World hunger is a burning issue and the UN’s latest plan to eradicate hunger while reducing the risks of global warming and pollution is very simple – eat insects! Edible insects are being promoted as a low-flat, high-protein …
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday called for global efforts to improve the health of women and children. Speaking at a meeting of the Every Woman Every Child movement here, Ban stressed the importance of mobilizing and …
Over 200 delegates will take part in a three-day summit on child survival and development from Feb 7 in Tamil Nadu, an official said. It will be inaugurated by union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad. 'India's Call to Action …
Approximately 800 women die from pregnancy or childbirth related complications, around the world everyday. Recently in Ghaziabad Gynaecologists from across the country, met to address the urgent need to reduce the maternal …
World AIDS Day on 1 December brings together people from around the world to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and demonstrate international solidarity in the face of the pandemic. The day is an opportunity for public and private …
Every ninth person in the world is aged 60 and above and their numbers will increase to one in five by 2050, numbering two billion elderly, a UN agency has concluded. Those over 100 years of age too will witness an exponential …
Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been appointed by the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) as its International Goodwill Ambassador. She will raise global awareness on protecting children from HIV …
The US appreciates India's role in eradicating polio and the joint effort by both the countries towards ensuring child survival, US representative to the United Nations Susan Rice said here on Tuesday. "I appreciate India's role …
A new report by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) shows that domestic funding for HIV has exceeded international investments. The report, Together we will end AIDS, states that low- and middle- income …
India said that it will meet the millennium development goals by 2015. Various UN bodies had questioned the country’s ability to do so. In a letter to WHO representative to India Neta Menabde, the Health and Family Welfare …
According to the United Nations, a mother dies every ten minutes in India which means that along with malnutrition caused by poverty, India is likely to miss the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) related to maternal health as …
Though India's poverty rates fell from 51% to 37% between 1990 and 2008 it will still not reach the required Poverty Headcount Ratio (percentage of population below the national poverty line) of 23.9% by 2015 to achieve the …
The rampant drug abuse in modern Russia can be traced to the rock band Beatles and their experiments with psychedelics, a psychoactive drug, the country's top substance abuse official has said. "After the Beatles travelled to …
June 26 is International Day against drug abuse.
A study to gauge the extent of drugs and substance abuse by children will be taken up across the country, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) said …
