La salud mundial
WHO report reveals how countries managed malaria threats in 2021
Countries held the line against malaria cases and deaths in 2021: WHO report
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Preparación y respuesta a las pandemias
Here's why 'povertyism' should be illegal, according to the UN
Although the global cost-of-living crisis will be an obstacle to eradicating poverty by 2030, countries can still make significant progress towards this Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)...
COP 27
COP27: $3.1 billion plan to achieve early warning systems for all by 2027
With climate-related disasters displacing more people than conflict, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday unveiled the details of his plan to ensure everyone on the planet is p...
Agua
Here's how to deliver safe drinking water to all, according to the UN
Providing water and sanitation for everyone on the planet is one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), agreed by all 193 UN Member States in 2015.
El cambio climático
¿Cómo están inspirando los videojuegos una nueva ola de acción climática?
Los videojuegos podrían representar una nueva forma de conectar con las personas y comprometerlas con la lucha contra el cambio climático. El videojuego Misión 1.5 lanzado por la ONU ha t...
SDG 13: Climate Action
How are video games inspiring a new wave of climate action?
Sometime before the COVID-19 pandemic, Cassie Flynn was heading to work on a rush-hour packed New York City subway train.
América Latina
Una oculta crisis alimentaria en América Latina alienta aún más la migración en el continente
Muchas personas que se enfrentan al hambre en América Latina y el Caribe están emprendiendo peligrosos caminos con la esperanza principalmente de llegar al norte del continente, especialm...
El Océano
Cinco cosas que debes saber de la Conferencia sobre los Océanos, la oportunidad para salvar el mayor ecosistema de la Tierra
El objetivo de este evento, que tendrá lugar entre el 27 de junio y el 1 de julio, es marcar una nueva era en relación con los océanos. Para ello, contará con la presencia de delegados de...
El Océano
5 things you should know about the UN Ocean Conference, a chance to save the planet’s largest ecosystem
With delegates from Member States, non-governmental organizations, and universities attending, as well as entrepreneurs looking for ways to sustainably develop the “Blue Economy”, there a...
SDG 02: Zero Hunger
Nations must ‘act together, urgently and with solidarity’ to end the food insecurity crisis - UN
During a ministerial meeting on global hunger taking pace at UN Headquarters in New York, Secretary-General António Guterres said the number of severely food insecure people had doubled i...
El futuro de la energía
Five ways to jump-start the renewable energy transition
Four key climate change indicators – greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise, ocean heat and ocean acidification – set new records in 2021. This is yet another clear sign that human...
COVID-19
Coronavirus pandemic could cost global tourism $2 trillion this year
According to the latest forecast by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the same amount was lost in 2020, making it one of the sectors hit hardest by the health crisis.
COVID-19
Do you wear a plastic mask? Here are 5 things you should know
The fight against plastic pollution is being hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, as the use of disposable masks, gloves and other protective equipment soars, but UN agencies and partners insist...
La salud mundial
A good news health story: hepatitis B cases fall below one percent in children
The global prevalence of potentially-deadly hepatitis B in children under age five, dropped to under one per cent in 2019 – down from five per cent in the pre-vaccine decades between the ...
COVID-19
This is how much the coronavirus will cost the world's economy, according to the UN
Apart from the tragic human consequences of the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic, the economic uncertainty it has sparked will likely cost the global economy $1 trillion in 2020, the UN’s tr...