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UN officials remember brutal 7 October attacks, reiterate need for peace

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN officials remember brutal 7 October attacks, reiterate need for peace 07 October 2024 © Magen David Adom Israel In southern Israel rescue workers stand in a street which has suffered significant damage. Senior officials from across the UN system underscored the need for peace between Israelis and Palestinians, and across the wider region, in statements marking one year since the brutal 7…

WHO highlights mental health crisis facing Israel’s frontline workers a year after 7 October attack

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home WHO highlights mental health crisis facing Israel’s frontline workers a year after 7 October attack 07 October 2024 © WHO Dr. Michel Thieren (right), WHO Special Representative in Israel, talks to medical staff on his visit to the Barzilai Medical Centre in Ashkelon.. As the world remembers the Hamas-led terror attacks on Israel exactly one year ago, the World Health Organization (WHO)…

Sudan: ‘Children should be safe everywhere’, says UNICEF, as fears grow for El Fasher

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: ‘Children should be safe everywhere’, says UNICEF, as fears grow for El Fasher 07 October 2024 Zam Zam ERR Les familles du camp de Zamzam se rassemblent pour recevoir un repas fourni par la salle d'intervention d'urgence du camp. The UN aid coordination office, OCHA, voiced deep concern on Monday over the siege of El Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur, where continued clashes…

Gazans in the north trapped with nowhere to go, as fighting intensifies

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gazans in the north trapped with nowhere to go, as fighting intensifies 07 October 2024 © WHO Two rounds of a polio vaccination campaign are expected to be launched at the end of August and September 2024 across the Gaza Strip. UN humanitarians have warned that conditions in northern Gaza are deteriorating rapidly, with over 400,000 people facing Israeli evacuation orders amid ongoing…

WHO calls for action to halt rise in hearing loss in Africa

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home WHO calls for action to halt rise in hearing loss in Africa 07 October 2024 © WHO/Blink Media/Gareth Bentley Ear and hearing care in a clinic in Zambia. The number of people in Africa living with hearing loss could rise to 54 million by 2030, up from 40 million today, unless urgent measures are taken, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report published on Monday.…

A letter from a mother in Gaza: Hardships, heartbreak and hope

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home A letter from a mother in Gaza: Hardships, heartbreak and hope 06 October 2024 © UNFPA Palestine/Media Clinic A mother with her newborn on the rubble of their bombed home in Khan Younis. (file) ‘‘This story doesn’t start from day one. It starts from nine months ago – the day I learned I was going to be a mother…

Lebanon: UNHCR chief issues urgent aid appeal to stem humanitarian catastrophe

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Lebanon: UNHCR chief issues urgent aid appeal to stem humanitarian catastrophe 06 October 2024 © WHO A flight with medical supplies arrives in Beirut, Lebanon. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees called on Sunday for greater international support to stem the “humanitarian catastrophe” now engulfing Lebanon following a massive escalation in Israeli airstrikes and a “limited” ground invasion…

Guterres urges global community to repeat ‘utter condemnation’ of 7 October Hamas terror attack

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres urges global community to repeat ‘utter condemnation’ of 7 October Hamas terror attack 05 October 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Secretary-General António Guterres briefs journalists at the launch of the Global Principles for Information Integrity. In a message to mark one year since the Hamas-led terror attack during which more than 1,250 Israelis and foreign nationals were brutally…

Lebanon: Medical aid arrives in Beirut amid intensifying Israeli strikes

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Lebanon: Medical aid arrives in Beirut amid intensifying Israeli strikes 04 October 2024 © UNICEF/Dar al Mussawir/Ramzi Beirut's southern suburbs have continued to be targeted by Israeli airstrikes. As Lebanon suffered another night of heavy Israeli bombing, UN humanitarians and partners described how people desperate to flee the violence found the country’s main border crossing into…

WHO approves first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home WHO approves first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use 04 October 2024 © WHO/Katson Maliro A sample is taken from a person with mpox. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday that it has approved the first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use, which will boost diagnostic capacity in countries facing outbreaks of the disease.…