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African Union and World Health Organization renew strategic partnership to drive impact and strengthen health systems in Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the African Union (AU) Commission renewed their longstanding strategic partnership today with the signing of an updated Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the sidelines of the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva. This renewed agreement reaffirms the joint commitment to advancing health security, universal health coverage, and sustainable development across the African...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:
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Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly โ Daily update: 24 May 2025
First-ever rare diseases resolution underscores equity and inclusionMember States today adopted a landmark resolution declaring rare diseases a global health priority in an effort to ensure that no patients are left behind.The Resolution recognizes that over 300 million people globally live with one of more than 7000 rare diseases, most of which begin in childhood and can lead to significant physical, emotional, and...
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Thousands flee homes in Mozambique as conflict and disasters fuel worsening crisis
More than 25,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in northern Mozambique in recent weeks, as conflict and a series of disasters fuel a worsening humanitarian crisis โ one that risks deepening as vital relief operations face a severe funding shortfall.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly โ Daily update: 23 May 2025
New guideline calls for improved global access to controlled medicinesThe World Health Organization (WHO) has released a rapid communication outlining its new guideline on balanced national policies for controlled medicines. The guideline was officially presented during a high-level side event at the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly. It is designed to support countries in ensuring safe, equitable and affordable...
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:UN rights chief calls on South Sudanโs warring parties to end renewed fighting
The UN on Friday warned of further deterioration in the human rights situation in South Sudan amid an uptick in hostilities, arbitrary arrests and hate speech since February.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Aid teams highlight growing anxiety in Gaza after food is looted
Long-awaited food supplies have been looted in Gaza overnight while being transported to desperate communities in the war-torn enclave, UN aid teams reported on Friday.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:โA silent crisisโ: Obstetric fistula affects 500,000 women, yet itโs fully treatable
Five days โ that is how long it took Dah, a 14-year-old prospective mother from Cรดte dโIvoire, to give birth. The child was stillborn and she developed obstetric fistula.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Syrians face staggering needs amid insecurity and healthcare crisis
Millions of people in Syria continue to face mortal danger from unexploded munitions, disease and malnutrition and more international support is urgently required, senior UN aid officials said on Friday.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:UNHCR underscores plight of Rohingya refugees amid alarming reports
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Friday released astatement expressing grave concern over reports that two boats carrying Rohingya refugees sank off the coast of Myanmar earlier this month, with an estimated 427 people dead.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Guterres calls on Israel to accept UNโs โdetailed, principledโ aid plan for Gaza
The UN Secretary-General on Friday outlined a five-stage plan to provide lifesaving aid to the stricken population of Gaza, making clear the organization will not take part in any scheme that fails to respect international law or basic humanitarian principles.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Diplomats prepare ground for June conference on two-State solution for Israel and Palestine
Diplomats convened at UN Headquarters in New York on Friday to lay the groundwork for a crucial international conference in June, aimed at advancing global efforts towards achieving a two-State solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Public health champions honoured for work โbeyond the call of normal dutyโ
Some patients are easy to diagnose. They walk into a clinic and explain their symptoms. They can afford to pay for healthcare and access it seamlessly.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Escalating violence drives food crisis across eastern DR Congo, warns WFP
As violence intensifies in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Food Programme (WFP)warned Friday that food insecurity is worsening both within the country and in neighbouring States, where 140,000 Congolese have fled since January.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Health system at breaking point as hostilities further intensify in Gaza, WHO warns
Israelโs intensified military operations continue to threaten an already weakened health system, amidst worsening mass population displacement and acute shortages of food, water, medical supplies, fuel and shelter. Four major hospitals in Gaza (Kamal Adwan Hospital, Indonesia Hospital, Hamad Hospital for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics, and European Gaza Hospital) have had to suspend medical services in the past week...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly โ Daily update: 22 May 2025
Health progress despite financial challenges Thursdayโs Committee B noted the Results Report 2024, and the financing and implementation of the Programme budget 2024โ2025. Member States commended the transparency, and the level of detail provided. At the same time, Member States noted with concern that while some important achievements have been realized, progress is insufficient in reaching the SDG targets. In...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:All eyes on Gaza as aid teams retrieve first lifesaving relief in months
UN agencies in Gaza confirmed on Thursday that desperately needed aid has finally arrived at warehouses inside the enclave after an 11-week blockade by Israeli authorities.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:World News in Brief: UK cedes sovereignty over Chagos Islands, suffering in Sudan deepens, UN releases new emergency relief funds
The United Kingdom agreed to cede its control over the Chagos Islands to the Republic of Mauritius in an agreement signed between the two countries on Thursday.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Civilians โtrapped and terrorisedโ: UN sounds alarm over collapse of critical protections
