Derna, Libya – AFP The UN has warned that disease outbreaks could bring “a second devastating crisis” to Libya a week after a massive flash flood devastated the coastal city of Derna, sweeping thousands to their deaths. Local officials, aid agencies and the World Health Organization “are concerned about the risk of dise...
GENEVA (AA) – Providing shelter, food, and medical supplies to people in Libya and Morocco who survived two massive lethal natural disasters is the top priority, the UN’s humanitarian affairs chief has said. Speaking at a UN press conference about the earthquake that struck Morocco on September 8 and the devastating floods in Libya on [&...
Asni, Morocco — AFP When Moroccan earthquake survivor Khadija Temera was sent to a psychiatrist on Tuesday, she was just one of a hundred newly traumatised patients who would be seen within 24 hours. The powerful quake last Friday killed more than 2,900 people, most of them in remote villages of the High Atlas Mountains. […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – At least 342 people died of dengue this August, the deadliest month ever in Bangladesh since the health authorities started recording dengue cases in 2000. On the last day of August, the country reported 17 deaths due to dengue, including 16 in the capital Dhaka, according to the Directorate General of […]
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – At least 413 children died from measles in war-torn Yemen in seven months, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. “As of 31 July this year, the number of suspected cases of measles and rubella in Yemen has reached almost 34,300 cases and 413 deaths, compared to 27,000 cases and […]
