Health

Zeinaba Mahr Aouad, a 24-year-old woman from Djibouti, remembers the day a ten-year-old an unexpected visitor came to her house: “She had a syringe, a razor blade and bandages.” The woman was there to perform a brutal, unnecessary and – since 1995 in the Horn of Africa Country – illegal operation known as female genitalia, […]

When talking from Gaza, representing Rik Peeperkorn described a scene of widespread destruction, overwhelmed medical facilities and growing need for mental health, as the population of the enclave gradually returns to what is left of their homes after almost 16 months of conflict. “Everyone in Gaza is affected … stress, anxiety, depression and loneliness. It’s

Female genitalia (FGM) refers to all procedures involving partial or total removal of female external genitals or other damage to female genitalia for non-medical reasons, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “More than 230 million girls and women today are the survivors of this abominable practice,” said the UN Secretary General António Guterres in

The disconnection allows the continuation or resumption of “life-saving humanitarian assistance” including HIV treatment. This means that 20 million people living with HIV and if medicine is funded by the United States can continue to receive treatment. “That’s 20 million out of the 30 million people living with HIV in the world,” said Christine Stegling,

According to President Trump’s latest Directive from the White House on Tuesday on international cooperation, the United States will no longer participate in or financial support Human Rights Council in Geneva, which is set to meet on Friday to discuss the crisis of the Democratic Republic in the Congo . The executive order also requires

The analysis emphasizes the devastating effect of toxic air on young lives, with air pollution, which is now linked to almost one in four deaths of under five in the region. Exposure begins in the uterus, increases the risks of premature birth and low birth weight and continues throughout childhood, detract from lung development, reduces

“I will never allow my daughter to review what happened to me,” she told UNFPA, the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency. What happens when conflicts displace tens of thousands of people in hotspots like Nigeria, the Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) and Ukraine, and women die every day in birth or pregnancy? UNFPA is there,

In November, there was a sharp increase in cholera cases and deaths compared to the same period in 2023, when suspected cases increased by 37 percent and deaths by 27 percent. Yemen’s cholera crisis comes on top of more than a decade of conflict, widespread economic collapse and crumbling health infrastructure. The country also experienced

In addition, the development added since the end of November, culminating with the overturn of the Assad regime, new dimensions to the crisis, including population displacements and the return of Syrian refugees from neighboring countries. Since November 2024, over 882,000 Syrians have been displaced in the midst of rising violence, which further strives for the

It also cited increasing cases of respiratory disease, composed of inadequate heating, crowded camps and damaged infrastructure. “There is a continuous significant increase in influenza -like diseases (ILI) and serious acute respiratory infections (SARI), since the beginning of winter with subsequent rise in the hospital’s visit and increased public health concerns,” the health cluster said.