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UN agency expands relief programme in Zimbabwe after El Niño deepens food insecurity

17 March 2016 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has announced that – for the first

UN estimates 12.6 million deaths each year attributable to unhealthy environments

15 March 2016 – An estimated 12.6 million people died as a result of living or working in an unhe

Water and sanitation likely to be best answer to Zika virus, say UN experts

11 March 2016 – Improving water and sanitation services may be the best answer to addressing the

UN health agency warns more cases of Zika expected with ‘further geographic spread’

8 March 2016 – The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) today said the latest update on Zi

Environment ministers surprise Commission with support for higher EU 2030 carbon target

Brussels, 4 March 2016

Forest Service Rejects Project That Would Have Spelled Disaster for Grand Canyon

Flagstaff, AZ, March 4, 2016

IAEA finds Japanese labs reliable in analysing fish from sea near Fukushima

4 March 2016

Overall global food prices steady in February – UN

3 March 2016 – Overall food prices stayed put on the month in February, as falling sugar and dair

Drug treaties' aim is health, not 'war on drugs,' says UN expert report

2 March 2016

UN health agency warns El Niño may increase breeding grounds for mosquitoes spreading Zika

25 February 2016 – The above-average rainfall caused by El Niño that is expected in parts of Sout