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Pakistan world’s most polluted country in 2025: Report

Mar 24, 2026

AlJazeera
Pakistan world’s most polluted country in 2025: Report

Pakistan was the world’s smoggiest country in 2025 with concentrations of hazardous fine particles known as PM2.5 up to 13 times higher than the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) recommended...


Tuberculosis kills 140 people per day in Pakistan, WHO and the Ministry of Health join forces to intensify action

Mar 24, 2026

WHO EMRO
Tuberculosis kills 140 people per day in Pakistan, WHO and the Ministry of Health join forces to...

On the occasion of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation, and Coordination – through the Common Management Unit for AIDS, TB and Malaria –  and the...


Support for Lebanon’s strained health system

Mar 24, 2026

WHO EMRO
Support for Lebanon’s strained health system

The Ministry of Public Health, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), received a shipment of essential medical supplies at Rafik...


People in Lebanon are being cut off from care as Israeli attacks intensify

Mar 24, 2026

MSF
People in Lebanon are being cut off from care as Israeli attacks intensify

Four weeks into the latest escalation of conflict in Lebanon, Israel’s ongoing bombardment and the subsequent forced displacement of people is severely impacting people’s lives and their...


Shifting Healthcare Needs in Syria

Mar 24, 2026

MSF
Shifting Healthcare Needs in Syria

After years of displacement, many displaced Syrians are beginning to return to their home cities, determined to rebuild their lives in the rubble of war. But as the patterns of movement shift, so do...


Egypt donates 9,500 Hepatitis C vaccines to Ghana

Mar 24, 2026

Citi Newsroom
Egypt donates 9,500 Hepatitis C vaccines to Ghana

The Government of Egypt has donated 9,500 doses of hepatitis C vaccines, valued at nearly $80,000, to Ghana in a move aimed at boosting health cooperation between the two countries. Speaking at the...


Saving lives on the frontline: how the Contingency Fund for Emergencies sustained Yemen’s health response in 2025

Mar 24, 2026

WHO EMRO
Saving lives on the frontline: how the Contingency Fund for Emergencies sustained Yemen’s health...

Conflict intensified across Yemen in 2025. Repeated air and naval strikes placed immense pressure on the already fragile health system. Hospitals, which were already struggling with critical...


Healthcare entities reiterate importance of mental health during conflicts

Mar 23, 2026

Gulf Times
Healthcare entities reiterate importance of mental health during conflicts

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) and other healthcare entities have highlighted the importance of mental health amid ongoing regional conflicts. MoPH has advised that anyone who needs mental...


WHO Lebanon Health Emergency Situation update #12 (20 March 2026)

Mar 23, 2026

Reliefweb
WHO Lebanon Health Emergency Situation update #12 (20 March 2026)

WHO Lebanon Health Emergency Situation update #12 (20 March 2026)


WHO says attack on Sudan hospital killed 64, including 13 children

Mar 21, 2026

Al Jazeera
WHO says attack on Sudan hospital killed 64, including 13 children

An attack on a ⁠hospital in Sudan’s Darfur region has killed at least ‌64 people, including 13 children, according to the head of ⁠the World ⁠Health Organization (WHO). In a social media...


War in the Middle East: Lebanon's mental health crisis deepens

Mar 21, 2026

FRANCE 24
War in the Middle East: Lebanon's mental health crisis deepens

Lebanon has been mired in conflicts and crises for decades, the worst of which was the 15 year civil war that erupted in 1975 and which divided the country into warring sectarian fiefdoms.


Afghanistan Earthquake: Five Months On, Recovery Continues

Mar 19, 2026

War Child
Afghanistan Earthquake: Five Months On, Recovery Continues

In the aftermath of the Afghan earthquake, the shock was immediate, 500,000 people were impacted. But five months later, people across Kunar, Laghman and Nangarhar provinces are still living with...


Public Health Situation Analysis (PHSA) on Hostilities in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) - 09 March 2026

Mar 18, 2026

Reliefweb
Public Health Situation Analysis (PHSA) on Hostilities in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)...

As of February 25, 2026, airstrikes, shelling and gunfire continued across the Gaza Strip, reportedly resulting in civilian casualties and damage to civilian infrastructure. According to the Ministry...


Restoring hope and dignity through psychosocial support

Mar 18, 2026

UNFPA
Restoring hope and dignity through psychosocial support

Asma,* 28, carried the responsibility of caring for her five younger siblings after losing both parents. As the primary caregiver for her five orphaned younger siblings, her life was a relentless...


