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Cigarette butts stuck on a garbage can with an ashtray

Society USA

27. March 2026

A Habit Once Everywhere Quietly Reaches a Turning Point

The United States reduced adult smoking rates to below 10% for the first time in 2024, marking a major public health milestone and lowering long-term disease risks.

Students standing side by side taking lunch in school cafeteria

Society Europe

25. March 2026

A Simple Daily Habit Is Transforming Children’s Futures

Across the European Union, school meal programmes now provide nutritious food to around 25 million children, improving health, education outcomes and social equality.

Society Cambodia

24. March 2026

A Powerful Shift Is Changing Girls’ Futures

Cambodia has significantly reduced child marriage rates in two provinces, with early marriages among girls aged 18–22 falling sharply following a targeted empowerment programme.

New bridge over Sewa River, Sierra Leone

Society Sierra Leone

21. March 2026

New Bridge Connects Farmers to Markets and Opportunity

A newly built bridge over the Sewa River in Sierra Leone has transformed travel by replacing a slow ferry crossing with a safe five-minute drive, enabling year-round access to markets, schools and essential services.

Society Sweden

20. March 2026

Shootings Fall Dramatically After New Crime-Fighting Measures

Sweden cut shooting incidents by more than half between 2022 and 2025, marking a major reduction in gun violence after new policing strategies and tougher laws targeting gang crime.

Health Denmark

19. March 2026

Country Reaches Historic Elimination of Two Diseases Passed to Newborns

Denmark has eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis, becoming the first European Union country to ensure babies are born free of both infections.

Soldiers from the Yugoslavian Federation Army check for land mines at the Slovenia/Croatia border

Society Croatia

18. March 2026

Nation Completes Historic Mine Clearance After Three Decades

Croatia has completed a nationwide demining campaign, declaring itself free of landmines more than three decades after the Yugoslav wars left large parts of the country contaminated.

Health Indonesia

15. March 2026

Shorter Treatment Breakthrough Strengthens Fight Against Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

Indonesia is expanding faster diagnosis and a new six-month treatment to combat drug-resistant tuberculosis, improving care for patients in a country where around one million people fall ill with TB each year.

Power lines, thinking and silhouette of person at sunset for electricity, circuit cables and voltage wires. Engineering, construction and technician for maintenance, infrastructure and installation

Society Africa

13. March 2026

Regional Power Access Reaches One of This Continent’s Highest Levels

Southern Africa has reached one of the continent’s highest electricity access rates, with 56% of people now connected to power across the Southern African Development Community (SADC).

Farmers Hand Out Free Food In Protest In Buenos Aires

Society The World

12. March 2026

Hunger Continues to Decline Across These Regions

Hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean has fallen for the fourth consecutive year, according to a new UN-backed report, which shows steady progress in improving food security across the region.