World Health Organization: Children among crucial focus areas for new migration research
Children’s rights will likely be one of the core focus areas of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) first-ever global research agenda on health, migration and displacement, shaping research on understanding the health needs of all...Read more
Landmark deal to deliver new malaria vaccine
Children’s charity UNICEF has announced an agreement to secure supply of the world’s second malaria vaccine, R21/Matrix-M. It marks a significant milestone on the journey towards meeting the high demand for doses of new vaccines...Read more
World Health Organisation: ‘Ban smoking and vaping in school to protect young people’
Ban smoking and vaping in school to protect our young people – that’s the urgent message from the World Health Organization (WHO).Read more
Five car-free day myths debunked: unveiling the true benefits of open streets
As cities become more congested, traffic fatalities continue to rise and the impacts of climate change escalate, the need for sustainable and safe transportation solutions has reached a critical juncture.Read more
World Health Organisation – new guidance on protecting children from food marketing
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has published new guidelines around policies designed to protect youngsters from the harmful impact of food marketing.Read more
Air pollution levels across Europe still not safe, especially for children
More needs to be done to protect the health of children and adolescents from the negative impacts of air pollution, according to European Environment Agency (EEA) air quality assessments.Read more
WHO: A new guide on developing national programmes for age-friendly cities & communities
A new guide by the World Health Organisation (WHO) highlights how children’s interests can be successfully incorporated within ‘age friendly cities and communities’.Read more
Global coalition recognises Mexico City’s work on streets around schools
Mexico City’s efforts to improve the design and management of routes to and from school for children have been recognised at the inaugural Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit.Read more
WHO: Community-led approach promotes physical activity among children in Reykjavik
Living in urban environments can pose a variety of health-related challenges. Limited opportunities to keep active, alcohol and other substance abuse, and social and financial inequity all contribute to unhealthy lifestyles, and some of these...Read more
‘We can be the generation who ends AIDS in children’
A new global health alliance hopes to fix a ‘glaring disparity’ in the treatment of AIDS by ensuring no child living with HIV is denied treatment.Read more
Children are dying needlessly on the roads – let’s work together to end these tragedies
Road traffic is the leading killer of children and young people worldwide – a sobering fact that will be at the forefront of a major United Nations event starting today.Read more
School zone transformations worldwide to increase safety of child pedestrians
Protecting child road users is the aim of an ambitious plan to introduce safer school zones in cities across the globe.Read more
UN agencies back radical plan to ensure every child can get a healthy meal in school by 2030
United Nations agencies are behind an international coalition aimed at rapidly improving the nutrition, health and education of school-age children around the world following pandemic-driven school closures.Read more
Road Safety: ‘Right to safe mobility puts people at heart of global plan’
The newly-launched Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030 is a major milestone in the continued effort to halve road deaths and injuries – many of which involve children – within...Read more