Winter rains and obstacles to aid convoys worsen the dire situation for one million Gazans
In an update, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, highlighted that Attacks on civilian infrastructure have not ceased, “particularly in northern…
Invest more in vaccines to reduce deaths from drug-resistant superbugs: WHO
AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medications. It is among the leading global threats…
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UNICEF seeks $165 million for therapeutic food to combat ‘silent killer’
The warning comes from the UN children’s agency UNICEF, which said levels of severe wasting in children under five remain very high in several…
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Lebanon: Cholera fears for communities uprooted by war
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said a response plan had been activated to strengthen surveillance,…
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News in brief from the world: Egypt free of malaria, tropical storm hits Cuba, murders in Mozambique, WHO support for South Sudan
“Malaria is as old as Egyptian civilization itself, but the disease that ravaged the pharaohs now belongs to their history and not their…
UNICEF: 85 percent of children affected by polio in 2023 lived in fragile and conflict-affected areas
On World Polio Day, UNICEF has issued a stark warning: polio cases in fragile and conflict-affected countries have more than doubled in the past five…
Gaza: Israeli attacks delay polio vaccination campaign in the north
The U.N. health agency said pauses in bombing are key. “Humanitarian pauses are essential to their success, allowing partners to deliver…
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WHO concerned about attack on hospital in northern Gaza
“Since reports this morning of a raid on the Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza, we have lost contact with staff there,” WHO chief…
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Gaza: Palestinians are dying amid deadly evacuation delays
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said the darkest moment of the Gaza conflict is unfolding in the northern Strip, where the Israeli army is…
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Gaza: Strike hits health center as polio vaccination campaign resumes in devastated north
Hours after the campaign began, reports indicated that a health center in the north had been attacked, injuring six people, including four children,…