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A record drought sweeping the Horn of Africa may lead to 135 deaths per day in Somalia from January to June, a study by the Somali health ministry, the...

A former British ambassador to Yemen, Michael Aron, breached diplomatic guidelines by attending the opening ceremony of a Jordanian cigarette factory, part-owned by British American Tobacco (BAT), where he...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) will support Ankara in its response to massive earthquakes that killed more than 50,000, Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Tuesday, as the death...

The death toll from the 7.8 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that hit Turkiye and Syria in the early hours of Monday morning has now surpassed 11,000. The World Health...

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock yesterday called on Russia to help pressure Syria into allowing humanitarian aid into the country for victims of Monday's deadly earthquakes quickly and without...

Communities living in Syria and Lebanon, already struggling with armed violence and an economic crash, have been hit by cholera, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday,...

The Palestinian Authority (PA) called on the World Health Organisation yesterday, requesting immediate intervention to lift Israel's tight blockade on the northern West Bank city of Nablus and Jenin,...

The UN warned, Tuesday, that a cholera outbreak was rapidly spreading throughout Syria and asked for $34.4 million for a three-month response plan, Anadolu News Agency reports. The money...

World Health Organisation in Syria accused of corruption

Cholera cases have surged this year, especially in places of poverty and conflict, with outbreaks reported in 26 countries and fatality rates rising sharply, a World Health Organisation official...

UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Measures are being taken by local and global charities to fight the deadly cholera outbreak in Palestinian refugee camps in Syria. A programme...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Tuesday of a "very high" risk of a cholera outbreak in Syria after announcing last week that infections had been recorded in...

Israel will host the 72nd annual World Health Organisation (WHO) conference for the first time next week, the Health Ministry announced yesterday. According to the WHO, representatives from the...

The Ministry of Health in Gaza pointed out that 371 patients left the Strip for treatment unaccompanied, the highest number since April.

Six-year-old Farouq Mohammed Abu Naja died in the Gaza Strip after Israeli occupation authorities denied him access to medical care at Hadassah Medical Centre in occupied Jerusalem. A press...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday confirmed three new cases of monkeypox virus, taking the total caseload to 16, Anadolu reports. In a statement, the UAE Health Ministry...

The UN and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said they expect the number of abused older adults who are 60 and older may reach 320 million by 2050, Anadolu...

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday announced the start of providing needed aid and medical intervention to around 18,000 Yemeni children suffering illnesses and malnutrition, Anadolu Agency reports....

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has included Israel back in its list of polio "outbreak countries," following the recent increase of cases in occupied Jerusalem. According to The Times...

Mental health services for Yemenis in the war-torn country is "very limited", the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday, reported Anadolu Agency. "In Yemen, access to mental health services...

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...