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Cholera cases soar globally; Malawi, Haiti deadliest outbreaks, WHO reports

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Cholera cases soar globally; Malawi, Haiti deadliest outbreaks, WHO reports 16 January 2024 © UNICEF/Thoko Chikondi A health worker at a camp in southern Malawi, talks to displaced people about cholera prevention measures. The world enters 2024 with soaring cases of cholera globally, with over 667,000 cases and more than 4,000 deaths last year, UN agencies have reported…

World News in Brief: Peacekeeper killed in CAR, Sudan war update, media clampdown in Kyrgyzstan

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Peacekeeper killed in CAR, Sudan war update, media clampdown in Kyrgyzstan 16 January 2024 © MINUSCA UN peacekeepers patrol Bouar in the west of Central African Republic. (file) The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the killing of a Cameroonian peacekeeper on Monday who was serving with the Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic…

US urged to halt first execution by nitrogen asphyxiation

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home US urged to halt first execution by nitrogen asphyxiation 16 January 2024 © UNICEF/Josh Estey Only in exceptional circumstances and with incontrovertible evidence of intentional murder does international law permit the death penalty. (file) The imminent execution of an American prisoner by a new and untested method - suffocation by nitrogen gas - could amount to torture, the UN human rights…

UN Assembly President outlines vision for 2024

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN Assembly President outlines vision for 2024 16 January 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Dennis Francis, President of the 78th session of the General Assembly, briefs Member States on his priorities for 2024. The President of the General Assembly on Tuesday laid out his priorities for the rest of his term, as the UN body of 193 Member States finds itself increasingly in the public spotlight…

Tobacco use declining despite industry interference: WHO

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Tobacco use declining despite industry interference: WHO 16 January 2024 © Unsplash/Andres Siimon 吸烟在全球范围内呈下降趋势。 The number of people using tobacco continues to decline despite industry attempts to jeopardize progress towards stamping out cigarettes and other such products, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report published on Tuesday.…

Ukraine: Civilian casualties spike following wave of Russian attacks

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: Civilian casualties spike following wave of Russian attacks 16 January 2024 © Proliska The city of Dnipro in eastern Ukraine has been hit by renewed missile attacks. Recent weeks have seen a steep increase in civilian casualties in Ukraine following an intensification of Russian attacks, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in the country, HRMMU, said in a new report issued on…

Gaza: Fewer than 1 in 4 aid missions given green light, says OCHA

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Fewer than 1 in 4 aid missions given green light, says OCHA 16 January 2024 © WFP A convoy of humanitarian food aid makes its way from Jordan to Gaza The Israeli authorities have continued to block lifesaving aid from reaching northern Gaza 102 days since Hamas-led terror attacks triggered the war, UN humanitarians have insisted, just as UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned…

Ukraine war: UN humanitarians launch $4.2 billion appeal for most vulnerable

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine war: UN humanitarians launch $4.2 billion appeal for most vulnerable 15 January 2024 © UNOCHA/Allaham Musab UN agencies and partners are providing assistance to people who have been affected by the renewed shelling of Lviv. Nearly two years since Russian forces launched a “full-blown war and occupation” of Ukraine, UN relief chief Martin Griffiths on Monday issued an urgent appeal…

UN urges radical change to aid relief access in Gaza amid fresh famine fears

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN urges radical change to aid relief access in Gaza amid fresh famine fears 15 January 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba None of the aid deliveries to Gaza would have been possible without the Palestinian and Egyptian Red Crescent Societies, OCHA noted (file photo). After more than 100 days of war in Gaza and no let-up in sight, senior UN humanitarians issued a rare joint appeal for greater aid…

WHO appeals for $1.5 billion to deliver healthcare in crises

1 year 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home WHO appeals for $1.5 billion to deliver healthcare in crises 15 January 2024 © WHO/Ala Kheir A woman receives medical care at a cholera treatment centre in Sudan. The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday launched a $1.5 billion emergency appeal to provide care to more than 87 million people this year in 41 ongoing crises, including in the occupied Palestinian territory, Ukraine, Sudan,…