Global perspective Human stories A farmer in Madagascar harvests his crop. World Food Day LIVE: The task of feeding the world 16 October 2025 SDGs Amid the destruction of the Second World War, nations responded ...

Afghan quake aftermath: Children facing heightened risk from disease The severe risk of disease outbreak comes after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit a remote eastern area of Afghanistan on 31 August near the Pakistan border, destroying ...

WHO calls for greater investment in brain health and care services 14 October 2025 Health Countries must scale up investment and care to treat neurological disorders, responsible for over 11 million deaths each year, the ...

Antibiotic resistance surges globally, UN health agency warns According to the agency’s latest surveillance report, antibiotic resistance rose in more than 40 per cent of the bacteria-drug combinations tracked between 2018 and 2023, with average ...

Global perspective Human stories A nurse on shift in a hospital in Europe Europe’s health system under strain as doctors and nurses face mental health crisis 10 October 2025 Health One in 10 doctors and ...

‘Never be afraid to ask for help’: Ukrainians scarred by war find space to heal “I saw people running away, so I joined them,” recalls 88-year-old Yuri, thinking back to the day he left Ukraine. ...

WHO says rebuilding Gaza’s shattered health system critical to a lasting peace Dr. Hanan Balkhy, WHO Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, said Gaza’s health services had been “shattered” after two years of conflict and “on ...

Haiti battles rabies with vaccines and vigilance Last July, in the remote locality of Butête, in southern Haiti, nine-year-old Jonas* lost his life to rabies. When a stray dog bit the boy on the leg, ...

Gaza health system overwhelmed as WHO reports 42,000 people have life-changing injuries “These life changing injuries account for one quarter of all reported injuries, of a total of over 167,300 people injured since October 2023,” ...

World News in Brief: ‘Trust crisis’ impacts vaccine rollouts, Cyberspace must ‘serve the common good’, Türk calls for lasting truce in Lebanon And because healthcare spending is also under pressure around the world, it should ...