Life

UN health agency lists antibiotic-resistant bacteria which pose human threat

27 February 2017

Drought threatens 1.5 million Somalis; UN health agency scales up response

Photo:A resident of Rabaable village in Somalia fetches water with the help of her daughters.

Intensive agriculture and wildfires threaten over a quarter of Europe’s grasshoppers and crickets

09 Feb 2017

Turning the Lens of the BBC's Natural History Unit

February 24, 2017

NCI launches study of African-American cancer survivors

February 27, 2017

UN rights experts urge action to curb 'invisible threat' of toxic air

24 February 2017

Yemen's health system another victim of the conflict – UN health agency

23 February 2017 – Acute shortage of critical medicines, limited fuel for electricity and special

Haiti: New grant to help UNICEF strengthen efforts to tackle cholera

Photo:Ambassador of Japan to Haiti, Yoshiaki Hatta (left) and Marc Vincent, UNICEF Representative

Business-as-usual not an option with future global food security in jeopardy, cautions UN agency

Photo:Farmers prepare land to plant turmeric.

Multilingual education is 'absolutely essential,' UNESCO chief says on Mother Language Day

Photo:A little girl reads her paper in class in rural Nepal.