Nigeria’s polio response rests in the hands of women
Nigeria has seen sporadic outbreaks of polio. Due to a combination of cultural, religious and safety reasons, Nigeria’s polio response...
Health
Kenya eliminates sleeping sickness as public health problem
Kenya has officially eliminated sleeping sickness as a public health concern, as announced by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on...
At least 63 died of starvation in Sudan’s besieged city of El-Fasher
At least 63 people, the majority being women and children, died of starvation within a week in the Sudanese city...
UN agency warns of child malnutrition spike in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is experiencing its sharpest increase in child malnutrition, the World Food Program said on August 4th, warning that the...
Liver cancer cases rising due to preventable factors
A report published by The Lancet has found that three out of five liver cancer cases worldwide are linked to...
Sudan strained from cholera outbreak in Darfur, UNICEF reports
On July 3rd, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) reported that across the five states that make up...
UNICEF warns cholera threatens 80,000 children across Africa
UNICEF has raised the alarm over a growing cholera threat in Central and West Africa, warning that an estimated 80,000...
Airport bombing in Yemen prompts depleting medicine stocks
Sanaa in Yemen as well as other cities in the country are facing a severe lack of medicine, because of...
Several Egyptian aid trucks enter Gaza as famine sets in
Several Egyptian aid trucks carrying crucial humanitarian supplies entered Gaza through the Karm Abu Salem crossing on the Rafah border,...
Tunisia juggles high obesity rates and food insecurity
The World Bank is addressing food insecurity in Tunisia. Tunisia has received a $130 million loan to support the nation...
UNRWA: One in five Gaza City children are malnourished
One in five Gaza City children are malnourished, with cases rising day by day, according to the UN's Palestinian refugee...
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...
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...
