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Some 800,000 people in 29 states in Nigeria have been affected by floods as of September 2024, WFP s...
These include severe limb injuries, amputations, spinal cord trauma, traumatic brain injuries and ma...
Since April 2023, Sudan has been embroiled in a deadly conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces an...
Vaccinations will continue over the next few days at four large health facilities to ensure no child...
The parents who have come to the health centre are well aware of the importance of vaccinations.
Cindy McCain and Franklyn Frimpong, the UNHAS chief of aviation, have been discussing the importance...
Chad and neighbouring Sudan have been grappling with multiple crises. That includes the ongoing Suda...
The experts added that for those who have carried pregnancies to term, pre and post-partum services...
The campaign is all set after the delivery of 1.26 million doses of vaccines to Gaza and 500 vaccine...
According to UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, ongoing military operations in Deir Al-Bal...
The risk of another deadly infectious disease also remains high with water and sanitation systems di...
Transmission is mainly centred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where there have been...
WHO also warned that at least 12 of Sudan’s 18 states now face three or more disease outbreaks of ch...
Displacement has tripled in the last year in Haiti as gang violence continues to rock the Caribbean...
According to the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, these new evacuation orders now cover appr...
Dr Kluge mentioned that the European Union (EU) is already donating vaccines, which made him “optimi...
The development will allow WFP to scale up assistance to 14 areas facing famine in Darfur, Kordofan,...
The development comes amid ongoing conflict including a bombing attack on Wednesday that devastated...
Mr. Guterres described Gaza as being in “a humanitarian freefall” because “just when it seems the si...
The West African country faces insecurity and widespread humanitarian needs, making the role of such...
Meanwhile, in Gaza, a fortunate few in the devastated enclave enjoyed a little respite from the ongo...
The question of equitable representation has been on the agenda for several years, including through...
Seventy six years ago, the Palestinian refugee, who has devoted his life to teaching children, was f...
OCHA said more than 80 per cent of the Gaza Strip is now assessed as having been placed under evacua...
The UN agency and partners remain on the ground to provide essential services and supplies to suppor...
The United Nations is following the situation in Bangladesh very closely after Prime Minister Sheikh...
About 87 Palestinian families – nearly 680 individuals – face legal actions begun by “settlers” to r...
No cases of paralysis have been reported so far, according to WHO.
The Olympic Truce is a a custom of halting all hostilities from before to after the Games.
WHO explained that poliovirus can emerge in areas where poor vaccination coverage allows the weakene...
Recent months have continued to see a surge in the number of people setting out from North and West...
Ms. Russell began by acknowledging the dire conditions in Gaza, where “with each passing week, famil...
To date, no one has been treated in Gaza for paralysis or other symptoms caused by poliovirus infect...
As clashes continue in Haiti, more than 578,000 people are displaced, and nearly five million – roug...
Military activity around those camps has made it difficult for health authorities to contain the vir...
Marking the international day, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said it was key to accurately c...
Displacements in the Caribbean country have reached record levels, with nearly 600,000 people forced...
The agency’s Eastern Mediterranean Region reported the highest number of cases, followed by the Afri...
The war that erupted last April between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid S...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights also reiterated serious concerns raised by his Office that war...
The RSF and the Sudanese Army have been battling for more than a year, and fighting in El Fasher has...
WFP is also pre-positioning food at key border crossings and along supply routes because the imminen...
At an informal dialogue with Assembly members in May, then-candidate Yang, highlighted his theme for...
On Saturday, Israeli forces shot dead 16-year-old Ahmed Ashraf Hamidat and critically wounded 17-yea...
From May 7 to May 20, not a single WFP truck crossed from the southern corridors from Egypt into Raf...
Echoing those concerns, OCHA highlighted the risk of deadly malnutrition and famine among Gaza’s mos...
Echoing those concerns, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned that there was little the agency "c...
The top UN aid official in the country stressed that all parties must avoid using explosive weapons...
The floating dock was anchored to a beach in Gaza the previous day. With most border crossings to th...
