Israeli troops recover slain Gaza hostage, Egypt to host new truce talks
Jerusalem/Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israel said on Saturday its special forces had recovered the body of a hostage killed while being held captive in Gaza, as the Palestinian enclave’s dominant Islamist movement Hamas said it would take part in a new round of ceasefire talks in Cairo. Almost six months into the war, Israel has faced […]
Alcohol policies need sharper focus on gender, WHO says
London, UK Reuters The World Health Organization on Friday urged governments to consider gender when developing their alcohol policies, warning that industry marketing increasingly targeted women who face greater health risks than men from lower levels of drinking. The Geneva-based WHO said that there was good evidence that men, women and minority groups were affected […]
“Don’t forget Ukraine”, UN urges in aid funding appeal
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The United Nations appealed for $US4.2 billion from donors on Monday to support war-ravaged communities in Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees in 2024, as war rages nearly two years on from Russia’s invasion. “Please do not forget Ukraine while there are many other places in the world that grab our attention,” UN aid […]
China’s respiratory illness surge not as high as pre-pandemic – WHO official
Shanghai, ChinaReuters The spike in respiratory illnesses that China is currently suffering is not as high as before the COVID-19 pandemic, a World Health Organisation official said, reiterating that no new or unusual pathogens had been found in the recent cases. People wait for their rides outside a children’s hospital in Beijing, China on 27th […]
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 […]
Healthcare shortages: African hospitals suffer as nurses leave for more pay in UK
BUKOLA ADEBAYO, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how poor pay is driving Nigerian and Zimbabwean nurses to work in UK, leaving their own health systems on the brink…
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 […]
WHO chief hopes COVID will no longer be emergency next year
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday he is “hopeful” that the COVID-19 pandemic will no longer be considered a global emergency some time next year. His comments at a briefing with media come as China dismantles its rigid “zero-COVID” policy and allows people to live with the virus, […]
Looting, forced removals plague Ethiopia’s Tigray despite truce – witnesses
Nairobi, KenyaReuters Ethiopia’s allies are looting towns, arresting and killing civilians and relocating thousands of people from a disputed part of Tigray despite a truce between the government and local forces, witnesses and aid workers in the northern region say. The violence raises fresh concerns about whether the ceasefire signed on 2nd November by Ethiopia’s […]
Ethiopia’s Tigray runs out of medical supplies amid health crisis: WHO
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Ethiopia’s Tigray region has run out of medical supplies such as vaccines, antibiotics and insulin, World Health Organization officials said on Friday, warning that many deaths were probably going unrecorded from preventable and treatable diseases. The conflict that has pitted Ethiopia’s army against forces from the country’s northern region of Tigray has killed […]