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 told UN News how his family was impacted by the flooding and has benefited from the FloodAdaptVN programme coordinated by the United Nations University Institute…
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 UN News ahead of World Hepatitis Day on 28 July about receiving his diagnosis during a needle exchange outreach programmme, in which people who use drugs…
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 disease. Known as the ‘Geneva patient’, the disease was diagnosed in 1990. He had been taking antiretroviral drugs (drugs that stop HIV from multiplying) since…
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 230 days, 159 people died, and 750 were injured. A lot of the city was destroyed because there was shelling everywhere. Mykolaiv City Council/Valery Fedchenko…
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, the police in the Indian state of Telangana arrested a person who was feeding mixed cakes to the local people, the process of preparing cakes…
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 themselves and contribute to society with meaningful work. “I left school in my hometown, Phrae, when I was 15 years old as I preferred going out…
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 year, zinc supplements were given to thousands of children with ORS, which saved thousands of children from diarrhea and malnutrition. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′;…
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 result of this attack. Ukrainian officials added that Russian forces targeted a five-story residential building in the city. According to the news agency, the Ukrainian…
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 international crime syndicates. They are collaborating under the border liaison office (BLO) network, supported by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Lt. Colonel…
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 by a snake on June 20, he survived after 4 days of treatment in the hospital, however, as soon as Jasab Khan came home after…
