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The decision by several governments across the globe to institute travel bans on seven African countries, starting on 27 November, due to the discovery of a new Covid-19 variant,...

Over 30 countries have imposed restrictions on travel from southern African countries as concerns rise over a new strain of coronavirus reported in South Africa last week. The @WHO...

Seventy-five per cent of Yemeni children suffer from acute malnutrition, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said today. In a Twitter post, the UN body added that 16.2 million –...

More than 20 million Yemenis are at risk of contracting malaria, at a time when only half of the country's health facilities are operating, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned yesterday....

The UN Human Rights Council today recognised access to a clean and healthy environment as a fundamental right, formally adding its weight to the global fight against climate hardship and...

The United Arab Emirates said today residents who had been fully vaccinated with a shot approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO) could return as of 12 September from...

So far, a total of 321,031 have contracted the virus in Palestine, 3,625 of whom have died, and 313,448 others have recovered

Expressing concern over deteriorating conditions, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said it needs additional funding of $6.6 million for an "urgent health response" in Afghanistan, Anadolu Agency reports. This...

Do you remember the UN Millennium Development Goals? If not, you are not alone. These ambitious goals included the eradication of "extreme poverty and hunger", "combating lethal diseases" and...

Since the beginning of July, Tunisia has recorded the highest coronavirus death rate across the eastern Mediterranean and Africa, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Thursday. "The situation...

A surge of coronavirus cases in several Middle Eastern countries could have dire consequences, aggravated by the spread of the Delta variant and low vaccine availability, the World Health...

Tunisia has recorded the highest number of coronavirus fatalities and infections in the Middle East and North Africa, the WHO reported yesterday. In a statement to Anadolu Agency, the director...

Iran reported on Tuesday that the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, first discovered in India, was detected in more than 10 people, Anadolu Agency reported. "Unfortunately, more than 10...

Last May, Israel launched a series of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip following weeks of increased violence towards Palestinians in Jerusalem and the West Bank. The violence by Israeli...

The delivery of covid vaccines through the COVAX initiative will top the agenda of the Tunisian delegation's visit to Switzerland, a source said yesterday. The source told Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) that...

The US on Wednesday expressed concern at the presence of Belarus and Syria as Executive Board members of the World Health Organization (WHO), saying they have conducted "abuses" against...

The World Health Organisation will start COVID-19 vaccinations next week in north Yemen where the Houthi authorities in control have played down the impact of the pandemic, largely denying...

The Syrian regime of Bashar Al-Assad was elected to the World Health Organisation's (WHO) executive board last week, igniting outrage amongst medical workers and activists who fear it will...

The World Health Organisation has called for access to patients in the Gaza Strip and free passage to evacuate them for medical treatment, Reuters reported on Friday. WHO Spokesperson...

The 74th World Health Assembly (WHA) yesterday gathered to back a resolution on health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territories, Anadolu Agency reports. The resolution was passed despite opposition from Israel...

World Health Organisation officials today called for a humanitarian pause in Israel's bombardment of Gaza to allow access for aid as the health system in the Palestinian enclave faces...

War-torn Yemen received its first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine yesterday, UNICEF said, one week after the country's coronavirus committee warned of a public health "emergency". "Yemen received 360,000...

Syria will take delivery within weeks of its first COVID-19 vaccines from the global vaccine sharing platform COVAX, allowing it to kick off its national inoculation programme as early...

Across the Middle East and North Africa despite some limited reforms and women’s campaigns many women continue to face daily violence by men and Covid-19 lockdowns have increased the cases of domestic violence

At least 400,000 Yemeni children under five could die of starvation this year without urgent intervention amid soaring rates of severe malnutrition driven by war and the coronavirus pandemic, Reuters reported...

Kuwait has contributed to the medical treatment of 35,000 cancer patients in Yemen, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Tuesday. "Thanks to the generous support from the state...

Yemen expects a first batch of 2.3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses by March through the COVAX vaccine-sharing facility, and Saudi Arabia could separately finance shots for around 50 per...

The World Heath Organization is deploying teams across Syria for a vaccination programme that will be rolled out both in government-held areas and territory outside state control, perhaps as...

Dubai yesterday launched a new initiative to speed up the distribution of coronavirus vaccines around the world. The Dubai Media Office announced that the initiative was sponsored by UAE...

Hamas yesterday welcomed the World Health Organisation (WHO)'s decision not to agree to an Israeli proposal to remove a standalone item from the agenda of the 74th World Health...

The General Director of Association 302 to Defend Refugees Rights, Ali Huweidi, welcomed the Lebanese government's decision to provide COVID-19 vaccines to Palestinian refugees in Lebanon free of charge...

The occupation's crimes are committed without any moral, religious, legal or human deterrents. It executes its crimes against prisoners who are unlawfully imprisoned in Israeli prisons through the actions...