Global Health

GENEVA - Nearly every family in the world is touched by cancer, which is now responsible for almost one in six deaths globally.

Read more: On World Cancer Day, WHO highlights that cancer is no longer a death sentence

World Health Organization (WHO) has launched the Global Burn Registry - the first ever global platform allowing for standardized data collection from burn victims. This new resource will provide health facilities with a clear picture of the factors most likely to contribute to burns and the populations at greatest risk in their settings, with a view to prioritizing prevention programmes.

Read more: WHO launches the world's first standardized platform for data collection about burns

BANGKOK – WHO’s first release of surveillance data on antibiotic resistance reveals high levels of resistance to a number of serious bacterial infections in both high- and low-income countries.

Read more: High levels of antibiotic resistance found worldwide, new WHO data shows

Sixty-three people were killed in crashes on Northern Ireland's roads in 2017, five fewer than the year before.

Read more: 63 people killed in road crashes in Northern Ireland in 2017