All over the world, the COVID-19 pandemic is causing significant loss of life, disrupting livelihoods, and threatening the recent advances in health and progress towards global development goals highlighted in the 2020 W...
WHO announces the launch of the WHO Academy app designed to support health workers during COVID-19, and the WHO Info app designed to inform the general public. Today, the WHO Academy, World Health Organization’s lifelong...
In its World Economic Situation and Prospect (WESP) report update, launched on Wednesday, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) said that as of mid-2020, the gross domestic product (GDP) in developed co...
Tobacco kills more than 8 million people globally every year. More than 7 million of these deaths are from direct tobacco use and around 1.2 million are due to non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke. Tobacco smok...
WHO: COVID-19-related service disruptions could cause hundreds of thousands of extra deaths from HIV
A modelling group convened by the World Health Organization and UNAIDS has estimated that if efforts are not made to mitigate and overcome interruptions in health services and supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic, a six...
On the occasion of the International Day of the Nurse and the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, the World Health Organization (WHO) joins hundreds of partners worldwide to highlight the importance o...
We are going through unprecedented times with the coronavirus pandemic, which has impacted everyone around the world either directly or indirectly. During this challenging time, our decision has been to put the health an...
The current challenging times have taught businesses the world over to re-engineer their operating models. For Software AG, we started with adapting our customer engagement process, replacing the traditional face-to-face...
We’re living in a time of great upheaval. Countries across the world are facing a pandemic. We all have a lot to be worried about, for our workers, business operations, financial impact, and the health and safety of ours...
“Our commitment to achieving the SDGs has not changed, but the urgency to act has”, said Mona Juul, President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), as discussion over the topic, “Joining Forces: Effective Policy S...