Health

Warning that children’s sense of stability and security has been eroded as key everyday services have collapsed, humanitarians insist that Gaza’s youth will need “sustained, long-term efforts to recover”. According to child safety partner assessments conducted in September, shared by the United Nations aid coordination office (OCHA), 93 percent exhibited aggressive behavior and 90 percent…

Fuel is needed to power machinery for critical operations, including water, sanitation, hygiene, health and debris clearance. Education, nutrition and protection efforts will also be possible thanks to the delivery of diesel, OCHA said, noting that three-quarters of the total amount went to the south and a quarter went to the north. The latest UN…

“Healthcare facilities are where the vulnerable seek healing. However, without adequate water, sanitation and hygiene, for too many people, expected care can turn into unintended harm,” said Dr Hans Kluge, Regional Director for Europe at the World Health Organization (WHO). Emphasizing that healthcare “is being tested like never before,” Dr. Kluge insisted that strengthening it…

Estimates indicate that one in five children under three years of age do not receive any doses or have not been vaccinated due to the war, putting them at risk of outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases. The recovery campaign aims to vaccinate these children against measles, mumps and rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis B, tuberculosis,…

Addressing heads of state, ministers and international partners, UN General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock said the current hunger crisis is not the result of scarcity, but of inequality, conflict and political choices. Last year, more than 670 million people suffered from hunger and 2.3 billion faced moderate or severe food insecurity. “This means billions are…

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed the cessation of hostilities, but said “the crisis is far from over and the needs are immense.” He highlighted the toll of months of conflict: more than 170,000 people injured, including 5,000 amputees and 3,600 people with serious burns. At least 42,000 need long-term rehabilitation and 4,000 women give birth each…

Amid the destruction of World War II, nations responded to the danger of hunger and malnutrition by creating the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on October 16, 1945. The United Nations agency celebrates this achievement as World Food Day each year on its birthday, recognizing the work of all those committed to ensuring food for…

The serious risk of disease outbreak comes after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck a remote area of ​​eastern Afghanistan on August 31, near the border with Pakistan, destroying water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure. “The earthquake has leveled homes and claimed too many lives, and now it threatens to claim even more through disease.”warned Dr. Tajudeen…

More than 40 percent of the world’s population (more than three billion people) are affected by neurological diseases, according to the first WHO report on the subject. The top 10 includes Stroke, migraine, meningitis, Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.as well as neurological complications related to premature births, autism spectrum disorders and cancers of the nervous…

According to the agency’s latest surveillance report, antibiotic resistance increased in more than 40 percent of bacteria-drug combinations tracked between 2018 and 2023, with average annual increases ranging from 5 to 15 percent. “Antimicrobial resistance is outpacing the advances of modern medicine and threatens the health of families around the world.”said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom…