"TEDROS GHEBREYESUS"

Once a wealthy landowner, Ayatu Nure followed the age-old tradition of his people, and took more than one wife. In fact, he took twelve wives. Now he struggles to feed his 78 children. UNTV

The Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Farhan Haq, told reporters that that the number of confirmed Ebola cases from the most recent outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, stands at 16, with a probable 27 additional cases, a total of 43 cases, including 34 deaths. UNIFEED / FILE

The UN resident coordinator in Yemen said there was “no other place in the world where so many people are suffering so greatly” describing the humanitarian situation in the country as “grim, heart-breaking, and nearly unprecedented in recent memory.” UNIFEED

Time to Act on Global Mental Health - Building Momentum on Mental Health in the SDG Era: An event to advance on new action on global mental health.

Heads of State GAin New York on 26 September 2018 at the United Nations General Assembly first-ever high-level meeting on tuberculosis (TB) to accelerate efforts in ending TB and reach all affected people with prevention and care. The theme of the meeting is “United to end tuberculosis: an urgent global response to a global epidemic

Opening segment of the third high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, on the theme: Scaling up multi-stakeholder and multisectoral responses for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Second plenary segment of the third high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, on the theme: Scaling up multi-stakeholder and multisectoral responses for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Briefing by Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases at the General Assembly Media Stakeout.

The World Health Organization said today that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo “does not constitute a public health emergency of international concern.” WHO

Air pollution kills 7 million people each year. Around the world, 9 out of 10 people breathe air that has been polluted by traffic emissions, industry, agriculture and waste incineration, according to a new report by the World Health Organization. WHO