Sudan: Cholera deaths reach thousands since July 2024
A report by the Ministry of Health reported that Sudan was hit with a staggering 91,034 cholera cases, resulting in...
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Over a thousand cholera cases recorded in Sudan in past week
Sudan’s Ministry of health revealed that a total of 1,307 new cholera cases, including 18 deaths, were recorded across the...
UN: Israel’s Gaza displacement orders block clean water access
The spokesperson for the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on July 21st that Israel's expulsion orders in Gaza are...
Surgeon says Gaza patients die from wounds because of starvation
In Gaza, wounds and infections are causing hospital patients to die because they are also experiencing starvation, according to a...
New vaccine shows promise as cholera spreads across Sudan
Fatality rates in Sudan are expected to soar as cholera continues to plague the country. The crisis is expected to...
US funding for HIV programs disappeared overnight
Decades of US funding into AIDS programs have significantly reduced the number of HIV deaths, yet the recent cuts to...
Funding cuts jeopardise HIV research in South Africa
South African scientists, at the University of Witwatersran, are developing HIV vaccines that could help change the trajectory of the...
Devastating flash flood kill 120 in the US
Flash floods in Texas, United States, has left residents in shock and grief as a minimum of 120 are said...
As Somalia’s hunger crisis deepens, UN warns aid is drying up
An estimated 4.6 million Somalis currently face food insecurity, with aid funds dwindling and healthcare deteriorating. UN spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric,...
Egypt blaze kills four and injures 27
A blaze in Egypt has resulted in a minimum of four people being killed and 27 injured following a fire...
Red Cross pulls out of Niger following government orders
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has ceased operations in Niger at the request of its government, reports...
Turkey shuts livestock markets amid disease outbreak
Turkey has shut down all livestock markets and related venues as it battles a fast-spreading strain of foot-and-mouth disease that...
UNAIDS chief warns: ‘The crisis is real’ amid threats to funding
Decades of progress in the world's struggle against AIDS could be at risk, with funding gaps widening and deaths increasing,...
Hospital in Gaza forced to cancel dialysis due to fuel crisis
At least 350 of Gaza's kidney failure patients are on the verge of death as the Strip’s biggest medical complex...
Tunisia’s economic plan fuels pollution despite public health concerns
Tunisia's economic concerns have led to plans to expand fertiliser production at the Gabes phosphate plant, despite long-standing health concerns,...
