Libya’s flood-ravaged Derna struggles to cope with thousands of corpses
Derna, LibyaReuters Residents and rescue workers in the devastated Libyan city of Derna are struggling to cope with the thousands of corpses washing up or decaying under rubble, after a flood that smashed down buildings and swept people to sea. The World Health Organization and other aid groups urged authorities in Libya to stop burying […]
Essay: Vaccine hesitancy is one of the greatest threats to global health – and the pandemic has made it worse
In an article first published on The Conversation, SIMON NICHOLAS WILLIAMS, a lecturer in psychology at Swansea University, looks at the growing problem of vaccine hesitancy…
Cholera death toll rises to over 420 in Cameroon
Yaounde, CameroonReuters A further 26 people have died in Cameroon’s ongoing cholera outbreak in the past two weeks, taking the overall death toll to 426, a health ministry official said on Thursday. The outbreak was declared in October 2021 and has seen a strong increase in cases since late March of this year after a […]
South Africans blame city as cholera cases rise
Hammanskraal, South Africa Reuters South Africans on Monday blamed their local government for failing to provide clean water as deaths from cholera rose to 15 in the country’s most populous province. The health department in Gauteng province declared a cholera outbreak on Sunday in Hammanskraal, an area about 50 kilometres north of capital Pretoria, in […]
Syria quake aid blocked from parts of Aleppo province, Amnesty says
Beirut, LebanonReuters The Syrian Government and Turkey-backed rebel forces have blocked more than 100 trucks carrying humanitarian aid from entering two zones in Aleppo province hit by last month’s deadly earthquake, Amnesty International said on Monday. The aid, which included food, medical supplies, tents and fuel, was sent by Kurdish authorities, the rights group said. […]
Fleeing drought, Somalis face malnutrition and cholera in Kenya
Dadaab, Kenya Reuters When her three-month-old baby fell sick from malnutrition, Dool Abdirahman Ismael left her village in Somalia and walked for three days through swirling dust and scorching heat to the Dadaab Refugee Camp just across the border in Kenya. Ismael, 26, said she had hoped Dadaab would be free of the hunger and […]
Malawi cholera death toll crosses 1,300: health official
Johannesburg, South Africa Reuters The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Malawi has crossed 1,300, a senior Malawian health official said on Thursday, as the southern African country battles its deadliest outbreak yet. As of Wednesday, Malawi had recorded 40,284 cholera cases and 1,316 deaths in an outbreak that started in March, 2022, with […]
Haitian children are vulnerable in capital’s violence, UNICEF says
Reuters More than one million Haitian children are under constant threat of violence in the area of the capital Port-au-Prince because of chronic lawlessness, the regional director of children’s agency UNICEF said on Friday. A demonstrator moves a tyre to a burning barricade during a protest for the recent killings of police officers by armed […]
Humanitarian crises could worsen in Haiti, Venezuela, says aid group
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters The humanitarian crises in Haiti and Venezuela that have subjected millions to hunger, violence and disease could worsen this year without more aid, the International Rescue Committee said on Tuesday. An estimated 4.7 million Haitians and 12.3 million Venezuelans face food insecurity. Karina Joseph, 19, comforts her two-year-old child Holanda Sineus […]
Aid workers in Syria fear cholera spread if cross-border support halted
Beirut, Lebanon/Istanbul, Turkey Reuters Humanitarian workers operating in the last opposition-held part of Syria fear a cholera outbreak sweeping the region will deepen further if the United Nations is forced to stop aid deliveries across the border from Turkey. The area’s four million people live in dire conditions and rely heavily on the food and […]