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In cooperation with the Palestinian Ministry of Health UNICEF and Government of Japan Sign Agreement

Mar 11, 2025

UNICEF
In cooperation with the Palestinian Ministry of Health UNICEF and Government of Japan Sign Agreement

Yesterday, in the Ministry of Health in Ramallah and in the presence of his Excellency Dr Maged Abu Ramadan, UNICEF and the Government of Japan signed a US$ 3.8 million agreement in cooperation with...


WHO Iran Plants Trees Amidst Tehran's Air Pollution Crisis

Mar 11, 2025

WHO EMRO
WHO Iran Plants Trees Amidst Tehran's Air Pollution Crisis

On Iran's National Tree Planting Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) country office in Tehran took a symbolic step towards environmental improvement, planting trees amidst the city's severe air...


Iraq Implements National Family Planning Strategy: Birth Spacing Should Be Two or Three Years

Mar 11, 2025

KirkukNow
Iraq Implements National Family Planning Strategy: Birth Spacing Should Be Two or Three Years

The Iraqi federal government is intensifying efforts to space births between two and three years by providing health services and contraceptives to reorganize families. These efforts are part of the...


Only Seven Countries Meet WHO Air Quality Standards; Most Polluted are Chad and Bangladesh – Northern India Also Dominates

Mar 11, 2025

Health Policy Watch
Only Seven Countries Meet WHO Air Quality Standards; Most Polluted are Chad and Bangladesh –...

Chad and Bangladesh  ranked as the most polluted countries in 2024, while Delhi, India was the most polluted capital city, according to the 2024 World Air Quality report produced by the Swiss-based...


Keeping the lights on for immunization With KSrelief, UNICEF is powering 13 hospitals to store vaccines safely for women and children in Afghanistan

Mar 10, 2025

UNICEF
Keeping the lights on for immunization With KSrelief, UNICEF is powering 13 hospitals to store...

Khatera is used to handling crying babies and anxious mothers. Her work requires it. She is a vaccinator at Farah Provincial Hospital in western Afghanistan, vaccinating about 50 children every day....


Community-based surveillance improves cholera reporting in Al Hol Camp, Syria

Mar 10, 2025

WHO EMRO
Community-based surveillance improves cholera reporting in Al Hol Camp, Syria

Overcrowding, unsafe sanitation, restricted movement and limited access to secondary health care all contribute to the significant public health challenges faced by more than 42 000 refugees and...


Pakistan reports first death of 2025 from deadly brain-eating amoeba

Mar 10, 2025

Arab News
Pakistan reports first death of 2025 from deadly brain-eating amoeba

A 36-year-old woman died in the Pakistani city of Karachi last month after contracting Naegleria fowleri, a health official confirmed on Monday, marking the first death this year from the deadly...


How medical outreach visits to flood-affected parts of Pakistan protected thousands

Mar 10, 2025

Gavi The Vaccine Alliance
How medical outreach visits to flood-affected parts of Pakistan protected thousands

2022’s disastrous floods affected 33 million Pakistanis, and left many communities cut off from healthcare, and many children missing out on vaccines. A project in Sindh set out to fix...


Iran faces growing mental health crisis among youth, women

Mar 10, 2025

La Croix International
Iran faces growing mental health crisis among youth, women

Nearly a third of the population suffers from psychological disorders, with even higher rates among young people and women, who face bleak prospects and social pressures. Every morning, when Mobina...


Exploring the acceptance of e-learning in health professions education in Iran based on the technology acceptance model (TAM)

Mar 10, 2025

Nature
Exploring the acceptance of e-learning in health professions education in Iran based on the...

The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly accelerated the adoption of e-learning across educational institutions worldwide, especially in health professions education. This study explored the factors...


Strengthening Health Initiatives: WHO Representative a.i. to Bangladesh’s Impactful Visit to Cox’s Bazar

Mar 10, 2025

World Health Organization
Strengthening Health Initiatives: WHO Representative a.i. to Bangladesh’s Impactful Visit to...

Dr Jamsheed Mohamed, WHO Representative a.i. to Bangladesh, visited the WHO Emergency sub-office in Cox’s Bazar from December 8th to 10th, 2024. During his visit, he toured key camp areas, met with...


‘Iraq’s Healthcare Crisis Deepens as Fake Drugs Flood Market,’ Iraqi MP

Mar 09, 2025

kurdistan24
‘Iraq’s Healthcare Crisis Deepens as Fake Drugs Flood Market,’ Iraqi MP

Mohan al-Saadi, a member of the Iraqi Parliament from the State of Law Coalition and also a member of the Health and Environment Committee in the Iraqi Parliament, has warned that Iraq’s healthcare...


Weekly Environmental Sampling Results

Mar 09, 2025

End Polio Pakistan
Weekly Environmental Sampling Results

As robust poliovirus surveillance continues in Pakistan, 49 environmental (sewage) samples collected from 44 districts between February 10 and February 18 were tested at the Regional Reference...


