GENEVA (AA) – The head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said Wednesday she is “horrified” by an attack on a maternity hospital in Mariupol. “We do not yet know the number of casualties but fear the worst,” said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. “This attack, if confirmed, underscores...
U.S. biotechnology company Moderna plans to invest more than $500 million in a vaccine and drug manufacturing facility in Kenya. Leaders of the African nation signed a memorandum of understanding with Moderna on Monday in the capital Nairobi. The new facility will help address the problem of vaccine inequity experienced across Africa. Kenyan P...
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree Tuesday providing for free menstrual supplies for low-income women and girls. The far-right leader signed the executive order at a ceremony for International Women’s Day. The new decree will be funded by a budget of $26 million reaching an estimated 3.6 million people, according to the h...
MARIUPOL – AA: A children’s hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol has been destroyed by Russian air strikes, local officials announced on Wednesday. The Mariupol city council said the Russian forces dropped several bombs and shared a photo on Telegram of the site where one of the bombs was dropped. No casualties have been [&he...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China has asked Washington to release “relevant details as soon as possible” regarding alleged US biological laboratories in Ukraine. “According to the data released by the US itself, the US has 26 biological laboratories and other related facilities in Ukraine which has indeed attracted great attention,” Foreign Ministry...
GENEVA- The WHO head in Europe has said that 16 attacks on Ukrainian health facilities have been confirmed since Russia attacked it. “To date, we have 16 confirmed reports of attacks on health facilities in Ukraine, and more are being verified,” Hans Kluge told a news conference. “WHO strongly condemns these attacks on health...
Yemen has seen a significant number of infectious diseases in various regions as the ongoing war has had a negative impact on the health sector. Health facilities are overcrowded with patients ravaged by various epidemics. Among the most prominent diseases currently prevalent in Yemen are dengue and viral fever. The continuing coronavirus outb...
NEW DELHI – On World Obesity Day, experts revealed that India has the world’s second-largest obese population among children under five years of age. Dr. J S Thakur, professor at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, said India is facing issues of both malnutrition as well as overnutrition. ...
GENEVA (AA) – The prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by 25% in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the WHO has reported. A WHO report highlights those most affected by the pandemic and found that people with more severe mental disorders, such as psychoses, and young people with mental disorders, were particularly at [&he...
GENEVA (AA) – The World Health Organization has expressed serious concern over reports of attacks on medical facilities and health workers in Ukraine. “WHO is deeply concerned about the unfolding humanitarian emergency in Ukraine,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a webinar. He said the agency has received several reports of ...
