Health

Impressive African health gains at risk from changing trends: WHO report

New York, Life expectancy across Africa has improved significantly, says a new United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) report released on Thursday, but national health systems must be improved to ensure that services get to the people who need them most. more

Syria: WHO appeals for funding to sustain critical health care for millions trapped by conflict

New York, With conflict raging in northwest Syria, the United Nations health agency has appealed for $11 million to provide life-saving care to parts of Aleppo, Hama, Idleb and Lattakia g ...

Fresh Yemen hospital attack raises risk of new cholera epidemic

New York: A deadly attack on one of the last functioning hospitals in Yemen in the key port city of Hudaydah has put hundreds of thousands of people at risk and damaged efforts to prevent ...

Conflict in new Ebola zone of DR Congo exacerbates complexity of response: WHO emergency response chief

New York: Protecting vulnerable people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from the latest Ebola Virus outbreak is going to be “very, very complex”, given the hu ...

Fresh Yemen hospital attack raises risk of new cholera epidemic

New York: A deadly attack on one of the last functioning hospitals in Yemen in the key port city of Hudaydah has put hundreds of thousands of people at risk and damaged efforts to prevent ...

Conflict in new Ebola zone of DR Congo exacerbates complexity of response: WHO emergency response chief

New York: Protecting vulnerable people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from the latest Ebola Virus outbreak is going to be “very, very complex”, given the hu ...

New cluster of Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - World Health Organization

New York: The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced on Wednesday that preliminary laboratory results indicate a new cluster of cases of the deadly Ebola virus ...

Ebola outbreak in DR Congo declared over, now let’s tackle other health challenges: WHO chief

New York: The Ebola virus outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been declared over, thanks to a concerted national and international effort to contain the threat, the UN& ...

Funding shortfalls threaten health services for a million vulnerable Iraqis, says UN health agency

New York: Almost one million vulnerable Iraqis will have to go without basic medicines and other life-saving healthcare if funding is not found to save critical health facilities, the Uni ...

Record 123 million infants received at least one vaccine in 2017, says UN

New York, July 17: A record-breaking total of around 123 million, or nine out of 10, infants, received at least one dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine in 2017, protecting them f ...