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WHO Faces Major Staff Reductions Amid US Funding Withdrawal

The World Health Organization (WHO) is forced to lay off a significant part of the staff and scale down operations after the US withdrawal. Very painful decisions, says Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
WHO Faces Major Staff Reductions Amid US Funding Withdrawal

WHO Condemns Attack on Gaza's Last Functioning Northern Hospital

Israel has attacked the al-Ahli hospital – which is said to be the last functioning one in northern Gaza Strip. A child died when the building was evacuated.
WHO Condemns Attack on Gaza's Last Functioning Northern Hospital

WHO Faces Budget Cuts After US Withdrawal Decision

The World Health Organization (WHO) must reduce its budget by a fifth following the USA's decision to leave the UN agency, according to an internal email that the news agency AFP has taken part of. .
WHO Faces Budget Cuts After US Withdrawal Decision

UN: Over 630 trucks to Gaza

More than 630 trucks with humanitarian aid entered the besieged Gaza Strip on the first day of the ceasefire, according to the UN's disaster relief organization, Ocha. At least 300 of them have reached northern Gaza.
UN: Over 630 trucks to Gaza

WHO demands Israel release hospital chief

The World Health Organization (WHO) demands that Israel release the hospital chief of the Kamal Adwan hospital in Gaza after he was detained during intense raids on the hospital. .
WHO demands Israel release hospital chief

UN Chief: Civilian Plane Narrowly Avoids Attack at Airport

A civilian plane with hundreds of passengers had just landed when Israel carried out airstrikes against the airport in Sanaa, Yemen, according to the UN's Yemen coordinator Julien Harneis. .
UN Chief: Civilian Plane Narrowly Avoids Attack at Airport

After Airport Attack in Yemen: Drone Against Israel

The Iran-backed Houthi movement in Yemen claims to have fired a missile at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel – a day after Israel carried out raids against the airport in Sanaa in Yemen. The UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemns what he calls an "escalation" of the conflict.
After Airport Attack in Yemen: Drone Against Israel

WHO Chief at the Airport Israel Bombed

Israel has carried out attacks on targets belonging to the Islamist Huthi movement in Yemen, confirms Israel's military. The WHO's chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was at the airport in Sanaa when it was attacked.
WHO Chief at the Airport Israel Bombed

Tent camp in "safe zone" attacked in Gaza

Up to 60 people have been killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza in the last 24 hours, reports The Guardian, citing health authorities in the Hamas-ruled strip. In northern Gaza, direct artillery fire is reported against one of the few functioning hospitals.
Tent camp in "safe zone" attacked in Gaza

WHO: Several children injured in attack in Gaza

Six people, including four children, have been injured in an attack on a polio vaccination center in Gaza, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). .
WHO: Several children injured in attack in Gaza

After the Pause: Polio Vaccination Resumes in Gaza

The polio vaccination of children in Gaza will resume tomorrow Saturday, according to the World Health Organization's Secretary-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Earlier in October, WHO announced that the vaccination had been forced to pause due to intense bombardment in the area.
After the Pause: Polio Vaccination Resumes in Gaza

The disease that plagued the pharaohs is now gone

Egypt is now free from malaria, announces the World Health Organization (WHO). In a press release, the fight to eradicate the disease in the country is described as "a hundred-year effort" and an end to a disease that has existed since "ancient times".
The disease that plagued the pharaohs is now gone

Healthcare workers injured in Gaza

Israeli forces have withdrawn from the Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza after reports that more than 40 employees had been detained. Images published on social media show how the courtyard has been leveled to the ground and hospital wards vandalized.
Healthcare workers injured in Gaza

Task: Gazabor was killed while waiting for help

Twelve Palestinians in northern Gaza are reported to have been killed in an Israeli air strike while waiting for emergency aid. WHO has lost contact with staff at a hospital in Jabalia after reports of an Israeli raid.
Task: Gazabor was killed while waiting for help

Woman in Beit Lahia: They Have Killed Everyone

Nearly 90 people are either dead or missing after Israel's attack on Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, according to Palestinian authorities. Many of them are women and children.
Woman in Beit Lahia: They Have Killed Everyone

Sudan rejects UN demands for refugee protection

Sudan's regime rejects a UN demand for an "independent and impartial" force to protect millions of vulnerable inhabitants. The WHO chief says that more than 20,000 people have been killed in the civil war that has lasted for 16 months.
Sudan rejects UN demands for refugee protection

Mpox in Africa can be stopped in six months

The first vaccine doses against mpox are expected to arrive in the Democratic Republic of the Congo within the next few days. The hope is that the outbreak can be over within six months, according to WHO.
Mpox in Africa can be stopped in six months

WHO calls for crisis meeting on mpox

The World Health Organization WHO is calling an emergency meeting following new alarm reports on the spread of mpox, previously known as monkeypox virus. An outbreak of mpox was discovered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but appears to have spread beyond the initial infection areas and to more countries.
WHO calls for crisis meeting on mpox

WHO sends 1 million polio vaccine doses to Gaza

WHO, the World Health Organization, is sending over one million polio vaccine doses to Gaza to be distributed over the coming weeks, reports [Reuters](https://www. reuters.
WHO sends 1 million polio vaccine doses to Gaza

Children from Gaza receive treatment in Spain

The World Health Organization (WHO) announces that 15 children and one adult from Gaza are arriving in Spain today to receive treatment for severe medical conditions. The children are between three and 17 years old, and the mother of one of the children will also receive treatment in Spain.
Children from Gaza receive treatment in Spain

WHO: 35 Million Children Lack Protection Against Measles

Approximately 35 million children worldwide lack adequate protection against measles, according to WHO. Only four out of five children receive the first dose of measles vaccine – far below the coverage required to prevent outbreaks.
WHO: 35 Million Children Lack Protection Against Measles

WHO: A Third of Adults Do Not Exercise Enough

Nearly a third, 31 per cent, of all adults worldwide are sedentary, according to a new report from the World Health Organisation, WHO. .
WHO: A Third of Adults Do Not Exercise Enough
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