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03/02/2020 - The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) annual report cites studies which reveal that, in young people aged between 16 and 19, early use of alcohol, tobacco and cannabis leads to an increased likelihood of the use of opiates and cocaine in adulthood. The report also shows that substance abuse and associated health consequences are highest among young people, with cannabis being the most widely used substance. The highest rate of use, in young people aged 15-16, is in Europe (13.9 per cent), followed by the Americas (11.6 per cent), Oceania (11.4 per cent), Africa (6.6 per cent), and Asia (2.7 per cent). -
02/20/2020 - No single country is adequately protecting children’s health, their environment and their futures, finds a landmark report released today by a Commission of over 40 child and adolescent health experts from around the world. The Commission was convened by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and The Lancet. The report, A Future for the World’s Children?, finds that the health and future of every child and adolescent worldwide is under immediate threat from ecological degradation, climate change and exploitative marketing practices that push heavily processed fast food, sugary drinks, alcohol and tobacco at children. -
02/11/2020 - Long believed to be a problem exclusive to high-income countries, evidence shows that over 70 percent of the world's 2 billion overweight and obese individuals live in low- or middle-income countries. Faced with increasing disability, mortality, health care costs, and lower productivity, obesity is a growing concern for all countries regardless of income level, says a new World Bank report launched here today. Obesity has a major impact on national economies and on human capital by reducing productivity and life expectancy and increasing disability and health care costs. -
02/04/2020 - Governments must put an end to the informal segregation and institutionalized neglect of hundreds of thousands of women and children affected by leprosy, an independent UN human rights expert said on Sunday, World Leprosy Day (01/26). -
02/04/2020 - Se nada for feito para mudar, o mundo verá um aumento de 60% nos casos de câncer nas próximas duas décadas. O alerta foi feito pela Organização Mundial da Saúde no Dia Mundial de Combate ao Câncer (03/02).. Cerca de 81% dos novos casos ocorrerão em países de rendas baixa e média, onde as taxas de sobrevivência são menores. Por isso, a OMS quer melhores serviços de saúde nesses países. -
01/16/2020 - As a new year and a new decade kick off, WHO is releasing a list of urgent, global health challenges. This list, developed with input from our experts around the world, reflects a deep concern that leaders are failing to invest enough resources in core health priorities and systems. This puts lives, livelihoods and economies in jeopardy. None of these issues are simple to address, but they are within reach. Public health is ultimately a political choice. -
01/13/2020 - Did you know that the world needs 9 million more nurses and midwives if it is to achieve universal health coverage by 2030? That's the main reason for 2020 being the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. Read more! -
11/29/2019 - Every December 1, World AIDS Day is celebrated. Discrimination is an important barrier that prevents many from accessing health care. This year, the campaign aims to raise awareness, especially health workers, about the needs of young people and encourage them to participate in reducing stigma and discrimination towards people most vulnerable to HIV infection. -
11/29/2019 - Discover why the 2019 UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP25, is important and definitive for the fight against climate change and the future of our planet. -
11/29/2019 - The economic commission noted that the upward trend for poverty in Latin America held firm and called for resuming the construction of comprehensive and universal social compacts, during the launch of its Social Panorama 2019 report yesterday (28/11) in Chile.