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Health Minister: Over 92% mental health patients in Bangladesh receive no treatment

Jul 14, 2026

Dhaka tribune
Health Minister: Over 92% mental health patients in Bangladesh receive no treatment

Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain yesterday said more than 92% of people suffering from mental health conditions in Bangladesh do not receive any form of...


Spain Allocates €500,000 for Migrant Sexual Health Services in Morocco

Jul 14, 2026

Morocco World News
Spain Allocates €500,000 for Migrant Sexual Health Services in Morocco

Spain’s Agency for International Development Cooperation, known as AECID, has registered a subsidy of nearly €500,000 for a project in Morocco. The grant targets the “reinforcement of access to...


WHO launches an ECHO-funded project to expand lifesaving health and mental health services for Sudanese refugees in southern Libya

Jul 14, 2026

WHO EMRO
WHO launches an ECHO-funded project to expand lifesaving health and mental health services for...

The World Health Organization (WHO), with funding from European Union Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), has launched a new humanitarian health project to close critical gaps in...


Tunisia: Ministry of Health prepares national plan for maternal and newborn care

Jul 13, 2026

Agenzia Nova
Tunisia: Ministry of Health prepares national plan for maternal and newborn care

The Tunisian Ministry of Health is preparing a new national plan to strengthen maternal and neonatal healthcare, aiming to improve the quality of care and achieve the 2030 goals for maternal and...


WHO Warns Cholera Outbreak in Sudan May Worsen Amid War and Rainy Season

Jul 13, 2026

Shia Waves
WHO Warns Cholera Outbreak in Sudan May Worsen Amid War and Rainy Season

The World Health Organization has warned that Sudan’s health situation is deteriorating, saying the cholera outbreak in the country is likely to worsen in the coming period as armed conflict...


Iraq records 270 hemorrhagic fever cases and 17 deaths this year

Jul 13, 2026

عمون
Iraq records 270 hemorrhagic fever cases and 17 deaths this year

 Iraq’s Ministry of Health said Sunday it had recorded 270 laboratory-confirmed cases of hemorrhagic fever and 17 deaths nationwide since the start of 2026. Health Ministry spokesman Saif al-Badr...


To Improve the Performance of the Immunization Program in Libya: World Health Organization Launches Training Workshops for Vaccination Supervisors in Municipalities

Jul 13, 2026

The Libya Update
To Improve the Performance of the Immunization Program in Libya: World Health Organization Launches...

The first national training workshop for vaccination supervisors in Libyan municipalities began Sunday in Tripoli. The workshop is organized through a partnership between the World Health...


Voices from Lebanon’s Frontliners: Reinforcing the Public Health System in Times of Crisis

Jul 13, 2026

EMPHNET
Voices from Lebanon’s Frontliners: Reinforcing the Public Health System in Times of Crisis

Lebanon continues to face complex and overlapping crises that place significant pressure on its public health system, making it increasingly important to continuously voice needs and highlight...


Cholera cases rise in Yemen as fragile healthcare system comes under growing pressure

Jul 12, 2026

Anewz
Cholera cases rise in Yemen as fragile healthcare system comes under growing pressure

Concerns are growing over a renewed cholera outbreak in Yemen, after years of conflict has left the country's healthcare system struggling to cope. Thousands of suspected cases have already been...


UNICEF calls for urgent action as peak wasting season nears and child food and nutrition insecurity puts 3.7 million children in Afghanistan at heightened risk of malnutrition

Jul 12, 2026

UNICEF
UNICEF calls for urgent action as peak wasting season nears and child food and nutrition insecurity...

A new UNICEF report released today highlights that child food and nutrition insecurity is one of the primary drivers putting 3.7 million children under the age of five in Afghanistan at increased...


Health ministry records 72 suspected food poisoning cases in Zarqa

Jul 11, 2026

Jordan News Agency
Health ministry records 72 suspected food poisoning cases in Zarqa

Ministry of Health announced on Saturday that 72 people were treated for suspected food poisoning in the Hashimiya district of Zarqa governorate after eating meals from a local restaurant. The...


Minister of Health: We Are Working to Solve Decades-Old Problems

Jul 11, 2026

Jordan News
Minister of Health: We Are Working to Solve Decades-Old Problems

Minister of Health, Dr. Ibrahim Al-Bdour, confirmed that all feedback and opinions raised will be taken into account with utmost attention. He emphasized that these observations form the essential...


National Community Readiness Programme launched to train one million community responders

Jul 11, 2026

Emirates News Agency
National Community Readiness Programme launched to train one million community responders

The Integrated National Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Programme (Jaheziya) has launched the unified and integrated national programme for community preparedness and response, "Community...


New cholera outbreak alert for Sudan’s war-weary communities

Jul 10, 2026

UN News
New cholera outbreak alert for Sudan’s war-weary communities

    In war-torn Sudan, a deadly new cholera outbreak has already claimed more than 100 lives, heightening...


Funding Shortfalls Force Closure of 150 Health Centers Across Afghanistan

Jul 09, 2026

Tolo News
Funding Shortfalls Force Closure of 150 Health Centers Across Afghanistan

Hanan Balkhy, the World Health Organization's (WHO) Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, says that nearly 150 health centers have been forced to close since the beginning of 2026 due to...


BISP, WFP, WHO, UNICEF extend partnership to protect 3.3 million children and women from malnutrition in Pakistan

Jul 09, 2026

World Food Program
BISP, WFP, WHO, UNICEF extend partnership to protect 3.3 million children and women from...

Pakistan’s Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), together with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization...


WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean calls for US$ 6.42 million to sustain health and nutrition services across Somalia, Sudan and Djibouti

Jul 09, 2026

WHO EMRO
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean calls for US$ 6.42 million to sustain health and...

The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean is urgently appealing for US$ 6.42 million to sustain lifesaving health and nutrition interventions across Somalia,...


WHO supports countries to accelerate national action to defeat meningitis in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Jul 09, 2026

WHO
WHO supports countries to accelerate national action to defeat meningitis in the Eastern...

 Countries across the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region moved to accelerate action against meningitis and advance national plans to strengthen prevention, surveillance,...


A country that made huge progress on measles now reports 120,000 cases

Jul 09, 2026

BBC
A country that made huge progress on measles now reports 120,000 cases

"I have never seen an outbreak this huge," says paediatrician Dr Mohammed Golam Mawla, as we look around a measles ward in the Bangladeshi city of Mymensingh. Until March this year, Bangladesh had...


WHO high-level visit to Afghanistan highlights urgent need to eradicate polio while protecting essential health services

Jul 09, 2026

WHO EMRO
WHO high-level visit to Afghanistan highlights urgent need to eradicate polio while protecting...

Dr Hanan Balkhy, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, has concluded a high-level visit to Afghanistan as part of a mission of the Polio Oversight Board. Dr...


€5.5 million grant from Spain to strengthen Jordan's primary healthcare services

Jul 07, 2026

Ammon News
€5.5 million grant from Spain to strengthen Jordan's primary healthcare services

Jordan and Spain on Tuesday launched the "Reayah 2" project under a €5.5 million grant to strengthen primary healthcare services and support Jordan's efforts to further develop its healthcare...


With support from Japan, UNHCR sustains critical assistance for refugees in Jordan

Jul 07, 2026

UNHCR
With support from Japan, UNHCR sustains critical assistance for refugees in Jordan

The Government of Japan has reaffirmed its continued support to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in Jordan, helping sustain critical protection, health, and basic needs assistance for refugees amid...


World Health Assembly Global Parliamentary Forum: from commitment to action on the WHO Pandemic Agreement and sustainable financing for health

Jul 07, 2026

WHO
World Health Assembly Global Parliamentary Forum: from commitment to action on the WHO Pandemic...

Parliamentarians, Member State representatives, civil society and partners convened at the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly Global Parliamentary Forum to strengthen parliamentary leadership in...


Connecting care: transforming health for Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar

Jul 07, 2026

World Health Organization
Connecting care: transforming health for Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar

Integrated mental health and noncommunicable disease services in Cox’s Bazar are improving care and offering lessons for humanitarian settings worldwide. After several visits to a primary health...


UNICEF Reaches Millions with Health Services Across Afghanistan Amid Deepening Crisis

Jul 07, 2026

Kabul Now
UNICEF Reaches Millions with Health Services Across Afghanistan Amid Deepening Crisis

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has enabled more than 6.5 million people across Afghanistan to access essential healthcare services by supporting local medical facilities, the agency...


GPEI leadership in endemic countries:  polio eradication and strengthening health systems go hand in hand

Jul 14, 2026

Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI)
GPEI leadership in endemic countries: polio eradication and strengthening health systems go hand...

Last week, the Polio Oversight Board (POB) of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) met with programme and public health leaders in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.  Leaders from partners...


Global childhood immunization coverage inches forward despite conflict and hesitancy – UNICEF, WHO

Jul 14, 2026

UNICEF
Global childhood immunization coverage inches forward despite conflict and hesitancy – UNICEF, WHO

 In 2025, 90 per cent of infants globally – or nearly 116 million – received at least one dose of a diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP) vaccine, and 85 per cent – or...


El Salvador validated by WHO as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem

Jul 13, 2026

WHO
El Salvador validated by WHO as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated El Salvador as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Trachoma is the world's leading infectious cause of blindness. "I congratulate...


2016 - 2026: 10 Years of attacks against healthcare - The experience of Médecins du Monde France

Jul 12, 2026

Médecins du Monde
2016 - 2026: 10 Years of attacks against healthcare - The experience of Médecins du Monde France

Between 2016 and 2026, Médecins du Monde France (MdM) documented 223 attacks on healthcare affecting its international operations, out of more than 1,000 incidents reported across all our programmes...


WHO warns Congo Ebola outbreak may be up to four times larger than official figures

Jul 11, 2026

Emirates News Agency
WHO warns Congo Ebola outbreak may be up to four times larger than official figures

  The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the actual scale of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could be between two and four times greater than official...


The WHO Civil Society Commission reshapes priorities at the World Health Assembly

Jul 10, 2026

World Health Organization
The WHO Civil Society Commission reshapes priorities at the World Health Assembly

At the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly, the WHO Civil Society Commission demonstrated how structured engagement can translate diverse civil society perspectives into coordinated priorities that...


DRC: As Ebola continues to spread, trial will evaluate promising therapies

Jul 08, 2026

Emirates News Agency
DRC: As Ebola continues to spread, trial will evaluate promising therapies

The outbreak of the deadly Bundibugyo species of Ebola in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is expanding, while the push to accelerate testing and identify effective treatment...


WHO calls for urgent action as new cancer cases are projected to nearly double by 2050

Jul 08, 2026

WHO
WHO calls for urgent action as new cancer cases are projected to nearly double by 2050

Millions of people are facing physical, emotional and financial toll of cancer, a disease that claims more than 26 000 lives every day, according to a report released today by the World Health...