It’s #WorldBreastfeedingWeek! Breastfeeding provides the perfect nutrition for babies and a healthy beginning - with benefits that last for life. From maternity leave to trained counsellors, let’s ensure every mum gets the #breastfeeding support she needs! https://bit.ly/4wyTpzy
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Global2030 provides information and suggests further action on the most important global challenges, such as hunger, poverty or climate change. Run by non-profit organization Global Challenges Initiative e.V. Imprint etc.: www.Global2030.net
Today is #WorldHepatitisDay! #Hepatitis B and C claimed the lives of 1.13 to 1.3 million people in 2023/2024, mainly due to associated #liverCancer and #cirrhosis (#GBDstudy, @WHO). The #trend is still increasing. 1/2 #GlobalHealth #GlobalGoals #SDGs #2030Agenda #UN #SDG3 #HepB #HepC #HepatitisC
The first volunteer was vaccinated against Ebola only 68 days after the WHO declared the current outbreak a public health emergency of international concern We spoke to the study's lead scientists about how they were able to move so fast go.nature.com/4x7jMN0
Inside the high-stakes race to develop an Ebola vaccine for an escalating outbreak
The University of Oxford has already vaccinated its first clinical-trial participant. The study’s lead scientist Teresa Lambe tells Nature how they were able to move so fast.
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Treatment allows people living with HIV to live long and healthy lives. Yet, in 2025, there were 570,000 AIDS-related deaths. This is too high for a treatable condition. Countries must accelerate efforts to ensure the world remains on track to end AIDS. www.unaids.org/en/resources...
Today released: The percentage of the world population suffering chronic #hunger decreased from 8.0% in 2015 to 7.8% in 2025. Related #UN #SDG2 to #EndHunger by 2030 is not on track. 1/3 #GlobalHealth #GlobalGoals #SDGs #2030Agenda @WHO @FAO #undernourishment #hunger #food #nutrition #SOFI2026
Global hunger declined for 3rd consecutive year in 2025, demonstrating that progress is possible. However, improvements remain fragile & unevenly distributed, according to #SOFI2026 report, released today by @fao.org - @ifad.org - @unicef.org - @who.int - @wfp.org. https://bit.ly/3Rtvken
UN report: Global hunger levels ease for third consecutive year as regional disparities persist
The 2026 edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) also examines the cost of healthy diets
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Today, we celebrate Nelson Mandela's life and legacy, and his commitment to freedom, justice, equality, human rights and service to others. Start "The Long Walk", an interactive #MadelaDay experience, to learn more about the life of Madiba: buff.ly/V8CR8Qh
The UN's flagship SDG report lands 7 July, the opening day of the HLPF. UN DESA breaks the findings into four things to know, from a decade of real gains since 2015 to targets still off track and the case for scaling up what works before 2030. https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2026/
4 things you should know about the latest data on SDG progress
As world leaders gather at the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development to take stock of progress on the 17 SDGs, UN DESA’s Statistics Division is releasing The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2026 on 7 July 2026. Here is what the data show.
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No matter how. No matter who. No matter where. No matter why. On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, we reaffirm that torture is never justified, never acceptable, and always illegal. Always.
Growing DRC Ebola outbreak has already spread to Uganda with 70% chance of reaching South Sudan, new WHO modelling study suggests. Find out more in @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social ➡️ spkl.io/6332171G1x
For millions of displaced people, the right to seek safety is also the right to rebuild. By restoring agricultural livelihoods and strengthening food security, @fao.org helps displaced people and host communities move toward self-reliance and lasting solutions. #WorldRefugeeDay
It is #WorldDayToCombatDesertificationAndDrought! Globally, 15-36% of #soils are degraded (UNCCD, FAO, IPCC and others). 1/3 ... #GlobalGoals #SDGs #2030Agenda #DesertificationAndDroughtDay #desertification #drought #degradation #soil
Today is #WorldEnvironmentDay! Man-made #ClimateChange has long-term and accumulating effects that are reflected in a projected increase in deaths. The current #DeathToll is 141,000 to 400,000 per year (#WHO, #IPCC, #GBDstudy, CVM, GHF). 1/3 #GlobalHealth #GlobalGoals #SDGs #2030Agenda #UN #SDG13
Warning signals are everywhere. The past 11 years have been the 11 hottest on record. In his #WorldEnvironmentDay message, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for action #NowForClimate to cut emissions, protect nature, support vulnerable communities & speed transition to renewable energy.
