WHO releases new reports and estimates highlighting urgent gaps in mental health.
Stories & Blogs WHO (News )WHO today releases two major reports — the Mental Health Atlas 2024 and the World Mental Health Today — alongside updated suicide estimates, presenting the most comprehensive evidence yet on the urgent need to strengthen mental health services and prevent
Downpours stymy aid teams following deadly landslide in war-torn Sudan.
Stories & Blogs UN (Story )War-torn Sudan continues to face “a horrific humanitarian situation” as UN colleagues scramble to help communities affected by the devastating landslide that struck Tarseen village in South Darfur state over the weekend, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric
WHO updates list of essential medicines to include key cancer, diabetes treatments.
Stories & Blogs WHO (News )Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released updated editions of its Model Lists of Essential Medicines (EML) and Essential Medicines for Children (EMLc), adding new treatments for various types of cancer and for diabetes with associated comorb
DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violence.
Stories & Blogs UN (News )Sexual violence is rife in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but urgently needed assistance for survivors has had to be halted as sweeping funding cuts bite, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, warned on Friday.