China’s reintroduction of a pollution action plan this winter helped improve air quality after its disappearance last year led to a surge in smog, according to a new report.
Millions of Australians with student loans will have hundreds of dollars wiped from their HECS debts as the federal government rolls out its plans for cost-of-living relief in the upcoming budget.
New commitment will help vaccinate 370 million children against polio every year over five years, preventing paralysis and even death, and strengthen health systems to achieve and sustain a polio-free world.
Councillor in Arnhem says existing system to resolve issues caused by debt costs billions and isn’t working
Through its Investing in Early Years for Human Development Project, the World Bank supported a range of early childhood interventions in Senegal, particularly through the provision of essential nutrition services, benefiting 14 million mothers and children. It helped the government of Senegal to address critical health and...
After a public health campaign of just one year, Egypt has effectively eliminated Hepatitis C, the third leading cause of death in the country.
In a landmark ruling for fundamental freedoms in Colombia, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights found that for over two decades the state government harassed, surveilled, and persecuted members of a lawyer’s group that defends human rights defenders, activists, and indigenous people putting the attorneys’ lives at risk.
The World Bank-financed Gambia Essential Health Services Strengthening Project implemented an innovative approach by conducting a simultaneous mass registration of both birth certificates and national health insurance memberships. Between August 1, 2022, and February 28, 2023, more than half of the population was registered and...
Free secondary educational policy in Ghana is worthwhile but struggles to keep up with quality.
WASHINGTON, April 11 (Reuters) - A rule requiring gun dealers to obtain federal licenses and conduct background checks regardless of where they sell guns has been finalized and will soon go into effect, the U.S. Justice Department announced on Thursday.
Obioma Chukwuike went to an all-girls boarding school in Nigeria, but was not sure if she was a girl or a boy. “Everybody seemed so worried about my body all the time. People kept asking me if I was a girl or a boy and I would answer: ‘I don’t know. I am just me’.”
Many fewer Americans are falling prey to the most dangerous form of heart attack, a new study says.
Background: Cancer surveillance data are essential to help understand where gaps exist and progress is being made in cancer control. We sought to summarize the expected impact of cancer in Canada in 2024, with projections of new cancer cases and deaths from cancer by sex and province or territory for all ages combined. Methods:...
With more than 2,000 pieces of new, upgraded equipment slotting into and expanding Kenya’s sprawling vaccine supply chain, hope grows that unreached children will gain reliable access to immunisation.
A woman dying when she is giving birth to her child is one of the greatest tragedies imaginable.
After a steep rise during the Covid-19 pandemic, preliminary data shows that drug overdose deaths in the United States ticked down in 2023 for the first time in five years.
NEW DELHI (AP) — Vijay Lakshmi, 85, stood beaming at the entrance of her house as she welcomed a team dispatched by the Election Commission of India.
NOAA's latest report reveals optimistic trends in sustainable fisheries management.
Seven grassroots environmental activists were awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize on April 29. Known as the “Green Nobel Prize,” the Goldman Prize honors activists from the six continental regions. This year’s winners include two Indigenous activists who stopped destructive seismic testing for oil and gas off the...
This year, Bangladesh has seen its highest number of olive ridley turtle eggs, thanks to extensive conservation actions, including building awareness among local people and the vigilance of local conservation groups to ensure favorable conditions for the species. Nature Conservation Management (NACOM) found 12,425 eggs in five...
Agency announces rule on methylene chloride, colorless liquid used for stripping paint, cleaning metal and decaffeinating coffee
Agriculture minister says the ‘live sheep export industry has shown time and again that they are unable to meet the community’s expectations’
