Sep 22, 2026
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Abdul Awal Mintoo today said 'One Health' must move from policy to action. He stressed the need for building resilient agrifood systems and...
Sep 22, 2026
In Dera Ismail Khan district, some vaccinators travel 5-6 km to deliver a single outreach vaccination session. Others cover 30 km. In the most remote areas, the distance can extend up to 90 km –...
Sep 21, 2026
Israeli gunfire near a medical point in central Gaza supported by Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) seriously injured a woman and her child this morning, forcing patients and medical staff to...
Sep 21, 2026
Children are arriving at hospital in critical condition as healthcare and nutrition services across the Mudug region in central Somalia continue to close. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans...
Sep 21, 2026
 Iraq’s Ministry of Health officially launched the Sixth Annual International Health Exhibition and Conference on Monday, September 21, 2026, establishing a collaborative platform to advance...
Sep 20, 2026
Sudan's health system is nearing collapse, with disease and epidemics spreading across the country amid poor sanitation, overcrowding and the destruction of medical infrastructure during the war, the...
Sep 20, 2026
Somalia's Ministry of Health and Human Services and the National Institute of Health, with support from WHO, have concluded a 3-day simulation exercise in Mogadishu to test how the country would...
Sep 18, 2026
There are growing fears of diseases such as cholera spreading as civilians continue to flee the escalating conflict in Yemen, Islamic Relief warns. More than 125,000 people have fled their homes so...
Sep 17, 2026
This report presents the perspectives of 230 women living in displacement camps in Gaza City and Khan Younis, based on 16 focus group discussions conducted between December 2025 and January 2026....
Sep 17, 2026
Libya’s Ministry of Health under the Government of National Unity said 44.6% of adults in Libya aged between 18 and 69 have three or more risk factors that make them vulnerable to noncommunicable...
Sep 17, 2026
The Kabul Tribune (KT) — A new polio vaccination campaign will begin across Afghanistan next week, the Afghanistan Free of Polio initiative said, as health authorities continue efforts to contain...
Sep 17, 2026
The Higher Emergency Committee of the Ministry of Health has conducted field visits to several health facilities in eastern Libya and the Green Mountain region. The tours aimed to assess the...
Sep 16, 2026
The National Polio Laboratory in Port Sudan was re-established in June 2026, following the provision of equipment, supplies and training by the World Health Organization (WHO), in close coordination...
Sep 15, 2026
Iraq has launched its first psychological counseling guide for universities, Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research for Scientific Research Affairs Haider Abd Dahad announced on...
Sep 15, 2026
A new analysis from UN Women reveals the extent of daily suffering endured by women and girls across the occupied West Bank. For women who are heading households, our data show that the...
Sep 22, 2026
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new self-paced online course, Behavioural Sciences for Better Health: An Interactive Course for Public Health Practitioners, available through the...
Sep 22, 2026
The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) produces internationally comparable estimates of progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and is responsible for monitoring the...
Sep 22, 2026
GPEI Q1: Your documentary about polio, ‘The Shot Felt ‘Round the World’, and your recent articles suggest the polio vaccination success paradox: because many people no longer remember iron...
Sep 22, 2026
The Quadripartite partners – the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World...
Sep 21, 2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping health research, creating new opportunities to accelerate scientific discovery, strengthen health systems and improve health outcomes. However,...
Sep 21, 2026
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were the world’s central instrument in the fight against poverty, but they were designed for a more peaceful era that no longer exists....
Sep 21, 2026
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will speak for the first time at the World Cancer Congress in Hong Kong this week. We will share our experiences from our cancer programmes in Mali and Malawi,...
Sep 20, 2026
Health workers in parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have begun to receive a vaccine that many hope will provide a level of protection against the Ebola virus. The vaccine rollout...
Sep 19, 2026
Six years after COVID-19 killed millions, battered health systems, disrupted lives and brought the global economy to a virtual standstill, the world is still grappling with how we can...
Sep 18, 2026
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published the National health workforce accounts: health workforce levels and trends 2026, the first in an annual series of reports offering the most...
Sep 17, 2026
Billions of people worldwide rely on traditional, complementary and integrative medicine (TCIM) as part of their health care, yet less than 1% of global health research funding is devoted to...
Sep 17, 2026
A new World Health Organization (WHO) regional survey assessing progress on patient safety across the African Region finds uneven results, as countries work to meet the needs of a growing number of...
Sep 16, 2026
AI can improve healthcare in Europe, but must never replace doctors, the EU’s Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in her State of the Union speech today. Health got a mention in...
Sep 15, 2026
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Commonwealth Secretariat today agreed to renew their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for four years, reaffirming their shared commitment to improving...
