Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (AFP): Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has announced the suspension of its work in Burkina Faso after two employees were killed in an attack by armed men. “Following the attack in which two of our staff were killed on 8 February in the Boucle du Mouhoun region, we are suspending all our activities […]
ANKARA (AA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) launched an appeal worth $43 million to support the earthquake response in Syria, and Türkiye, WHO Regional Director for Europe has said. “I expect this to at least double over the coming days, as we get a better assessment of the massive scale of this crisis and […]
Dubai, United Arab Emirates — AFP A senior World Health Organization official bemoaned Syria’s “forgotten crisis,” as aid began trickling into rebel-held areas, days after a devastating earthquake. As the WHO prepared to fly medical supplies to Syria from Dubai, Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO’s Health Em...
Badush, Iraq — AFP Despite vaccinating his entire herd against foot-and-mouth disease, Iraqi farmer Saadoun Roumi has lost five of his 15 buffaloes to a variant never before seen in the country. The severe, highly contagious livestock disease has plagued Iraq for decades, but this year’s outbreak has already had a devastating impac...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian Health Ministry on Saturday accused Israel of denying cancer patients the right to medical treatment abroad. “Israel deprives 40 percent of cancer patients in Gaza of their right to medical treatment abroad,” Khaled Thabet, head of the ministry’s oncology department, told Anadolu. “Cancer patients in...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The UN and several international humanitarian agencies have asked the Taliban to expand exceptions for women to work in humanitarian, health and education sectors. UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths traveled to Kabul last week with a delegation including Janti Soeripto (president of Save the Children US), Sofia ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A total of 585 students in Bangladesh committed suicide in 2022, according to a report that has been recently released in Dhaka. Of them, 340 and 106 were school and college students, respectively, 85 were university students and 54 were from madrassahs or Islamic seminaries. The statistics were revealed by the [...
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Qatar on Monday required all travelers from China to present negative COVID-19 tests before entering the country. A statement by the Health Ministry said the new regulation will be applied regardless of the traveler’s vaccination status and that the test must have been taken within 48 hours prior to the departure […]...
ISTANBUL / NEW DELHI (AA) – India launched a probe after authorities in Uzbekistan on Thursday said that 19 children in the country had died because of side effects of a cough syrup manufactured by an Indian pharmaceutical firm. Ajay Kumar Jain, a top official of the Food Safety and Drug Administration Department in India’s […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – China has defended its decision to dump the ‘zero-COVID’ policy as the world’s most populous nation moves to fully open for international travel. Hua Chunying, the spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry, said the country’s “focus” on the COVID-19 response “has shifted from ‘infection prevention’ to ‘health protection a...
