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Pakistan Launches Polio Vaccination Campaign

Sep 01, 2026

Oman News Agency
Pakistan Launches Polio Vaccination Campaign

Pakistan has launched a polio vaccination campaign today in the province of Balochistan, as part of ongoing national efforts to eradicate the virus. According to Radio Pakistan, the campaign targets...


Yemen’s newly launched National Health Strategy 2026–2030 aims to build a resilient, equitable and sustainable health system

Aug 30, 2026

WHO EMRO
Yemen’s newly launched National Health Strategy 2026–2030 aims to build a resilient, equitable...

 The Ministry of Public Health and Population (MoPHP) has launched Yemen's National Health Strategy (NHS) 2026–2030, a unified roadmap to guide the development of the country's health sector...


Yemen: Malnourished children are reaching hospitals in critical condition

Aug 28, 2026

MSF
Yemen: Malnourished children are reaching hospitals in critical condition

After more than a decade of conflict and economic decline, children across Yemen continue to face alarming levels of malnutrition. At the same time, sweeping humanitarian funding cuts —...


Children return to Gaza after medical treatment in Jordanian hospitals

Aug 26, 2026

Arab News
Children return to Gaza after medical treatment in Jordanian hospitals

Jordanian authorities on Wednesday announced the return of 20 Palestinian children with 48 family members to the Gaza Strip after they received treatment in Jordanian hospitals as part of the...


At least 14 infants killed in Islamabad hospital fire

Aug 26, 2026

Reuters
At least 14 infants killed in Islamabad hospital fire

At least 14 infants were killed in a fire at a state-run hospital in Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Wednesday, the prime minister said, with the health minister attributing the tragedy to a blast in...


WHO Extends Global Polio Emergency as Afghanistan and Pakistan Remain Endemic

Aug 26, 2026

The Kabul Tribune
WHO Extends Global Polio Emergency as Afghanistan and Pakistan Remain Endemic

The World Health Organization has extended for another three months its declaration that the international spread of poliovirus remains a public health emergency of international concern, warning...


SYRIA Violence Against Health Care in Conflict

Aug 25, 2026

Insecurity Insight
SYRIA Violence Against Health Care in Conflict

Using data collected by Insecurity Insight, the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) identified 74 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in Syria in 2025. Among the...


Morocco’s Emerging Soft Power in Africa’s Health Diplomacy

Aug 25, 2026

Morocco World News
Morocco’s Emerging Soft Power in Africa’s Health Diplomacy

Health has become an increasingly strategic component of international relations. Pandemic preparedness, access to medicines, pharmaceutical supply chains, health data, biotechnology and medical...


KCC intensifies anti-dengue drive, launches free medical camps

Aug 25, 2026

BSS News
KCC intensifies anti-dengue drive, launches free medical camps

Khulna City Corporation (KCC) has intensified its anti-dengue campaign, launching enhanced cleanliness and mosquito-control operations alongside free medical camps to protect city residents from the...


WHO moves to expand access to lifesaving sickle cell treatment and care for children

Sep 01, 2026

WHO
WHO moves to expand access to lifesaving sickle cell treatment and care for children

Sickle cell disease contributed to an estimated 81 100 deaths among children under five in 2021. WHO is working to close that gap, pairing updated clinical guidance with new efforts to make...


Global action plan on rare diseases – process and next steps

Aug 31, 2026

WHO
Global action plan on rare diseases – process and next steps

Rare diseases affect millions of people globally and are often complex, involving multiple organ groups and resulting in disabilities and premature death. Many people living with a rare disease...


Africa tobacco growing increases despite global decline

Aug 31, 2026

WHO
Africa tobacco growing increases despite global decline

New WHO analysis shows tobacco-leaf production continues to rise in Africa while global production falls, raising concerns for health, farmer livelihoods, the environment and sustainable...


Ebola spreads to two new zones in DRC

Aug 29, 2026

Emirates News Agency
Ebola spreads to two new zones in DRC

The fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak in history has reached two new health zones in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with a total of 60 areas now affected, according to the latest...


DR Congo launches Ebola vaccination campaign

Aug 28, 2026

Emirates News Agency
DR Congo launches Ebola vaccination campaign

  The Democratic Republic of the Congo began vaccinating people against Ebola on Thursday as health authorities work to slow the deadliest outbreak of the disease recorded in the...


Second meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee on the epidemic of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – Meeting report

Aug 28, 2026

WHO
Second meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee on the epidemic of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in...

The Director-General (DG) of the World Health Organization (WHO) is hereby transmitting the report of the second meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee...


Statement of the Forty-fifth Meeting of the Polio IHR Emergency Committee

Aug 27, 2026

WHO
Statement of the Forty-fifth Meeting of the Polio IHR Emergency Committee

The 45th meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (IHR or Regulations) on the international spread of poliovirus was convened by the WHO Director-General on 14...


People, animals, plants, ecosystems: making the case for investing in One Health

Aug 25, 2026

WHO
People, animals, plants, ecosystems: making the case for investing in One Health

The economic costs from zoonotic and other infectious diseases run into billions of US dollars annually.   And according to World Bank estimates, antimicrobial resistance could lead to a loss of...


WHO says Ebola outbreak in Uganda over, as cases continue to rise in Congo

Aug 25, 2026

Emirates News Agency
WHO says Ebola outbreak in Uganda over, as cases continue to rise in Congo

The World Health Organisation confirmed Wednesday that the Ebola outbreak in Uganda has officially ended, while cautioning that transmission remains active in the neighboring Democratic Republic of...