Health

“”The measles is back, and it is an alarm clock“Warned Dr. Hans Kluge, Regional Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) for the European region. A total of 127,350 cases were reported in the region in 2024, the double of the number of cases reported for 2023 and the largest number since 1997, according to […]

The initiative aims to limit the spread of preventable diseases such as polio, measles and yellow fever that remain a persistent threat in difficult to access areas. Quick response Who delivered 79 outboard motors, two speed boats, 14 motorcycles and other essential equipment worth $ 750,000 to the country’s public health to extend vaccination campaigns

In a brutal assessment of the current health crisis, the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif warned that more than nine million people do not receive treatment, while 4,000 girls and young women contract the virus each week. The three-quarters living in sub-Saharan Africa, she noted, reminding the Member States that

The health agency stressed that the essential prevention, testing and treatment services collapse, leaving millions in danger. The hardest affected regions include Africa, South-East Asia and the Western Pacific, where the national tuberculosis programs strongly depend on international support. “”Any disturbance of tuberculosis services – whether financial, political or operational – can have devastating and

In its annual report in 2024, published on Tuesday, the incb explains that unlike plant -based drugs, These substances can be done anywhere, without the need for a large -scale culture, which makes them easier and cheaper So that traffickers can produce and distribute. The rise of powerful opioids such as fentanyl and nitazens –

In recent months, disease monitoring has identified an increase in cases and deaths three times in different regions of the country, which has triggered follow -up surveys to confirm the cause and provide necessary support, which said in a statement. Symptoms include fever, headache, chills, perspiration, stiff neck, muscle pain, multiple joint pain and body

In an alert on Tuesday, coordinators of the UN OCHA assistance said that six humanitarian workers had been killed since January – the last victim had been killed during the clashes last week near a hospital in the Masisi territory about 80 kilometers west of Goma in North Kivu. The same clashes would have killed

The Uusidas said that at least a situation report on the impact of the cuts had been received from 55 different countries until the beginning of this week. This includes 42 projects supported by the US President’s emergency plan for the relief of AIDS (PEPFAR) and 13 which receive support in the United States. Two

The agency celebrates this week the 20thth Anniversary of the entry into force of his framework convention on tobacco control (WHO FCTC) – one of the most widely embraced treaties in the history. The agreement provides a legal framework and a full set of tobacco control measures based on evidence which includes major pictorial health

He followed a campaign last year which reached hundreds of thousands of young children under the age of 10. The polio virus has recently been detected in wastewater samples in Gaza, indicating that traffic is underway, thus putting lives in danger. The campaign is led by the Palestinian Ministry of Health and implemented with the