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WHO Delivers Aid To Gaza Hospitals Amid Ongoing Hostilities

WHO-led aid convoy delivers critical supplies to hospitals in Gaza amidst escalating conflict, facing challenges but emphasizing the need for sustained hum...

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WHO chief criticises Israel's move to ban Guterres , urges reversal

Ghebreyesus' statement comes after Israel's Foreign Minister, Israel Katz on Wednesday announced his country's decision to declare United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres persona non grata and banned him from entering Israel. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Attacks on health care during war are becoming more common, creating devastating ripple effects

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has warned attacks on health-care workers, patients and facilities “must not become the norm”.

The Conversation

Israel seeking to close down Unrwa, says agency’s chief after school bombing

Philippe Lazzarini says closure would have ‘devastating consequences’ and calls for investigation into deadly strike

The Guardian - UK

Paramilitary Gunfire In Sudan City A Day After Deadly Shelling

Paramilitary gunfire sounded in Sudan's southeastern city of Sennar on Monday, a day after shelling blamed on the paramilitaries killed around 30 people at a market, activists and witnesses said.

International Business Times

More Civilians Killed Hours After Sudan Rejects UN Experts' Report

Shelling killed at least 21 people at a market in southeast Sudan Sunday, a day after the country's rulers rejected a call by UN experts for an independent force to protect civilians from the devastating civil war.

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Sudan rejects UN's call for 'impartial' force to protect civilians

Sudan has rejected a call by United Nations experts for the deployment of an "independent and impartial force" to protect millions of civilians driven from their homes by more than a year of war.

Radio France Internationale

Mpox outbreaks in Africa could be ended in 6 months, WHO chief says

The head of the World Health Organization believes the ongoing mpox outbreaks in Africa might be stopped in the next six months

The Independent UK

Baby in Gaza partly paralysed from polio in territory’s first case for 25 years

WHO says infant in stable condition as it prepares to vaccinate more than 640,000 children amid war

The Guardian - UK

Mpox virus latest: Isle of Man prepares for outbreak as Thailand confirms Asia’s first deadly variant case

Deadlier case of Clade 1b monkeypox strain detected for first time in Asia as countries prepare to face threat

The Independent UK

What do we know about the resurgence of mpox in Africa?

Cases of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, have been detected in Sweden and Pakistan, just days after the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency in response to the resurgence of cases in Africa. The current outbreak is centered on the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the disease has…

France 24

As mpox strain clade 1b reaches Europe, expert warns of delayed Western response

"The West only gets concerned about controlling epidemics when we start seeing cases, and then it is almost always too late to eradicate the infection."

Fortune

Mpox 2024 mapped: All the countries where cases of the new strain have been confirmed

While the new clade 1 strain of mpox has appeared in parts of Africa, other types have been recorded around the world this year, including in the UK

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The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Mpox outbreak in Africa is public health emergency, says WHO

Experts urge accelerated access to vaccines and testing. Plus, Columbia University president resigns

The Independent UK

What is mpox? What you need to know about the latest global health emergency

More than 14,000 cases and 524 death have been reported from mpox in Africa this year

Radio France Internationale

WHO declares second mpox international health emergency

The World Health Organization has declared an international health emergency around the surge of Mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries, sounding its highest alarm over the spread of the virus for the second time since 2022.

Al Jazeera

What is mpox and why has WHO declared it a global health emergency?

The WHO has issued its highest level of alert for the viral disease as it spreads rapidly in Africa.

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WHO declares monkeypox a global public health emergency

The World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global public health emergency on Wednesday for the second time since 2022. Following a major outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that quickly spread to neighbouring countries, the WHO's highest level of alert will allow for more funding and research to help…

Evening Standard

World Health Organisation declares Mpox outbreak a global health emergency

Cases of the disease have been seen in 13 different countries

International Business Times

WHO Declares Mpox A Global Health Emergency

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the mpox surge in Africa was now a global public health emergency, sounding its highest possible alarm over the worsening situation.

Al Jazeera

WHO declares mpox a global public health emergency

Officials say new fast-spreading variant has been detected in Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries.

The Independent UK

WHO declares mpox outbreaks in Africa a global health emergency as a new form of the virus spreads

The World Health Organization has declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency

Radio France Internationale

WHO to convene experts on mpox virus as cases surge in East Africa

The head of the World Health Organization has said he will convene an expert group to determine if the increasing spread of the mpox virus in Africa warrants being declared a global emergency.

Al Jazeera

WHO calls emergency meeting to discuss jump in mpox cases from DRC

Nearly 27,000 cases of mpox have been found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with about 1,100 deaths.

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