A young girl from Mosul takes water from a tap stand at a UNICEF-supported Temporary Learning Space in Hassan Sham Displacement Camp, Ninewa Governorate. Photo: UNICEF (Representational image)

27 Million People Lack Safe Water in Countries Facing Famine

March 29, 2017March 31, 2017 RMN News Famine, UNICEF, Water

Water shortages, inadequate sanitation, poor hygiene practices and disease outbreaks are posing an additional threat to severely malnourished children in

Senior citizens in a group housing society of Dwarka in New Delhi urge the government to save them from dust and noise pollution of extended FAR construction activity. Photo and Campaign by Rakesh Raman / RMN News Service (file photo)

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Save the Senior Citizens of Dwarka from Lethal Dust Pollution

March 27, 2017March 29, 2017 RMN News Delhi, Delhi Police, Dust Pollution, Dwarka, Pollution, Senior Citizens

As extended construction in housing societies is happening in Delhi, hundreds of thousands of senior citizens are virtually facing a

Americas Health Healthcare World

WHO Issues Ethics Guidance to Protect Rights of TB Patients

March 24, 2017March 25, 2017 RMN News Ethics, Human Rights, Patients, TB, WHO

New tuberculosis (TB) ethics guidance, launched by the World Health Organization (WHO), aims to help ensure that countries implementing the

Asia Pacific World

Nearly 600 Million Children to Have Limited Access to Water

March 22, 2017March 23, 2017 RMN News Children, UNICEF, Water

Some 600 million children – or 1 in 4 children worldwide – will be living in areas with extremely limited

A Poor Jobless Man in India. Photo: Rakesh Raman

Middle East and Africa World

1 in Every 3 People Lives in Underdeveloped World: UNDP Report

March 22, 2017March 23, 2017 RMN News Poverty, UNDP

A quarter-century of impressive human development progress continues to leave many people behind, with systemic, often unmeasured, barriers to catching