Middle East Regional Conflict blocking lifesaving aid for nearly half a million children

Mar 18, 2026

Save The Children
Middle East Regional Conflict blocking lifesaving aid for nearly half a million children

The conflict in the Middle East and wider region is obstructing key delivery routes for humanitarian supplies, delaying lifesaving medical shipments for at least 410,000 children in three countries,...


Yemen's dire humanitarian crisis: A manufactured catastrophe intensifies in 2026

Mar 18, 2026

The Week
Yemen's dire humanitarian crisis: A manufactured catastrophe intensifies in 2026

The humanitarian situation in Yemen is described as the world’s most severe manufactured catastrophe, reaching a critical point in 2026. Simultaneously, the ongoing  conflict has gone through...


Voices from Lebanon: Displaced under fire

Mar 18, 2026

MSF
Voices from Lebanon: Displaced under fire

Since the conflict in Lebanon escalated dramatically on March 2, Israel’s intensified airstrikes across the southern region and on the suburbs of Beirut have caused deaths, injuries, and...


WHO allocates US$500,000 to support emergency health response in Iraq

Mar 18, 2026

United Nations Iraq
WHO allocates US$500,000 to support emergency health response in Iraq

The World Health Organization has allocated US$500,000 from its Emergency Contingency Fund to support the health response in Iraq amid the current regional escalation and growing humanitarian health...


Situation Report on the Humanitarian Crisis in Lebanon (10-17 March 2026)

Mar 18, 2026

UNFPA
Situation Report on the Humanitarian Crisis in Lebanon (10-17 March 2026)

Triggered by escalating hostilities across the country, the humanitarian situation in Lebanon continues to deteriorate, resulting in mass displacement and casualties, with women accounting for 20 per...


Strengthening digital health capacities through blended learning

Mar 24, 2026

World Health Organization
Strengthening digital health capacities through blended learning

In many low- and middle-income countries, national digital health teams face a familiar reality: fragmented systems, overlapping applications and growing pressure to support health workers with...


WHO calls for collective action to end tuberculosis

Mar 24, 2026

WHO EMRO
WHO calls for collective action to end tuberculosis

Under the theme of this year’s World Tuberculosis Day (WTBD 2026) – Yes! We can end TB! Led by countries. Powered by people – the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for urgent and...


WHO recommends new diagnostic tools to help end TB

Mar 24, 2026

WHO
WHO recommends new diagnostic tools to help end TB

On World TB Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is urging countries to accelerate action to end tuberculosis (TB) and expand access to lifesaving services by using new innovations such as ...


WHO calls for stronger political commitment, more innovation and decentralized care to end TB

Mar 24, 2026

World Health Organization
WHO calls for stronger political commitment, more innovation and decentralized care to end TB

On World Tuberculosis (TB) Day 2026, the World Health Organization (WHO) in the Western Pacific Region calls for accelerated, country-led action to transform TB care, decentralize services and scale...


Opening Speech by Commissioner Lahbib at the EU Preparedness Conference

Mar 23, 2026

European Commission
Opening Speech by Commissioner Lahbib at the EU Preparedness Conference

One year ago we launched the Preparedness Union Strategy. The idea was simple: Europe must be ready for a more dangerous world. Today that is even clearer because the world around us is more...


ICRC president: War on essential infrastructure is war on civilians; every effort to de-escalate is critical

Mar 23, 2026

International Committee of the Red Cross
ICRC president: War on essential infrastructure is war on civilians; every effort to de-escalate is...

Geneva (ICRC) - The following is a statement from ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric. War on essential infrastructure is war on civilians.   It must stop. Every effort to...


Statement by Ms. Diene Keita, Executive Director, UNFPA on the impact of the escalating conflict in the Middle East

Mar 19, 2026

UNFPA
Statement by Ms. Diene Keita, Executive Director, UNFPA on the impact of the escalating conflict in...

The escalating war in the Middle East is shattering the lives of women and children across the region, with pregnant women and new mothers among the most vulnerable and people displaced and cut off...


Middle East Conflict Set to Drive Up Food and Medicine Costs, Exacerbate Hunger

Mar 18, 2026

Health Policy Watch
Middle East Conflict Set to Drive Up Food and Medicine Costs, Exacerbate Hunger

Following Iranian missile attacks on Dubai,  a major global logistics and humanitarian hub, the World Health Organization is struggling to revive the traffic of medicines and health care supplies in...


Levels and trends in child mortality

Mar 17, 2026

UNICEF
Levels and trends in child mortality

In 2024, the world lost an estimated 4.9 million children before their fifth birthday, alongside 2.1 million deaths among older children, adolescents and youth. Despite decades of progress, the pace...