Health

Gaza health system exceeded because WHO reports that 42,000 people have injuries that change their life

“These injuries that change life represent a quarter of all the injuries reported, a total of more than 167,300 people injured since October 2023,” said Rik Peeperkorn, representative of the West Bank and Gaza. More than 5,000 people faced an amputation and other serious injuries with arms, legs and spinal cord. Briefing Journalists In New […]

Gaza health system exceeded because WHO reports that 42,000 people have injuries that change their life Read More »

Hoping in Gaza: The health crisis deepens as families burn plastic for fuel

Um Muhammad al-Masri, moved from the northern city of Beit Hanoun, never lets go of its asthma inhaler. She says she would die without that. The smoke fills her tent, where she directed a primitive oven fed by garbage. “I have been prescribed medication, but I couldn’t afford it, so UNRWA [the UN agency for

Hoping in Gaza: The health crisis deepens as families burn plastic for fuel Read More »

From the crisis to community healing: a Haitian mother fights against cholera

When her 11-year-old daughter, Noel-Dina, was struck by unbearable fever and abdominal pain, Oriata did not hesitate. She immediately took her child to the nearest hospital. “She couldn’t walk because she was so weak. I had to wear her on my back. I was terribly worried and I thought I was going to lose her,”

From the crisis to community healing: a Haitian mother fights against cholera Read More »

World News in Brief: new statement on MNT and mental health, Khartoum Shelter Crisis, WFP Lifeline in Ukraine, Sud-Soudan Update

The text, negotiated over five months, will take place before the General Assembly for approval in a few weeks. It was adopted at a high -level meeting at the UN headquarters on Thursday, where heads of state, government leaders and health ministers highlighted the urgency of coordinated action. MNTs like heart and pulmonary diseases, cancer

World News in Brief: new statement on MNT and mental health, Khartoum Shelter Crisis, WFP Lifeline in Ukraine, Sud-Soudan Update Read More »

Mental health care to occupy the front of the stage in the General Assembly

Although the subject of mental health has been raised in previous years, it will obtain major invoicing during the event, which will also cover the prevention and control of other non -transmitted diseases (MNT), such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases. MNTs remain the main causes of death and disability in the

Mental health care to occupy the front of the stage in the General Assembly Read More »

World News in Brief: which reaffirms the safety of vaccines, call to Sudanese civilians trapped in El Fasher, Dr Congo Ebola Epidemia up to date

“In -depth research, including large -scale studies in the last decade, has not found any coherent association,” the agency said in a statement, urging pregnant women to follow the advice of their health providers. The alarm was raised by the White House on Monday when US President Donald Trump and senior health officials issued a

World News in Brief: which reaffirms the safety of vaccines, call to Sudanese civilians trapped in El Fasher, Dr Congo Ebola Epidemia up to date Read More »

World News in Brief: Gaza and Nicaragua Human Rights Update, which alerts and alarm of hypertension on the American autism complaint

Damaged installations include nine schools and two health centers housing more than 11,000 people. At least five displaced people were injured and the UNRWA field office has also suffered damage. The agency claims that its operations in Gaza City – where Israeli air and land attacks have intensified – were sharply reduced after its only

World News in Brief: Gaza and Nicaragua Human Rights Update, which alerts and alarm of hypertension on the American autism complaint Read More »

World News in Brief: Migrant doctors mean shortages at home, United Nations names, the best innovators, updating the rights of Nigeria, sunscreen and “essential medicine”

A new United Nations health agency report also shows that in Europe in 2023, six in 10 doctors trained outside the region, while the number is even higher for nurses. In light of these results – and the fact that many countries in the west and northern Europe become “strongly dependent” of these foreign workers

World News in Brief: Migrant doctors mean shortages at home, United Nations names, the best innovators, updating the rights of Nigeria, sunscreen and “essential medicine” Read More »

World News in Brief: Update of the pandemic treaty, response from Dr Congo Ebola, more victims in Ukraine

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was expressed at the start of a meeting of the intergovernmental working group on the agreement of the WHO pandemic, which takes place in Geneva until Friday. This occurs four months after the countries adopted the first pandemic treaty in the world, which he called “a generational achievement”. Tedros said that the

World News in Brief: Update of the pandemic treaty, response from Dr Congo Ebola, more victims in Ukraine Read More »

Scroll to Top