"HEALTH POLICY"

The IMF issued a gloomy forecast for global growth, downgrading its forecast for 2023 in its World Economic Outlook report issued Tuesday in Washington, D.C. IMF

General Assembly adopts four resolutions, including contested text addressing justice for victims of sexual violence.

The World Health Organization today released its largest review of world mental health since the turn of the century. The detailed work provides a blueprint for governments, academics, health professionals, civil society and others with an ambition to support the world in transforming mental health. WHO

Global growth prospects have worsened significantly due to the combined effects of inflation, war in Ukraine and lingering pandemic, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced on Tuesday. IMF

No atonement without repair, keynote speaker tells General Assembly event commemorating victims of slavery, amid growing calls for reparations.

No atonement without repair, keynote speaker tells General Assembly event commemorating victims of slavery, amid growing calls for reparations.

The General Assembly resumes its informal thematic consultation on the Secretary-General’s "Our Common Agenda" report with a panel discussion with participation of relevant stakeholders, including the private sector, young people, academia and civil society representatives.

The General Assembly holds the fourth informal thematic consultations on the Secretary-General’s "Our Common Agenda" report.

Informal meeting of the General Assembly to allow the Independent Panel for Preparedness and Response (IPPPR) to brief the membership on their findings and recommendations, as contained in their final report

Fully investing in midwives by 2035 would avert roughly two-thirds of maternal, newborn deaths and stillbirths, saving 4.3 million lives per year, according to the 2021 State of World’s Midwifery report issued by UNFPA, WHO, International Confederation of Midwives and partners, which evaluates the midwifery workforce and related health resources in 194 countries. UNIFEED