With more than 36,000 civilian deaths recorded in conflict zones in 2024 and sexual violence surging, senior UN officials warn that the international framework designed to protect civilians is collapsing.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Gaza: Strikes on houses and tents responsible for over half of deaths this week
More than half the people killed in Gaza over the past week were in shelters and residential buildings, the UN human rights office OHCHR said on Thursday.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Kenya: Refugees facing โlowest everโ emergency food rations amid funding crisis
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Thursday that it has been forced to cut food aid to unprecedented lows in Kenyaโs sprawling refugee camps, as a result of severe funding shortages.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Guterres strongly condemns killing of Israeli diplomats in US capital
UN Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres has strongly condemned the โappalling killingโ of two Israeli embassy officials in the United States capital, stressing that โnothing can justify such a horrific act,โ his Spokesperson said in a statement on Thursday.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Ambassadors debate safety of civilians with 36,000 lives lost during conflict last year
We're live as the Security Council convenes for its annual open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, with the UN relief chief and the head of UN Women calling for urgent action to safeguard lives โespecially those of women and girls caught in the crossfire. Non-combatants in Gaza, Lebanon, Myanmar, Sudan and Ukraine are among the hardest-hit. Mobile app users can follow here.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly โ Daily update: 21 May 2025
A โhealth financing emergencyโ must drive country-led, data-driven solutionsMinisters from multiple countries hit by the abrupt cuts in external funding for health agreed on the urgent need for country-owned and implemented strategies โ and a laser-sharp focus on health data โ at a ministerial dialogue co-hosted by WHO and the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation at the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly.Opening remarks...
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:Champions for Change: World football teams up with UN development goals
Football unites fans worldwide โ but on Wednesday it matched the sportโs global reach with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In the lead-up toWorld Football Day, marked on 25 May.
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:Gaza: Aid trucks still waiting for Israeli green light inside enclave
UN aid workers said on Wednesday that they are still waiting for permission from Israel to distribute five trucks worth of lifesaving relief that was allowed into Gaza at the start of the week, after an 11-week blockade.
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:Scam centres are a โhuman rights crisisโ, independent experts warn
Southeast Asian nations should do more to protect people from being reeled into scam farms, top independent human rights experts said on Wednesday.
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:Urgent action needed to โpull Yemen back from the brink of catastropheโ
Noor, a 16-month-old toddler, is from the Lahj governorate in the southwest corner of Yemen. A UN-partner volunteer diagnosed her with severe malnutrition โ and her story became headline news when the UN relief chief recounted it to the Security Council during an impassioned briefing last week.
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:Historic shifts offer Syria a path forward
After years of stalemate and suffering, Syria is beginning to see renewed international engagement.
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:Four children dead in โhorrificโ attack on school bus in Baluchistan: UNICEF
An โhorrificโ attack on a school bus in Pakistanโs Baluchistan Province on Wednesday which left six dead โ including four children โ has been condemned by the UN childrenโs agency.
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:Haiti: Displaced children face sexual violence risk
Armed violence and insecurity in Haiti have exposed already vulnerable children to sexual violence and exploitation, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned on Wednesday.
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:Biodiversity loss demands urgent global action, says UN chief
UN Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres has called on countries to radically rethink their relationship with nature, warning that biodiversity loss is a global crisis no nation can ignore.
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:UN alarmed after warning shots fired at foreign diplomats in the West Bank
The UN has called for an investigation following reports that Israeli forces opened fire on a diplomatic delegation near the Jenin camp in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday.
Published on: May 21, 2025 | Source:Global leaders reaffirm commitment to WHO with at least US$ 210 million raised at World Health Assembly 2025 pledging event
World leaders pledged at least an additional US$210million to the World Health Organization (WHO) at a high-level pledging event Tuesday at the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly in Geneva. Amid rising global health challenges, leaders reaffirmed their support for multilateral cooperation through these contributions to WHOโs Investment Round (IR). Earlier in the day, Member States approved an increase in Assessed...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Global leaders reaffirm commitment to WHO with at least US$ 170 million raised at World Health Assembly 2025 pledging event
World leaders pledged at least an additional US$170million to the World Health Organization (WHO) at a high-level pledging event Tuesday at the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly in Geneva. Amid rising global health challenges, leaders reaffirmed their support for multilateral cooperation through these contributions to WHOโs Investment Round (IR). Earlier in the day, Member States approved an increase in Assessed...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly โ Daily update: 20 May 2025
World Health Assembly adopts historic Pandemic Agreement to make the world more equitable and safer from future pandemicsAgreementโs adoption follows three years of intensive negotiation launched due to gaps and inequities identified in national and global COVID-19 response.Agreement boosts global collaboration to ensure stronger, more equitable response to future pandemics.Next steps include negotiations on Pathogen...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source: