Riffat, Saira, Shaheen, and Naheed are 4 of the 49 000 health workers trained with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) who implemented Pakistan's first-ever human papillomavirus (HPV)...
- The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) in collaboration with national partners, has published the findings of the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2024-2025, presented a comprehensive...
At the invitation of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), the 24th Chinese Peacekeeping Level One Plus Hospital to UNIFIL dispatched medical personnel to the southern border area of...
Egypt’s influenza season began about three weeks earlier than usual, but the spread of the virus is now slowing, the Ministry of Health and Population said on Monday, citing nationwide...
UNICEF, working alongside the Government of the United Kingdom via the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), and closely collaborating with the South Sudan Ministry of Health, has...
The Qatar Red Crescent has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Syria’s healthcare sector by implementing a series of humanitarian interventions aimed at assisting amputees and providing cancer...
Syria’s Ministry of Health made significant strides in rehabilitating its healthcare system, restoring damaged facilities, and implementing a comprehensive national health strategy. The ministry...
Syria’s Ministry of Health signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday with the UAE-based Jaheziya Foundation to launch a joint medical preparedness initiative aimed at strengthening...
When a 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Kunar Province in the middle of the night in September 2025, WHO-supported polio workers were among the first responders. As soon as the shaking stopped, they...
According to the December humanitarian update from aid coordination office, OCHA, Yemen’s 2025 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan is just 25 per cent funded, forcing agencies to scale back...
Abstract Introduction The 2023-2024 Israeli-Lebanese war has inflicted widespread trauma. On the front line, healthcare workers (HCWs) face psychological stressors, yet their mental health has...
Minister of Health, Mohammed Al-Ghoj says urgent steps are being taken to improve readiness and raise the quality of services at hospitals in the capital, Tripoli. Â Al-Ghoj made the announcement...
The Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) will conduct nationwide awareness activities to address the growing risk of thalassemia in Bangladesh. The initiatives will be carried out under PKSF’s...
Health officials today said they recorded 69 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts in the past 24 hours. "We recorded 69 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts in 24 hours ending at 8 am today," a spokesman of...
The rate of aging in Iran is growing faster than the global average, so that the country will be among the oldest countries in the world in 25 years, the head of the Welfare Organization has...
As Bangladesh enters 2026, the country’s public health system finds itself facing a familiar yet worsening reality. Each year, new challenges emerge, but some crises no longer arrive as isolated...
It was in the middle of a cold November night when a knock sounded at the door. “My wife is giving birth. Could you take her to the hospital? We can't go out. If we leave our home, the police...
Israel’s threat to withhold registration from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and other international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) is a cynical and calculated attempt to prevent...
The Director of Medical Relief in Gaza, Dr. Bassam Zaqout, warned of serious concerns over the possible emergence of a new epidemic in the Strip, amid a sharp deterioration in health and...
Abstract Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global public health threat, largely driven by inappropriate antibiotic use. Low- and middle-income countries are disproportionately...
As Morocco’s health sector faces ongoing unrest, Health and Social Protection Minister Amine Tahraoui presented in parliament the government’s plan to extend Territorial Health Groups (GST)...
Health authorities are warning of yet another potential health threat in Gaza: leptospirosis. Dr. Bassam Zaqout says widespread flooding and lack of basic sanitation make the devastated strip a...
On a cloudy early morning in Afghanistan’s Laghman province, Dr Arsala set out for Alingar—a rugged, mountain-wrapped district he had visited many times before. After 12 years as a Provincial...
The House of Representatives’ Health and Environment Committee discussed ways to enhance public health emergency response. This occurred during a workshop on “Responding to Public Health...
ALGIERS - The President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, affirmed Tuesday in Algiers the State's determination to continue reforms and implement development programs, underscoring that...
Years of conflict, economic collapse, and climate shocks have pushed essential services in Yemen to the brink, leaving millions of women and girls acutely vulnerable. Since April 2024, a vital...
UNICEF is deeply saddened by the preventable tragic death of Ata Mai, a seven-year-old boy, who drowned on 27 December during severe flooding in an improvised camp for internally displaced people in...
Leading medical groups in the United States have raised alarm after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under President Donald Trump took the unprecedented step of cutting the number...
A novel protein molecule engineered to combat insulin resistance has been developed by an international research consortium. The molecule, designated "Aap2," has shown high efficacy in suppressing...
UNDRR’s Regional Office for Arab States (ROAS) participated in a one-day regional reflection meeting in Amman marking the culmination of the two-year programme, “Harnessing Synergies between...
Human papillomavirus is the most common viral sexually transmitted infection worldwide and affects individuals of all ages and both sexes. It is also the most preventable cause of cervical cancer....
Researchers say measures to extend school meal coverage from the current level of about one in five children to all children worldwide could reduce the overall prevalence of undernourishment by...
A research team from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has pioneered a new therapeutic strategy designed to combat rare and aggressive T-cell lymphocytic blood cancers, which often...