UN: Africa's birth rate booming in coming decades
Shifting population trends mean that one in three children born by 2050 will be African, the U.N. Children's Fund said Tuesday.
Nov 20, 2012
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Nov 20, 2012
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UN hits water target, but 1.8 billion people still drinking unsafe water, study shows
Recent widespread news coverage heralded the success of a United Nations' goal of greatly improving access to safe drinking water around the world.
Mar 23, 2012
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Millennium Development Goals progress reports overestimate access to safe water
The researchers show that the current methods oversimplify the measure by not accounting for water quality; the key measure of safety. In four of the five developing countries studied, the reduction in reported progress would ...
Mar 01, 2012
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Young S. Africans 'use MXit to talk to strangers'
Three quarters of young people regularly talk to strangers on the South African social network MXit, raising concerns about the risks for young people on the mobile Internet, according to a study Tuesday.
Oct 11, 2011
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UNICEF discloses vaccine prices for 1st time
UNICEF is for the first time publicizing what drugmakers charge it for vaccines, as the world's biggest buyer of lifesaving immunizations aims to spark price competition in the face of rising costs.
May 29, 2011
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United Nations: 4 million people now on AIDS drugs
(AP) -- United Nations health officials estimate about 4 million people who need AIDS drugs worldwide are now getting them, according to a report issued Wednesday.
Sep 30, 2009
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