Tag: World Health Organization
US public health officials vigilant as newer mpox variant detected
A newer variant of mpox, the virus formerly known as monkeypox, is now spreading through some communities in…
RSF reportedly kills hundreds in Sudan hospital
Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Sudan's Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group engaged in a civil war with Sudan's…
WHO urges Sudan ceasefire after alleged massacres in El-Fasher
Sudan's warring factions should halt fighting in which hundreds of civilians have been reported killed, including 460 in…
WHO says over 460 people reportedly killed at a hospital taken by Sudanese paramilitary forces
CAIRO (AP) — The head of the U.N. health agency said Wednesday that more than 460 people were…
Humanitarians Face Mounting Challenges In Gaza Amid Funding Cuts And Aid Blockades
CHICAGO – The fragile ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas has led world leaders to increasingly call for…
WHO warns $1.7bn funding shortfall threatens polio eradication efforts
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), a coalition including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Gates Foundation,…
Last Ebola patient discharged in DR Congo, WHO says
The last Ebola patient in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been released from a treatment…
Fighting in Sudan’s besieged city triples number of displaced people in a nearby town: UN official
PORT SUDAN, Sudan (AP) — Fighting in North Darfur’s embattled capital of el-Fasher has tripled the number of…
WHO warns of contaminated India cough syrups
Saddam Mansuri, the father of two, shows bottles of Coldrif, linked to the deaths of several children and…
WHO warns of contaminated India cough syrups linked to 17 child deaths
Saddam Mansuri, the father of two, shows bottles of Coldrif, linked to the deaths of several children and…
WHO warns of surging levels of antibiotic resistance
GENEVA (Reuters) -One in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections are resistant to antibiotic treatments, the World Health Organization said…
Bangladesh rolls out typhoid immunisation drive for 50 million children
Bangladesh has begun a nationwide vaccination campaign to protect millions of children from typhoid, a life-threatening disease that…