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    Child mortality

    WHO Backs Wider Use of Weight-Loss Medicines; Calls Obesity Chronic Disease

    WHO plans to update the recommendations as new evidence emerges and will work with partners in 2026 to ensure that those with the most urgent needs are prioritised.
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    Afghanistan

    Afghan Refugees, Medical Visitors Bemoan Treatment in Pakistan

    Many Afghans prefer to visit Peshawar to seek treatment in private hospitals as facilities in Afghanistan don’t offer quality treatment. Afghans living in Pakistan...
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    COVID-19

    WHO Recommends Successful COVID-19 Therapy; Calls For Wide Geographical Distribution and Transparency from Originator

    In a news release to the media, the WHO has strongly recommended antiviral drugs for patients with non-severe COVID-19. It says that the combination...
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    Clean tech

    Drugged Water: A New Global Pandemic Hiding in Plain Sight?

    A recent study on pharmaceutical pollution of the world’s rivers concluded that higher levels of antibiotic-resistant pathogens were found in low- to middle-income countries...
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    Climate change

    UN Agencies Sound Alarm as Record-Breaking El Niño Threatens Global Humanitarian Crisis

    The UN appeal comes at a moment when humanitarian funding is already stretched by multiple crises. While CERF has provided rapid support, broader donor commitments remain insufficient relative to the scale of projected need.
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    Climate change

    Sri Lanka Lays Foundation for Critical Groundwater Hub in Jaffna to Combat Salinity Crisis

    A Rs 189 million facility aims to monitor and protect the fragile aquifers that sustain nearly 600,000 people on...
    Child Labour

    Silent Epidemic: Lead Exposure Steals Futures Across South Asia

    South Asia’s lead crisis is not inevitable. Experience elsewhere demonstrates that decisive regulation, industrial formalisation and community-level interventions can sharply reduce exposure.

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    Climate change

    UN Agencies Sound Alarm as Record-Breaking El Niño Threatens Global Humanitarian Crisis

    The UN appeal comes at a moment when humanitarian funding is already stretched by multiple crises. While CERF has provided rapid support, broader donor commitments remain insufficient relative to the scale of projected need.
    Climate change

    Sri Lanka Lays Foundation for Critical Groundwater Hub in Jaffna to Combat Salinity Crisis

    A Rs 189 million facility aims to monitor and...
    Civil society

    Nepal PM Prepares for Landmark India Visit Amid Projects and Persistent Disputes

    The outcome of the November meetings will shape not only the next phase of bilateral infrastructure cooperation but also the tone of Nepal-India relations.
    Clean tech

    UN Report Warns World on Track for 2.8°C Warming This Century as 1.5°C Limit Slips Beyond Reach

    Experts at UNEP say that the Emissions Gap Report 2026 does not abandon the 1.5°C goal. Instead it reframes the challenge: minimise the height and length of the overshoot and chart a credible return path.
    Child Labour

    Nepal: One in Five Children in Madhesh Province Face Multiple Layers of Deprivation

    Climate pressures, irregular monsoon patterns and limited irrigation continue to constrain productivity for many smallholders.

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