In October 2025, the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP), in collaboration with WHO Egypt and with support from the Pandemic Fund, concluded the final round of nationwide training sessions for...
The World Health Organization (WHO) chief on Tuesday called on parties to the conflict in Sudan to protect health care facilities and workers amid ongoing attacks against them. "In Sudan, attacks on...
Despite its no longer the largest displacement crisis, the Syrian refugee crisis continues to be a complex and protracted humanitarian crisis. Current numbers indicate that 13 million people were...
UNHCR has registered a significant refugee population living in Jordan. They come predominantly from Syria, while there are also large groups from Iraq, Yemen, Sudan, and Somalia1. Jordan is...
The 6th International Primary Health Care Conference (IPHCC) opened yesterday, highlighting Qatarâs rapidly advancing healthcare system and its ability to turn ambitious national visions into...
High levels of malnutrition continue to endanger the lives and wellbeing of children in the Gaza Strip, compounded by the onset of winter weather accelerating the spread of disease and increasing the...
The World Health Organization (WHO) today called on countries to make fertility care safer, fairer and more affordable for all in its first-ever global guideline for the prevention, diagnosis and...
As the year draws to a close, WHO African Region noncommunicable disease (NCD) programme enters a new chapterâone defined by transformation, expansion and renewed determination. Following a...
On 25 November, Caritas unveiled the âVehicle of Hope,â the former Popemobile transformed into a mobile pediatric clinic designed to reach Gazaâs most vulnerable children, those living in areas...
Acute respiratory infections are the most prevalent communicable disease, with over 995â000 reported cases in the Gaza Strip between October, 2023, and August, 2024.3Â The burden of respiratory...
Federal Minister for Health Syed Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday said Pakistan is fundamentally transforming its healthcare system by shifting from a hospital dependent âsick-care modelâ to a...
International and national experts convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Aga Khan University in Karachi on Friday unanimously concluded that all available science and evidence...
Médecins Sans FrontiÚres (MSF) is mourning the death of a Ministry of Health colleague at Zalingei hospital in Central Darfur state, Sudan on 18 November. We call once again for the Rapid Support...
The Committee for Reviewing and Classifying Medicines and Determining the Needs of Health Facilities in the South has commenced its fieldwork as part of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftarâs âTogether...
Libyaâs Office of the Public Prosecutor has initiated a sweeping investigation after reports confirmed that a counterfeit version of the medical disinfectant âInstru Zymâ was being distributed...
Cuba confirmed the deaths of 33 people from mosquito-borne illnesses in recent months in an epidemic that has hit at least one-third of the population.According to Reuters, the Deputy Minister of...
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) is joining partners and communities around the globe to commemorate World AIDS Day 2025 under the theme âOvercoming disruption, transforming the AIDS...
To address the growing global health challenge of obesity, which affects more than 1Â billion people, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released its first guideline on the use of Glucagon-Like...
On World AIDS Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) calls on governments and partners to rapidly expand access to new WHO-approved tools including lenacapavir (LEN) to drive down infections and...
WHO, in partnership with 42 African Member States, has launched a landmark initiative to embed accountability for Preventing and Responding to Sexual Exploitation, Abuse...
Global immunization efforts have led to an 88% drop in measles deaths between 2000 and 2024, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO). Nearly 59 million lives have been...
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, on Friday urged Member Countries to reinforce global partnerships to prevent and control...
AfricaDemocratic Republic of the CongoBetween 04-07 November 2025:Â In Tuwe Tuwe village, Itombwe health zone, Fizi territory, South Kivu province, the Tuwe Tuwe Health Centre was ransacked and...
The United Nations agency for combating AIDS has announced that global funding disruptions for treatment and prevention programmes are leaving millions of people without access to care. In a report...