World Health Organization (WHO) Archives

Milestone WHO review touts benefits of whole grains over low-carb diets

Jan 12, 2019

The dietary fiber from whole grains can significantly reduce the chances of heart disease, bowel cancer, and premature death in general, according to a large review of studies from the World Health Organization...

New IARC figures estimate almost ten million cancer deaths in 2018

West Side Story

Sep 13, 2018

Health, Science

New estimates from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) estimate that one in five men and one in six women will develop cancer in their lifetimes, according to The Guardian. They project 18.1 ...

Corporate interests took precedence over public health in US attack on UN breastfeeding resolution

West Side Story

Jul 10, 2018

Health, Opinion, Policy, Science

According to a New York Times report, US officials did virtually everything in their power to fight a seemingly uncontroversial UN World Health Assembly resolution encouraging breastfeeding – including threaten...

WHO World Toilet Day: Lack of basic lavatory amenities cause 10 million children deaths per year

Charles Omedo

Nov 19, 2014

Health

Today is designated by the United Nations as the World Toilet Day in order to play up sanitation as necessary for family and national developments – but it also brings one fact to the fore: 2.5 billion out of t...

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