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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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 (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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...