While the health sector worldwide plays a key role in stopping the violent practice of FGM and supporting survivors, evidence of other regions suggests other. From 2020, an estimated 52 million girls and women were exposed to FGM in the hands of health workers – that’s about one in four cases. “Health workers must be […]

Cuts to global health financing leads to an increase in outbreaks of diseases that vaccines had almost wiped out, the UN Health Agency, which warns on Thursday. In Africa’s “Meningitis Belt”, which spans parts of sub-Saharan Africa, vaccination campaigns had successfully eliminated meningitis A. Similarly improved routine immunization and emergency vaccine stocks drastically reduced cases

At the forefront of World Malaria Day on Friday, the UN Health Agency calls on, calling for renewed efforts at all levels – from global politics to social acts – to accelerate progress towards elimination. Malaria is scattered by some types of mosquitoes and is mostly found in tropical countries. Symptoms-as may be mild or

Every year, more than 21 million young girls in low and middle -income countries become pregnant. About half of these pregnancies are unintended. Nine out of 10 teenage births occur among girls who got married before they turned 18. “Early pregnancies can have serious physical and psychological consequences for girls and young women,” Dr. Pascale

Developed after over three years of negotiations under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO), outlines the draft framework to strengthen international cooperation, justice and resilience in the light of future global health threats. “The world’s nations created history in Geneva today“Said WHO HERFORY Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “By reaching agreement on the pandemic

As matches show no sign of reducing and humanitarian access extremely limited, the crisis in Sudan has become one of the world’s largest emergencies, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned on Monday. “This is a very, very sad milestone,” said Mamadou Dian Balde, UNHCR -Regional Director of East Africa and

Several employees, including two nurses, were wounded in the strike at the Kuwaitian field hospital in Khan Younis according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health and Health Agencies, UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric told journalists at the general news briefing in New York. The incident follows a separate strike on Sunday at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza

Tedros spoke on Thursday at a press conference in Geneva and said that in about 25 percent of countries some health facilities have had to close completely due to cuts, according to figures from more than 100 countries prepared by WHO. Serious disturbances Outside the pocket payments for healthcare have led to disruptions in the

Monday told World Health Organization (WHO) Representative Rik Peeperkorn UN news About the desperate conditions he had seen at Al-Ahli before the attack, and the serious restriction of movement that prevents thousands from being evacuated for medical treatment outside Gaza. “I was in Gaza several weeks ago and I came out in early March, just

Furthermore, unprecedented aid button that puts global progress to end maternity deaths at risk, UN agencies have warned in a new report requiring greater investment in midwives and other health workers. The Trends in maternal mortality The report was published by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Sexual