The plan integrates mental health with chronic disease, sets ambitious targets for tobacco, hypertension, and care access.
World leaders overwhelmingly approved a plan to overhaul how the world treats chronic disease and mental health, overcoming a diplomatic split at the U.N. to set hard targets for 2030.
The political declaration on noncommunicable diseases and mental health passed in the U.N. General Assembly on Monday by a vote of 175-2 marks the first time the international community has grouped physical illnesses like heart disease and diabetes with mental health.
With 4° C. of warming, the peak shifts to the mid-2050s and intensifies to around 4,000 lost per year, researchers found.
Developing countries and big pharma have struggled to bridge gaps over mandatory benefit-sharing during pandemics.
From 2010 to 2024, annual AIDS-related deaths fell 54% and new infections fell 40%. That progress is now in doubt.
As the climate talks ran into overtime, European nations and allies battled Saudi Arabia, Russia and other oil producers.
The action raised urgent questions on international law and regional stability as Venezuela turned to the U.N. in protest.
Investment brings reform and pooled funding even as deep aid cuts leave U.N. agencies struggling to meet record needs.
The review comes as agencies operate with fewer resources, increasing pressure on staff in high-risk settings.
The comments were consistent with Trump’s long-standing hostility toward the U.N. and multilateralism more broadly.
