A chance to breathe: How life-saving incubators are transforming newborn care in Somalia
Stories & Blogs UNFPAJul 22, 2025(News )Despite maternal death rates dropping by 50 per cent over the past twenty years in Somalia, too many pregnant women struggle to access essential health services.
World Bank Group Strengthens Procurement Requirements to Support Job Creation, Skills Development.
Stories & Blogs World BankJul 18, 2025(Press Release )The World Bank is strengthening its procurement requirements to help address the jobs challenge in developing countries.
Digital technology is unlocking financial inclusion
Stories & Blogs World BankJul 17, 2025(Blog )Mobile phones and the internet are revolutionizing financial inclusion, enabling more people to access and use digital financial services to manage their financial lives.
Global childhood vaccination coverage holds steady, yet over 14 million infants remain unvaccinated – WHO, UNICEF.
Stories & Blogs WHOJul 15, 2025(News )In 2024, 89% of infants globally – about 115 million – received at least one dose of the diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP)-containing vaccine, and 85% – roughly 109 million – completed all three doses.
Mobile-Phone Technology Powers Saving Surge in Developing Economies.
Stories & Blogs World BankJul 15, 2025(Press release )Number of Adults Using Accounts to Save Rises at Fastest Clip in a Decade.
WHO donates medical supplies and equipment to boost mpox response.
Stories & Blogs WHOJul 03, 2025(News )The handover ceremony took place at the Hastings Treatment Centre, with WHO Country Representative Dr George Ameh officially handing over the supplies to Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Mustapha Kabba.
Providing nonjudgmental and empathetic sexual and reproductive health services in Zambia.
Stories & Blogs WHOJul 03, 2025(News )To improve access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services, including family planning and safe abortions, Zambia is training health workers in values clarification and attitude transformation (VCAT).
WHO supports Mauritius in developing a national medicine policy to ensure access to safe and quality medicines.
Stories & Blogs WHOJul 02, 2025(News )This initiative unites various health professionals to contribute to the development of a policy that will meet the specificities of the country and the local context.
WHO actively responds to anthrax epidemic in the DRC.
Stories & Blogs WHOJul 02, 2025(News )WHO has made more than four tonnes of medicines available to 12 health facilities, a large quantity of which has been handed over to the authorities in the Binza health zone in Rutshuru territory.
WHO supporting Guinea restore vaccine capacity after fire damage,
Stories & Blogs WHOJun 28, 2025(News )A crisis cell has been set up and contingency plans are being reinforced.