Health

Updating journalists in Geneva, Dr. Margaret Harris described another night of terror in the war -hired enclave. She said some of the wounded in the attacks had sought help from the Indonesian hospital in northern Gaza, even if it was now ”Just a shell“After 19 months of war. “We’ve done our best to bring it […]

Many women came to the clinic that had gone several hours to receive maternal care – some of them with their newborns and some strong pregnant women. And then there were even health workers who were obliged to serve the distressed in difficult to reach areas of the poor Taliban-controlled nation. ‘Off the Radar’ These

“Behind every data point is a person – a child who did not reach their fifth birthday, a mother lost in birth, a life that is cut off by a preventable illness“Said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, as the organization’s latest statistics report revealed the deeper health effects of the pandemic. Warning that the overall

The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, reported on Wednesday that most of the newcomers are women and children. Many have come from Zamzam Camp and the city of El Fasher, locations targeted by paramilitary rapid support forces who have fought for the military government’s forces for more than two years. In Tchad, the high number of

Across 73 countries, 308 million people are now dependent on humanitarian help – a number that continue to rise. Women and girls are disproportionately influenced by these crises that face preventable pregnancy -related deaths, malnutrition and alarming levels of sexual violence. Despite the growing need, the humanitarian system is facing serious financing deficits and threatens

Since Aid Blockade began on March 2, 57 children have reportedly died of the effects of malnutrition, according to the Ministry of Health. If the situation continues, almost 71,000 children under five are expected to be acutely malnourished over the next 11 months. Briefing of journalists in Geneva, representative of the occupied Palestinian territory Dr.

“I hate earthquakes. Earthquake took away my mother and my aunt,” five -year -old Khin Yadanar told the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) after both her mother and aunt were killed when a brick wall collapsed on them. About 6.5 million children already needed humanitarian assistance before the earthquake, composing existing vulnerabilities as a result of

But despite their critical role, the UN’s support for midwife is under serious threat due to serious cuts in funding. Each year, three -quarters of all maternal deaths occur in only 25 countries, most of them located in Africa south of the Sahara and South Asia, according to the UN reproductive health agency, UNFPA. Midwives

“Every time this happens, people lose access to healthcare – and sometimes to hope,” Dr. Humphrey Karamagi, the UN World Health Organization (WHO )’s representative in South Sudan. “Health is the last safety net. If it fails, everything else falls too. “ The apparent air striker in the hospital, run by Médecin’s Sans Frontières (MSF)

The study from the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals that they may be responsible for a Dramatic reduction in life expectancy Both in both rich and poor countries. For example, People living in the country with the highest expected life expectancy will live on average 33 years longer than those born in the country with