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Jun 23 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses the closure of offices of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Mexico with members of Integral Human Rights In Action (DHIA), a Mexican civil society organisation (CSO) that promotes and defends human rights . ...

NEW YORK, Jun 23 (IPS) - Afghanistan is burdened with one of the highest rates of child wasting globally, with 3.5 million children under five years suffering from a severe form of malnutrition, leaving them dangerously underweight and unable to grow ...

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 23 (IPS) - Nearly four years ago, the Taliban took control of Afghanistan and issued a series of edicts that significantly restricted women's rights nationwide. This has resulted in a multifaceted humanitarian crisis, one marked . ...

Tobacco use still claims over seven million lives a year, the World Health Organization warned on Monday, calling for greater efforts to limit its use amid rising interference from the global tobacco industry.

In an age marked by conflicts, disease, dysfunction and mental health challenges, yoga offers a steady, time-trusted path to help find calm and harmony within - and without.

BONN, Jun 20 (IPS) - In recent years, there has been growing evidence of how climate change is impacting human health in several ways.

The world is facing a health financing emergency, according to Dr. Kalipso Chalkidou, Director for Health Financing and Economics for the World Health Organization (WHO).

SANTA BARBARA/Tokyo (INPSJ), Jun 19 (IPS) - Marking 80 years since the dawn of the nuclear age, peace advocates, diplomats, educators, and atomic bomb survivors from around the world gathered for the "Choose Hope" symposium on March 12-13, 2025, in . ...