Health

UN Calls For Action Over Indonesia’s High Maternal Mortality Rates

JAKARTA, Aug 14 (NNN-ANTARA) – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), raised concerns about Indonesia’s alarming postpartum maternal mortality rate,…

Cambodia Discovers Another War-Left U.S. Aerial Bomb In Southern Province

PHNOM PENH, Aug 14 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia has found and safely removed another war-left U.S.-made M117 aerial bomb, in southern…

Diphtheria Epidemic Announced In Central Vietnam

HANOI, Aug 13 (NNN-VNA) – The central Thanh Hoa province has become Vietnam’s first locality this year, to announce the…

Pakistan Committed To Eradicating Poliovirus By 2025: PM

ISLAMABAD, Aug 11 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, said that, his country is committed to completely eradicating poliovirus…

At Least 60,000 Gazans Displaced Following Latest Israeli Evacuation Order: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – UN humanitarians and their partners, yesterday, estimated at least 60,000 Gazans may have moved…

Kuwait’s Charity Sends Emergency Aid Package To Flood Victims In Yemen

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 9 (NNN-KUNA) – Kuwaiti AlNajat Charity Society Foundation, announced yesterday that, it will send urgent aid to…

Soaring Food Costs Take Toll On New Zealand Kids: Study

WELLINGTON, Aug 8 (NNN-RNZ) – The high living cost in New Zealand has prevented children from leading a healthy life,…

ASEAN Discuss Strategies To Scale Up HIV Services

VIENTIANE, Aug 8 (NNN-KPL) – Representatives from member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), gathered in Laos,…

Hostilities, Continuing Displacements Challenge Gazans’ Access To Aid: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – A seemingly endless cycle of violence-induced displacement, is making it increasingly difficult for Gazans…

Japan Started 8th Ocean Discharge Of Fukushima Nuclear-Tainted Wastewater

TOKYO, Aug 8 (NNN-NHK) – Despite persistent opposition at home and abroad, Japan yesterday, started its eighth round of release…