Health

The report, titled Global health spending: emerging from the pandemicshows a reduction in per capita public health spending in 2022 across all income groups, after a sharp increase during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic. This worrying trend undermines progress towards universal health coverage (UHC), a goal enshrined in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), […]

In an update on the mutating virus – known as H5N1 – Dr Madhur Dhingra of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), said it had “spread to the wildlife”. More than 500 species of birds have been infected, along with at least 70 species of mammals, including the California condor and the endangered polar bear.

In an update, the United Nations aid coordination office, OCHA, highlighted that attacks against civilian infrastructure have not stopped, “particularly in northern Gaza, where the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reports appalling conditions at Kamal Adwan Hospital – and where 61 of the 95 attacks on school buildings have taken place since October 6,

The month of November saw a sharp increase in cholera cases and deaths compared to the same period in 2023, with suspected cases increasing by 37 percent and deaths by 27 percent. Yemen’s cholera crisis adds to more than a decade of conflict, widespread economic collapse and crumbling health infrastructure. The country also experienced its

Furthermore, developments since late November, culminating in the overthrow of the Assad regime, have added new dimensions to the crisis, including population displacements as well as the return of Syrian refugees from neighboring countries. Since November 2024, more than 882,000 Syrians have been displaced amid increasing violence, further straining the country’s fragile health system. Attacks

It also cited an increase in cases of respiratory illnesses, made worse by inadequate heating, overcrowded camps and damaged infrastructure. “There has been a significant and continuing increase in influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) since the start of winter, with a subsequent increase in hospital visits and increased health concerns public,”

The world remains dangerously unprepared for the next pandemic, despite the heartbreaking lessons of COVID-19, Mr. Guterres warned. “COVID-19 has been a wake-up call for the world,” he said, reflecting on the devastating human, economic and social toll of the pandemic. “The crisis may be over, but a hard lesson remains: the world is unfortunately

The raid, apparently carried out by Israeli forces, saw some areas of the hospital set on fire and severely damaged, including the laboratory, surgical unit and medical store. The director of the hospital, Dr Abu Safiya, was reportedly arrested during this operation. The WHO lost contact with him. A number of people were reportedly stripped

WHO spokeswoman Dr. Margaret Harris told reporters in Geneva that the H5N1 virus that causes the disease is “does not circulate in humans but jumps into humans” who are exposed to poultry or dairy cattle. “We are not seeing sustained circulation,” she insisted.. Underlying conditions The man who died of the disease in Louisiana was