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

6 months 4 weeks 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

6 months 4 weeks 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

6 months 4 weeks 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

6 months 4 weeks 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

6 months 4 weeks 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.…

‘Orphanage city’ helps children in Gaza as the war grinds on

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Orphanage city’ helps children in Gaza as the war grinds on 04 October 2024 UN News Orphaned children gathered in an open space in the the Al-Baraka Camp in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis. Some Palestinian orphans in Gaza have gotten a glimmer of hope as the tragedies triggered by the grinding nearly year-long war continue to deplete the Strip…

UN condemns deadly West Bank airstrike, attacks on Gaza schools

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN condemns deadly West Bank airstrike, attacks on Gaza schools 04 October 2024 UNRWA A person pointing to a damaged building in the Tulkarem camp. (file) The UN chief has strongly condemned the killing of several Palestinians, including women and children, who died when a residential building in Tulkarem camp in the West Bank was hit by Israeli airstrikes on Thursday night…

UN rights council examines nuclear legacy consequences in the Marshall Islands

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights council examines nuclear legacy consequences in the Marshall Islands 04 October 2024 © UNICEF/Vlad Sokhin A boy stands on a seawall that protects his family home from the rising seas in Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The UN Human Rights Council held a dialogue on Friday to examine the nuclear testing legacy in the Marshall Islands, which representatives from the Pacific…