Qatar Charity Supports Over 234,000 Rohingya Refugees

Mar 09, 2025

Qatar Day
Qatar Charity Supports Over 234,000 Rohingya Refugees

Qatar Charity (QC), with the support of the generous people of Qatar, provided a wide range of humanitarian aid to Rohingya refugees in the camps of Cox's Bazar and Bhasan Char Island in Bangladesh...


Iran set to implement comprehensive system for medical tourism

Mar 08, 2025

Tehran Times
Iran set to implement comprehensive system for medical tourism

Iran is set to roll out a comprehensive management system dedicated to medical tourism across the country, following a successful pilot program in Khorasan Razavi province. According to Hossein...


Women’s Contribution to Polio Eradication Recognized

Mar 07, 2025

Pakistan polio Eradication programme
Women’s Contribution to Polio Eradication Recognized

The Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme marked International Women’s Day 2025 with a dedicated event at the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) in Islamabad to recognize the critical role...


€10 million EIB Global and WHO initiative to strengthen public health across Lebanon

Mar 07, 2025

The European Sting
€10 million EIB Global and WHO initiative to strengthen public health across Lebanon

The European Investment Bank (EIB Global) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have formally launched a €10 million grant support to boost health resilience across Lebanon, including combating...


“People in Gaza still need an immediate and massive scale-up of humanitarian supplies”

Mar 07, 2025

MSF
“People in Gaza still need an immediate and massive scale-up of humanitarian supplies”

Sarah Vulstyeke is a project coordinator for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). She recently returned from the Gaza Strip, Palestine, where she coordinated operations with an MSF team in northern...


How doctors in diaspora are helping resuscitate Syria’s broken health system

Mar 06, 2025

Arab News
How doctors in diaspora are helping resuscitate Syria’s broken health system

Brought to the brink of collapse by more than a decade of civil war, fragmentation, sanctions, and the displacement of countless medical professionals, the Syrian Arab Republic’s health system is...


WHO visits University College of Bahrain as part of the Health Promoting Universities programme

Mar 06, 2025

WHO EMRO
WHO visits University College of Bahrain as part of the Health Promoting Universities programme

WHO conducted a 1-day mission to evaluate University College of Bahrain (UCB) as a health-promoting university. Health-promoting universities are an extension of the settings-based approach to health...


Tackling Gaza’s water crisis

Mar 06, 2025

bond
Tackling Gaza’s water crisis

A cycle of perpetual conflicts, a devastating 15-month war and severe economic restrictions have created a catastrophic water crisis in the Gaza strip. Since October 2023, tightened blockades and...


Iraq strengthens foodborne disease surveillance and response

Mar 06, 2025

WHO EMRO
Iraq strengthens foodborne disease surveillance and response

A national meeting, convened between 17–19 February 2025, brought together leading experts and stakeholders to develop comprehensive national guidelines to improve the detection and response to...


In Afghanistan recovery from addiction means a new chance at life

Mar 06, 2025

WHO EMRO
In Afghanistan recovery from addiction means a new chance at life

Nargis, 26,* grew up in Guzara district, Herat province, where poverty shaped much of her childhood. At 15, she married a much older man and soon gave birth to her first son, Jawid. She had hoped...


Lebanon: Israeli attacks on health facilities, ambulances and paramedics must be investigated as war crimes

Mar 05, 2025

ِAmnesty International
Lebanon: Israeli attacks on health facilities, ambulances and paramedics must be investigated as...

The Israeli military’s repeated unlawful attacks during the war in Lebanon on health facilities, ambulances and health workers, which are protected under international law, must be investigated as...


SFDA Calls Childhood Obesity a Growing Risk, Says Prevention Begins at Home

Mar 05, 2025

Saudi Press Agency
SFDA Calls Childhood Obesity a Growing Risk, Says Prevention Begins at Home

The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) is raising awareness about crucial health practices to prevent childhood obesity, aligning with World Obesity Day on March 4. In line with its mission to...


1,456 cases of dengue fever in a number of Yemeni governorates since the beginning of this year

Mar 05, 2025

Yemen Shabab
1,456 cases of dengue fever in a number of Yemeni governorates since the beginning of this year

The World Health Organization revealed that more than 1,450 cases of dengue fever have been recorded in Yemeni governorates under the control of the Yemeni government since the beginning of this...


Jordan's Royal initiative provides a lifeline for Gaza's injured children

Mar 05, 2025

Jordan Times
Jordan's Royal initiative provides a lifeline for Gaza's injured children

Ten-year-old Sael Arafat never imagined that a simple trip to buy coffee for his family would lead him to unknowingly purchase the world's most expensive coffee, a cost that will follow him for the...


Rebuilding Gaza’s health sector

Mar 04, 2025

Islamic Relief Worldwide
Rebuilding Gaza’s health sector

Gaza’s health infrastructure is in crisis. The immense damage dealt by Israel’s prolonged assault has left 94% of health facilities damaged or destroyed. By the time the temporary ceasefire was...


