World News in Brief: UNICEF mpox response in DR Congo, ‘unprecedented’ threat to Sudan’s heritage, call to suspend Cambodia journalism charter
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is stepping up lifesaving support to [...]
Over 22,500 have suffered ‘life-changing injuries’ in Gaza: WHO
More than 22,500 people – a quarter of those wounded [...]
Gaza: Six UNRWA staff killed in strikes on school sheltering displaced people
Six staff members with the UN agency that assists Palestine [...]
Mpox: UNHCR launches appeal to support refugees in African countries
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, appealed on Wednesday for $21.4 [...]
Gaza: UN envoy condemns deadly strike on camp in humanitarian zone
The UN Middle East envoy has strongly condemned deadly airstrikes [...]
Gaza war continues to shut hundreds of thousands out of class
Monday would have marked the start of the new school [...]
The world must ‘wake up and help Sudan out of the nightmare of conflict’ says WHO’s Tedros
Sudan’s health system is “near collapse” after 16 months of [...]
Mpox: Equitable vaccine access crucial for Global South
As African countries grapple with a deadly mpox outbreak, the [...]
Gaza: 160,000 more children vaccinated against polio in southern Gaza
More than 160,000 children were vaccinated in southern Gaza on [...]
Gaza: Polio vaccination campaign moves to southern areas
The second phase of a two-round campaign to vaccinate over [...]
WHO reports 71 per cent rise in cholera deaths last year
The number of deaths caused by cholera is on the [...]
Gaza: Disease and war stalk children, despite vaccine success
In Gaza, despite the success of the mass polio vaccination [...]
‘Major milestone’ immunization campaign begins in DPR Korea
More than 800,000 children and 120,000 pregnant women will be [...]
WHO guidance takes aim at ‘antibiotic pollution’ from manufacturing labs
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday issued its first-ever [...]
Gaza: UN humanitarians ahead of polio vaccination target
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that [...]
Between fear and hope, Gazans parents line up in their thousands to protect their children from polio
If the UN-led polio vaccination campaign currently underway in Gaza [...]
UN officials repeat calls for peace as Gaza polio vaccinations gets underway
The first phase of a UN-led polio vaccination campaign has [...]
Humanitarian pauses in Gaza pave way for polio vaccinations
UN aid teams have reached a tentative agreement with parties [...]
Level of unprotected teenage sex ‘worryingly high’, WHO finds
Condom use among sexually active adolescents has declined significantly since 2014, [...]
Nigeria becomes first in Africa to receive mpox vaccines: WHO
Nigeria received 10,000 doses of mpox vaccines on Tuesday, becoming [...]