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WHO reports major health gains in 2025 despite funding cuts, warns progress remains fragile

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported substantial health gains delivered in 2025 despite significant funding cuts, while warning that progress remains uneven and the world is still off track to meet health-related Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

Global hunger increasingly “locked in” to conflict zones, new UN-backed report warns

A new international assessment has warned that acute hunger is becoming less of a rolling emergency and more of a permanent feature in a handful of conflict-hit states, with two‑thirds of people facing acute food insecurity now concentrated in just 10 countries.