Today is #WorldNoTobaccoDay! #SecondHandSmoke was responsible for 1.66 million #deaths in 2023, up from 1.38 million in 1990 (#GBDstudy).📈 🚭 1/2 ... #GlobalGoals #SDGs #2030Agenda #NoTobaccoDay #tobacco #smoking @ihmeuw.bsky.social @who.int #UN
Today is the International Day for #BiologicalDiversity! The #RedListIndex of #ThreatenedSpecies shows a continuous #decline from 0.805 in 1995 to 0.745 in 2025📉 (UN). ... 1/2 #GlobalGoals #SDGs #2030Agenda #SDG #RedList #KMGBF #wildlife #nature #ForNature #BiodiversityDay
Without biodiversity, there would be no food. Biodiversity depends on how we manage our agrifood systems and take care of nature. Our future depends on biodiversity! #BiodiversityDay #ForNature
45 million more people could fall into hunger globally because of Middle East-related economic shocks. Nearly two-thirds live in Africa. This is what happens when fuel prices spike and the humanitarian system has no room left to absorb the cost: https://bit.ly/4np2Uh8
UN Assistant Secretary-General #DESA Bjørg Sandkjær presented the Global Forest Goals Report 2026 to #UNFF21, stating that “it is not only an assessment on where we stand, but also a guide to where we must go.” #forests forests.desa.un.org/documents/gl...
As the international community looks to celebrate #WorldPressFreedomDay, RSF reports that its World Press Freedom Index has now hit a “25-year low,” with more than half of the world’s countries currently falling into the “difficult” or “very serious” categories. https://twp.ai/9OUtix
Today is #WorldDayForSafetyAndHealthAtWork! An estimated 1.16-2.9 million #employees succumb to #work-related #diseases and #accidents per year (#GBDstudy, Pega et al., Takkala et al./@ILO). #GlobalHealth #UN @who.int @ihmeuw.bsky.social #SafetyAtWork #OccupationalHealth #WorkplaceSafety #OSH 1/2
Global military spending rose again in 2025 as states responded to another year of wars, uncertainty and geopolitical upheaval with large-scale armament drives. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3QWVcOW #SIPRI #MilitaryExpenditure #MilitarySpending #Peace #GDAMS2026
Today marks a somber occasion: 40 years since the Chernobyl Unit 4 nuclear power plant disaster.
The tools exist to end malaria. The only things lacking are the money and will go.nature.com/4mNWzeX
Vaccines mean malaria deaths should be falling — not rising
The tools exist to end this killer disease. It is the money and the will that are lacking.
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Today is #WorldMalariaDay! #Malaria killed 670,000 people in 2023, mainly #children.👎 The #death toll has been rising again since 2019📈 (#GBDstudy). 1/2 #GlobalHealth #GlobalGoals #SDGs #2030Agenda #UN #IHME_UW #SDG3 #EndMalaria Data source: vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-results?...
Today is International Day of #Multilateralism and #Diplomacy for #Peace! However, at a time of #ArmedConflicts in #Ukraine, the #MiddleEast and #Sudan, #UN coordinated #peacebuilding #funding has shrunk since 2022. #PeaceFinance #war #conflict #ArmedConflict #SDGs #SDG16 #GlobalGoals 1/2
It's #WorldImmunizationWeek 💉this year's theme is "for every generation, vaccines work". This week we are amplifying this message by highlighting research & perspectives evaluating & demonstrating the efficacy, safety, cost-effectiveness & impact of #vaccines in protecting health & saving lives🧪
It's #WorldImmunizationWeek Vaccines have saved more than 150 million lives since 1974 — not by accident, but because ordinary people made the decision to protect themselves, their children and one another. That’s 6 lives every minute, every day, for more than 5 decades https://bit.ly/4mH2HWi
Today is #WorldTuberculosisDay! We are not on track to meet the @WHO #target to reduce #TB deaths by 95% from 2015 to 2035. ⛔️ 1/3 #GlobalHealth #GlobalGoals #SDGs #SDG3 #2030Agenda @UN @IHME_UW #EndTuberculosis #EndTB @StopTB #tuberculosis #WorldTBday
We are not on track to meet the #SDG #target to #EndTuberculosis by 2030. ⛔️ At current trends, the target will only be reached in 2074. 1/2 #GlobalHealth #GlobalGoals #SDGs #SDG3 #2030Agenda @UN @IHME_UW @StopTB #EndTB #tuberculosis #WorldTBday #WorldTuberculosisDay
🔥 What happens if we pass 1.5°C of warming? A decade after the #ParisAgreement, record heat and new data show just how close we are to breaching this critical threshold. WRI Climate breaks it down: bit.ly/407FBhk