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UN agriculture agency takes step to help rice farmers bolster production

Photo:Harvesting rice in Viet Nam. Global rice consumption trends are rising.

As famine looms, malnutrition and disease rise sharply among Somali children – UNICEF

Photo:Nur Ismail, 3, is treated for acute watery diarrhoea at the cholera treatment centre in Bay

Medicines should help, not harm, says UN health agency launching global patient safety 'challenge'

Photo:The World Health Organization's Global Patient Safety Challenge on Medication Safety l

Children in countries facing famine threatened by lack of water, sanitation – UN agency

Photo:A young girl collects water for use at their home in Bakassi IDP camp, in Maiduguri, the ca

David Beasley of United States appointed as head of UN emergency food agency

Photo:The conflict continues to impact the humanitarian situation resulting in significant humani

What You Need To Know About Chlorpyrifos

Photo:A father and son in a cotton field in El Campo, Texas.

Mobile solutions to empower, educate refugees and displaced persons take spotlight at UN forum

28 March 2017

Around 22 million children could soon starve without urgent aid, UNICEF warns

Photo:UNICEF Nutrition Officer Judy Jurua Michael (centre) weighs 13-month-old Alakaii during a m

ALARMING LEVELS OF ATTACKS ON SCHOOLS MUST END, SAVE THE CHILDREN SAYS AHEAD OF KEY GLOBAL SAFE SCHOOLS CONFERENCE

27 March 2017

Pakistan: Attacks on Schools Devastate Education

Photo:Pakistani students in Lahore return to school under high alert security after the December