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Iraq’s Minister of Health, Salih Al-Hasnawi, confirmed today, Saturday (December 13, 2025), that Iraq, as a founding nation and key pillar of the Arab Board of Health Specializations, is working to...

Minister of Health Dr. Ahmed Al-Awadhi received the United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Kuwait, Lord Ian McNicol, in the presence of Assistant Undersecretary for External Health Services Dr. Hisham...

Leaders from across the world at the Eightieth United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) have adopted the political declaration to combat noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health challenges...

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) organised a Mental Health Forum in collaboration with the Mental Health Friends Association "Weyak", as part of efforts to raise public awareness of mental health...

The United Nations and Taliban officials have emphasized the need to strengthen tuberculosis (TB) prevention and treatment services in Afghanistan, according to a statement from the country’s...

Ibrahim al-Badour, Minister of Health and Vice President of the Supreme Council for the Arab Board of Health Specialties, confirmed Jordan's continued welcome to host and establish the headquarters...

Saudi Arabia is solidifying its leading position in international health as data from the World Health Organization and the World Bank show a significant acceleration in the Kingdom's Universal...

WHO convened a high-level technical consultation to present a draft of the Bangladesh Universal Health Coverage Roadmap 2026-2035.  Bangladesh has made remarkable progress in public health over the...

After more than 14 years of war, in December 2024 the government of former Syrian leader Bashar Al al-Assad fell, leaving large-scale destruction, massive displacement, economic hardship, and...

 In the pediatric oncology ward of Aleppo University Hospital, nurse Nour Al-Huda Al-Yazji moves quietly between beds, checking IV lines, adjusting doses and bending down to catch the shy smiles of...

The World Health Organization (WHO), with funding from the Government of the United Kingdom, launched Egypt’s second national training-of-trainers (ToT) programme on mass casualty management (MCM)...

The first cohort of Egypt’s Field Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP) specialized in vector control – the first of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa – has graduated. The...

Last week in Amman, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Health Emergencies Programme (WHE) convened the Region’s first workshop to launch the All-Hazards Information Management (AIM)...

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) organised a national symposium on the management of public health emergencies, preparedness, and response, with the aim of strengthening cooperation and expertise...

The Ministry of Health announced that the State of Kuwait has advanced in the World Health Organization's (WHO) 2025 immunization program performance index for the eastern Mediterranean region,...

As winter sets in and temperatures drop, seasonal illnesses are drawing increased concern due to favorable conditions for viral transmission.Doctors speaking to the Jordan News Agency (Petra)...

Fifty million children countrywide were offered the typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) during the November campaign, which marked that jab's introduction into the national immunisation schedule. “My...

Afghanistan’s health sector continues to face mounting pressure as humanitarian organizations respond to rising disease outbreaks, large-scale population movements, and the lingering impact of...

The World Health Organization has urged that all people in Afghanistan have access to healthcare, warning restrictions on women’s medical services violate basic human rights.The World Health...

 People in South Sudan are facing a deteriorating humanitarian situation, while at the same time international interest and support continue to decline, says a new Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)...

Iran’s Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raisi said more than 170,000 people have gone to emergency wards since the start of December because of heart and respiratory problems caused by air pollution,...

Afghanistan faces major challenges in healthcare access due to decades of conflict, geographic isolation, and limited infrastructure. Telemedicine presents a promising solution to bridge these gaps...