Category: Medical/Health Care

A new report by four leading United Nations agencies and the World Bank estimates every two minutes, one woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth, mostly from preventable causes.The report, “Trends in maternal mortality 2000 to 2020,” was produced by …

The M23 insurgency has absorbed the attention of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s government and led to a flurry of regional peace efforts over the past year. Yet the conflict is just one of many driving humanitarian needs in the country. Of the more than 100 armed groups active in DRC’s eastern provinces, one […]

Botswana revealed that rhino poaching increased dramatically in the five years leading up to 2021, resulting in the extinction of roughly one-third of the endangered species’ population. In all, 138 rhinos were slaughtered between 2018 and last year, Tourism Minister Philda Kereng told parliament. This compares to two rhinos poached in the preceding five years […]

GABORONE, BOTSWANA — Botswana’s wildlife officials say the country has lost half of its wild rhinoceroses to poaching and natural causes since 2018. Mabuse Pule, acting minister of the environment and tourism, told the National Assembly on Monday that 138 rhinoceroses had been poached and 76 died of natural causes in the last five years. […]

WASHINGTON — The little-noticed program that led to a Chinese spy balloon drifting across the United States this month has been discussed in China’s state-controlled media for more than a decade in articles extolling its potential military applications…

One week on from last week’s massive earthquakes, ordinary people across Syria – including in the large parts controlled by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces – have been scrambling to marshal whatever help they can for survivors, offering up their hom…

Physical inactivity is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide. It’s also associated with chronic illness and disability. Recent research estimates that the world could see close to half a billion new cases of major chronic diseases by 2030 if peop…

GENEVA — Ahead of World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day Monday, the World Health Organization is calling for action to tackle these debilitating illnesses, which affect an estimated 1.65 billion people globally.A diverse group of 20 parasitic and bacte…