Global Health

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

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

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

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.

63 people killed in road crashes in Northern Ireland in 2017

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

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

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.

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