Health

“Cholera is back and affects several statesmainly in the western part of the country, Darfur and Kordofans,” said Dr. Shible Sahbani, representative of the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) in Sudan. Speaking to reporters in Geneva, the official reported more than 1,330 confirmed cases and 114 deaths from the disease, which is preventable but […]

The United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, announced on Wednesday that the individual prize would go to Professor Serigne Magueye Gueye of Senegal, while the institutional prize would go to Fondation Bonne Action Umugiraneza of Burundi. This annual award recognizes outstanding contributions to advances that improve reproductive health and solve population growth challenges

Mr Fletcher warned that although Ituri province remains the center of the outbreak, the virus is spreading to other provinces due to conflict and displacement. Since the DRC declared an Ebola epidemic on May 15, the Bundibugyo species has infected more than 1,700 people and killed 600 in the DRC. In neighboring Uganda, authorities have

That’s the title of a new report from the United Nations health agency that highlights stark inequalities in cancer survival between high- and low-income countries. Ten million deaths per year The Global Cancer Situation Report 2026, produced with the International Agency for Research on Cancer – IARC, a specialized agency of the WHO – underlines

“The true scale of the epidemic has not yet been fully established,” said Dr Anne Ancia, WHO representative in the DRC. “We would like to say that the situation is stabilizing, but frankly we cannot say that yet,” she said. Speaking from Bunia, the capital of Ituri province at the heart of the outbreak, Dr

According to the latest figures, more than 1,400 confirmed cases of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease, including 350 deaths, have been reported in the two countries. More than 90 percent of infections are concentrated in the DRC’s Ituri province, a major hub for cross-border trade with Uganda – ravaged by years of armed conflict. Call to

Key takeaways Hantavirus is officially over Ebola virus spreads in DR Congo Tons of supplies delivered to earthquake-hit Venezuela Air pollution remains an “invisible” killer Young people must be protected online Taking the world’s temperature on pressing health issues, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus took stock of current global challenges and successes in international cooperation.

The newBlueprint for strengthening responses to fungal diseases and antifungal resistancepublished on Tuesday, presents practical measures to improve prevention, diagnosis, treatment and monitoring. Fungal diseases affect more than 300 million people each year and are associated with high mortality, long-term illness, and significant losses in health and productivity worldwide. Growing global threat They range from

“We have seen an unprecedented increase of new types of drugs on the market and, worryingly, some are more potent or more dangerous than before,” said Monica Juma, executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). An estimate 331 million people used drugs in 2024, equivalent to 6.2 percent of the

“Those responsible for violations of the law must be held accountable, and the rights of victims’ families to truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-repetition must be respected,” Türk said in a statement. Mr. Türk’s call comes as 18 people died while in ICE custody in the first five months of this year, an increase