Jordan initiates medical evacuation of 2,000 sick children from Gaza

Mar 04, 2025

Roya News
Jordan initiates medical evacuation of 2,000 sick children from Gaza

Following royal directives, Jordan has initiated the "Jordanian Medical Corridor – Gaza" initiative to evacuate 2,000 sick children from the Gaza Strip and transfer them to hospitals in Jordan for...


Iran advances health equity by addressing the social determinants of health through primary health care

Mar 04, 2025

WHO EMRO
Iran advances health equity by addressing the social determinants of health through primary health...

To address health inequities, the Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MoHME) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office in the Islamic Republic of Iran convened a comprehensive...


Zika cluster detected in Mohakhali

Mar 04, 2025

The Daily Star
Zika cluster detected in Mohakhali

Bangladesh has detected a cluster of Zika virus cases for the first time, in a worrying development in a country that is already struggling to contain the Aedes mosquito-borne dengue...


'Pandemic babies' turn 5: Here’s what research tells us about their development and remarkable resilience

Mar 11, 2025

Gavi The Vaccine Alliance
'Pandemic babies' turn 5: Here’s what research tells us about their development and remarkable...

Our research has found that most pandemic-born children have been remarkably resilient to the disruptions caused by COVID. Early brain development lays the foundation for lifelong health and...


Obesity Day 2025: addressing the growing burden of obesity

Mar 10, 2025

WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
Obesity Day 2025: addressing the growing burden of obesity

On the occasion of Obesity Day, 4 March 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for urgent action to tackle the growing obesity problem which is now recognized as one of the most...


Many pregnancy-related complications going undetected and untreated – WHO

Mar 08, 2025

WHO
Many pregnancy-related complications going undetected and untreated – WHO

Haemorrhage – severe heavy bleeding – and hypertensive disorders like preeclampsia are the leading causes of maternal deaths globally, according to a new study released today by the World...


On International Women’s Day WHO calls for accelerated action on gender equality

Mar 08, 2025

WHO EMRO
On International Women’s Day WHO calls for accelerated action on gender equality

“For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment.” The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day, celebrated each year on 8 March, resonates deeply with the World Health...


Regional roadmap for the accelerated reduction of maternal mortality in West and Central Africa (2025-2029)

Mar 08, 2025

UNFPA
Regional roadmap for the accelerated reduction of maternal mortality in West and Central Africa...

Maternal mortality rates in West and Central Africa (WCA) are alarmingly high, representing a severe public health crisis and a grave violation of women’s human rights. WCA accounted for 62.7% of...


Fast Facts: 30 years of uneven progress for adolescent girls

Mar 07, 2025

UNICEF
Fast Facts: 30 years of uneven progress for adolescent girls

Despite significant achievements in areas such as education over the last three decades, millions of adolescent girls across the world today are still out of school, ill-equipped for the future,...


Joint Statement for Nutrition for Growth Summit on Child Wasting

Mar 06, 2025

International Rescue Committee
Joint Statement for Nutrition for Growth Summit on Child Wasting

The Joint Statement on Child Wasting (March 2025) emphasizes the urgent need for action to combat child wasting, a severe form of malnutrition that affects 45 million children under five globally....


Cancer surveillance in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a 10-year IARC-WHO collaboration

Mar 05, 2025

WHO EMRO
Cancer surveillance in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a 10-year IARC-WHO collaboration

In 2024, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean celebrated 10 years of collaboration supporting...


Funding cuts impact access to TB services endangering millions of lives

Mar 05, 2025

WHO
Funding cuts impact access to TB services endangering millions of lives

In the past two decades, tuberculosis (TB) prevention, testing and treatment services have saved more than 79 million lives – averting approximately 3.65 million deaths last year alone from the...


UN appeals for funds to help contain Uganda Ebola outbreak

Mar 04, 2025

Reuters
UN appeals for funds to help contain Uganda Ebola outbreak

The United Nations has launched an emergency appeal to raise $11.2 million to help fund Uganda's response to an Ebola outbreak that has killed two people, after the country's health budget was...


 ‘We wish we could have taken more’: 29 children evacuated from Gaza to Jordan for treatment

Mar 04, 2025

The Guardian
‘We wish we could have taken more’: 29 children evacuated from Gaza to Jordan for treatment

  A slow convoy of a dozen ambulances and buses brought 25 wounded and sick Palestinian children from Gaza and across Israel on Tuesday, past the heavily armed forces that bombarded...


WHO's Science in Five: Episode #134 - Disease be gone

Mar 04, 2025

WHO
WHO's Science in Five: Episode #134 - Disease be gone

Did you know that diseases are being eliminated by countries all over the world. In the last five years alone, 44 eliminations have been confirmed by WHO. What does it take to eliminate a disease?...


The Evolving Global Landscape for Nutrition-Specific Financing: Taking Stock, Moving Forward

Mar 04, 2025

Center for Global Development
The Evolving Global Landscape for Nutrition-Specific Financing: Taking Stock, Moving Forward

The global architecture to address undernutrition—a leading cause of under-five mortality—is evolving against a backdrop of global economic challenges and constrained resources. This puts funding...