ISTANBUL (AA) – The WHO chief has warned about the escalating crisis in northern Gaza, noting that a famine is imminent there. “Deeply alarming,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X, referring to new findings from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). The data, he noted, indicates that “ther...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has released alarming data showing tuberculosis (TB) once again ranking as the world’s deadliest infectious disease. According to the latest WHO report, approximately 8.2 million people were diagnosed with TB in 2023. “This represents a notable increase from 7.5 million re...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Gaza Health Ministry has announced that the Israeli army detained medical staff, as well as injured patients, at the Kamal Adwan Hospital, which was stormed by Israeli forces on Friday amid an ongoing 22-day offensive. In a statement, the ministry said: “The Israeli occupation forces have detained all male...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – United Nations agencies have postponed a polio vaccination campaign for Palestinian children in the northern Gaza Strip because of a deadly Israeli onslaught. The World Health Organization (WHO) said Gaza’s Health Ministry and UN partners “were compelled to postpone the polio vaccination campaign in northern Gaza” d...
GENEVA (AA) – The World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief has said that the UN agency has approved the first monkeypox in vitro diagnostic (IVD) test for emergency use. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’ announcement came on X, as the global demand for monkeypox testing increased due to ongoing outbreaks in some countries, particularly in...
Hospitals in Lebanon are “overwhelmed” with the large number of injured patients amid Israel’s ongoing attacks on the country. Head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Ghebreyesus wrote on X: “The death toll in #Lebanon is rising, and hospitals are overwhelmed with the influx of injured patients. The health system has be...
The reduction of United Nations support for healthcare institutions in northwestern Syria’s Idlib has put the region’s health sector at serious risk of collapse. Dozens of hospitals and clinics in Idlib have been sustained through the support provided by intermediary organizations backed by the UN. The UN’s World Health Organizatio...
GENEVA (AA) – More than 560,000 children in Gaza were vaccinated against polio in the first round, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief says. “Over 560,000 children aged below ten years of age were vaccinated against polio during the first round of an emergency vaccination campaign in Gaza, which was completed yesterday,”...
ISTANBUL (AA) – World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday that 97 patients and critically wounded people from the Gaza Strip were evacuated for treatment to Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). “WHO, in collaboration with the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and p...
GENEVA (AA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) chief has said that the first phase of polio vaccination in central Gaza is complete, with more than 187,000 children vaccinated. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X that the number of vaccinated children is “well over” the target of 156,500. “Four fixed sites will cont...
