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WHO backs African efforts to combat mpox spread, as Sweden records new case
15 August 2024
The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting African countries to scale up response to curb mpox, which is now an international global health emergency.
The outbreak that affected the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and spread to neighbouring countries continues to…
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Attack on a city in Sudan kills at least five and injures more: UNICEF
15 August 2024
Bombing which devastated a school and market in the Sudanese city of El Obeid on Wednesday has left five girls dead and 20 children injured according to the UN Children’s Fund’s Sudan Representative.
The bomb hit the Al-Khansa Secondary School for Girls and a crowded marketplace in El Obeid…
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UN reiterates call to release staffers detained in Yemen
15 August 2024
Ansar Allah in Yemen must immediately release 13 UN staff and dozens of personnel from civil society, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other entities, who have been arbitrarily detained for more than two months, two senior officials told the Security Council on Thursday.
Hans Grundberg,…
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Most of Gaza's 40,000 dead are women and children, says UN rights chief
15 August 2024
As the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza passes the dark milestone of 40,000, UN rights chief Volker Türk called on Thursday for an end to the killing “once and for all” and the release of all hostages while negotiators prepared to meet in Qatar to renew efforts to halt the conflict and avert a wider war.…
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Growing concerns for Yemenis battered by relentless rain and flooding
15 August 2024
Exceptionally heavy rain and deadly flash flooding in Yemen have compounded the already dire situation for people across the country, UN humanitarians said on Thursday.
In a joint alert, UNICEF, the UN Children’s Fund, and UNFPA, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, said that rising…
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Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Note Swift Response by the United Kingdom to Investigate Recent Racist Riots, Ask about Compensation for “Windrush” Scandal Victims and Immigration Law Reform
14 August 2024
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The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-fourth to twenty-sixth periodic…
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Gaza remains at ‘high risk’ of polio virus spread, warn UN aid teams
14 August 2024
The risk of polio spreading in Gaza remains high unless there is an urgent and comprehensive response to the serious health threat, UN humanitarians said on Wednesday.
“At least two rounds of [orally delivered polio vaccine] will be necessary to shut down transmission,” the…
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No date yet for long-awaited South Sudan elections
14 August 2024
The UN continues to support an enabling environment for general elections in South Sudan, but the date remains elusive, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the country told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Nicholas Haysom, who also heads the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), briefed…
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WHO declares mpox virus a public health emergency of international concern
14 August 2024
The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the rise in mpox cases constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), following advice from members at Wednesday’s International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency Committee meeting. …
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Extreme heat increasingly disrupting child health, UNICEF warns
14 August 2024
One in five children – or 466 million – live in areas that experience at least double the number of extremely hot days every year compared with their grandparents’ generation, according to a new UNICEF analysis released on Wednesday.
“Extreme heat is increasing, disrupting…
