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The dual-rotor helicopter touching down on Fada N鈥檊ourma鈥檚 dusty airstrip is a game changer for the hungry communities in eastern Burkina Faso.
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UN Secretary-General Ant贸nio Guterres called on Friday for warring parties in Gaza to lay down their arms so that humanitarians can safely vaccinate more than half a million children against polio.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting African countries to scale up response to curb mpox, which is now an international global health emergency.
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The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the rise in mpox cases constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), following advice from members at Wednesday鈥檚 International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency Committee meeting.
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One in five children 鈥 or 466 million 鈥 live in areas that experience at least double the number of extremely hot days every year compared with their grandparents鈥 generation, according to a new UNICEF analysis released on Wednesday.
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The risk of polio spreading in Gaza remains high unless there is an urgent and comprehensive response to the serious health threat, UN humanitarians said on Wednesday.
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Mpox has been confirmed in Burundi, one of four countries in Eastern Africa where the disease has surfaced for the first time, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, as the continent's top health body declared a public health emergency.
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The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday raised the response to the mpox outbreak in over a dozen African countries to the highest level, mobilizing efforts across the agency.
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The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) called for an emergency meeting on mpox following its spread outside the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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Recent developments in Gaza, the wider Middle East, and Sudan, have highlighted the complexities of emergencies in the World Health Organization鈥檚 (WHO) vast Eastern Mediterranean region, officials from the UN agency said during a virtual media briefing on Wednesday.
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COVID-19 infections are surging worldwide - including at the Olympics - and are unlikely to decline anytime soon, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday.
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The heads of the UN Children鈥檚 Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have called for greater access to breastfeeding support to both reduce health inequity and ensure mothers and babies can survive and thrive.
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The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday strongly denounced the increasing attacks on healthcare facilities in Sudan, reporting over 20 such incidents in the last two months.
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Senior UN officials on Friday reiterated the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza, and escalating threat to aid workers, urging immediate action prevent further deterioration.
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The UN health agency said on Friday that it is sending more than a million polio vaccines to Gaza after the discovery of the highly infectious disease in sewage samples.
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It seems that Europeans don鈥檛 want to give up booze. A UN World Health Organization (WHO) report has found that nothing has changed in the continent鈥檚 drinking habits. Despite the health risks, Europeans consume an average of 9.2 litres of pure alcohol a year - making them the world鈥檚 biggest drinkers.
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The head of the UN Children鈥檚 Fund (UNICEF) appealed on Wednesday for an immediate improvement in the security situation in Gaza, where dangerous operating conditions and attacks against humanitarian workers continue to hamper aid delivery to communities in need.
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Soaring summer temperatures in Europe and Central Asia are killing nearly 400 children a year according to new analysis of the latest available data by the UN Children鈥檚 Fund (UNICEF) released on Wednesday.
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