First Person: Rising above floods in Viet Nam
Extreme weather between October and November of 2020, highlighted the vulnerability of the inhabitants of the city of Huế in central Viet Nam to flooding. City resident Nguyễn Văn Tia…
First Person: ‘Shocked’ into hepatitis C treatment in South Africa
Koketso Mukubani now works as a Community Linkage Officer for the UN Office on Drugs and Crime-supported South African Network of People who use Drugs. The UNODC staffer spoke to…
Sixth person to recover from HIV
Paris: It’s rare for a person with HIV to lose the virus and be considered cured, but a European man could potentially be the sixth patient to recover from the…
First Person: Ukrainian ‘city of heroes’ plans post-invasion future
Alexander Senkevich, the Mayor of Mykolaiv, spoke to UN News about reconstruction efforts and the role of the United Nations amidst the threat of ongoing shelling. “We were bombed for…
In Telangana, a person was arrested for preparing cake using chemicals
HYDERABAD: A man was arrested by the police for selling adulterated cakes to people in Telangana, the cakes were being prepared using artificial ingredients and chemicals. According to the details,…
First Person: Thai teenage drop-out turns peer educator
Ahead of World Population Day, marked annually on 11 July, Chompunuch Maneechat, known as Baitoey, spoke with UN News about the importance of young people seizing every opportunity to improve…
Another person died from Naegleria folarii in Karachi
110 children die of diarrhea every day in Pakistan, it is possible to save thousands of lives with zinc supplements, officials After the devastating floods in Sindh and Balochistan last…
A drone attack by the Russian army on the city of Sumy in Ukraine, one person was killed
Photo courtesy of Reuters. The Russian army carried out a drone attack in the city of Sumy, Ukraine. According to Ukrainian authorities from Kiev, one person was killed as a…
First Person: A Thai police trainer’s ‘passion’ for fighting the SE Asia drug trade
The trainee police officers are part of a network of law enforcement specialists in Thailand, but also across the region, who are cooperating across borders to stem trafficking operations by…
In India, a person who recovered from a snake bite the first time died after being bitten a second time
Photo: Courtesy of Indian Media 40-year-old Jasab Khan from Rajasthan state of India died after being bitten by the same snake twice. According to Indian media, Jasab Khan was bitten…