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WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the winners of the 2nd edition of the Health for All Film Festival at a press conference Thursday. WHO

The UN’s humanitarian coordination wing, OCHA, said on Friday that the Organization is doing its utmost to secure aid access to Ethiopia’s Tigray region, after a deal was struck to reach displaced civilians, following weeks of fighting between federal and regional forces.UNTV CH

The Head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Tedros said that COVID-19 has preyed on people with non-communicable diseases, and their risk factors are “increasing vulnerability to COVID-19 infection and the likelihood of worse outcomes, including in younger people." WHO

In much of the world, “hunger remains deeply entrenched and is rising”, Secretary-General António Guterres said at the launch of this year’s major UN food security update, which highlights that over the past five years, tens of millions of people have joined the ranks of the chronically undernourished. UNIFEED

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus announced today the winners of the first Health for All Film Festival, aimed to showcase the role of individuals and communities as champions for health and well-being. WHO

The Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Ghebreyesus said dozens of health facilities have suspended services in the Idlib and Aleppo and stressed that “health facilities and health workers are not a legitimate target in conflict, and attacks on health are a breach of international law.” WHO

A new World Health Organization (WHO) report warns that, if current trends continue, the world will see a 60 per cent increase in cancer cases over the next two decades. WHO

World leaders today adopted a high-level United Nations Political Declaration on universal health coverage (UHC), the most comprehensive set of health commitments ever adopted at this level. UNIFEED

2.78 million people annually die because of their jobs and more than 374 million people are living with different injuries and illnesses due to their job, according to a report issued by the International Labour Organization. ILO

The situation for ordinary Venezuelans is increasingly critical but the United Nations remains committed to helping them on humanitarian grounds, UN agencies said on Friday. UNTV CH