of the number of babies born on New Year’s Day, 2020. UNICEF is calling for world leaders and nations to invest in health workers with the know-how and equipment to save every newborn