People should stop their loved ones from doing such dangerous stunts; US Navy Washington: 4 people lost their lives while trying to make the ‘Boat Jumping Challenge’ viral in America. According to the world news agency, 4 young people lost their lives in a crazy attempt to make a video while jumping and flipping from…
Every day 110 children die of diarrhea in Pakistan, most of which could be saved by zinc supplements. Following the devastating floods in Sindh and Balochistan last year, zinc supplements along with oral rehydration salts (ORS) were given to thousands of children, protecting them from diarrhea and malnutrition. These views were expressed by the officials…
An international team of scientists has created a genetically modified super banana that is significantly more nutritious, especially rich in vitamin A, and could save millions of lives. A team of scientists from Uganda’s National Agricultural Research Laboratories, in collaboration with Australian agricultural scientist James Dale and the Bill and Melinda Foundation, have created this…
The UN’s top humanitarian official in the country Matthias Schmale informed that severe hunger affects 4.3 million people in Nigeria’s Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states. The number of children under five at risk of life-threatening severe acute malnutrition has doubled in one year to reach 700,000. Describing the situation in the region, Mr. Schmale said:…
Substandard medicines of Indian pharmaceutical companies started taking human lives. Indian poisons killed 18 children in Uzbekistan and 69 in Gambia in 2022. In the same year, Liberia, Nigeria seized more than 250 containers of Indian-made syrup due to toxicity, Indonesia also banned the import of all types of medicine from India after the deaths…
According to the UN World Food Programme (WFP), since March 2022 alone, 5.7 million people have been displaced in the eastern provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri. Record displacement Overall, 6.2 million people have fled their homes across the country – the highest number in Africa. “The country is continental in size with…
“The compulsory wearing of safety belts, as well as helmets for two-wheelers, and increased political commitment to road safety, played a decisive role in the reduction of road deaths throughout Europe from the 1970s onwards,” said Jean Todt, UN Special Envoy for Road Safety. Using safety belts by front-seat passengers reduces the risk of fatal…
Beijing: The number of people killed by a landslide in China has risen to 19. This tragic accident happened at 6 am. According to the details, a large mudslide fell on a village located in Sichuan Province, China, which destroyed 60 houses and buried 20 people. of foreign media According to the report A mudslide…
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that the latest World Health Statistics check-up – covering data up to 2022 – “sends a stark message on the threat of noncommunicable diseases, which take an immense and increasing toll on lives, livelihoods, health systems, communities, economies and societies”. The report calls for a substantial increase in investments in health…
An estimated 13.4 million babies were born premature in 2020, with nearly a million dying from pre-term complications, according to Born too soon: Decade of action on preterm birth. Produced by a range of agencies, including the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO), with its Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child…
