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Chad's first dengue fever outbreak: what you should know

Chad has reported its first dengue outbreak, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The country’s health ministry declared an outbreak on 15 August and so far 1,342 suspected cases have been reported, 41 of them confirmed in the laboratory. One death was reported among the patients with lab-confirmed cases.…

The Conversation

Australian politician’s speech at tobacco conference in September allegedly in breach of WHO treaty

Exclusive: Discussion on panel came as federal government was developing reforms to address high rates of youth nicotine addiction

The Guardian - AU

Trusts accused of using foreign doctors as ‘cheap labour’

Foreign doctors can come to work at English hospital trusts to gain experience to implement in practice in their home countries.

The Independent UK

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UN says Gaza fuel delivery needed now or support could stop – as Palestinians say healthcare has ‘collapsed’

'There has to be a way to get the fuel in otherwise everything can stop tomorrow,' says one official

The Independent UK

How bombings, blockades and import bans caused Gaza’s water system to crumble

Gaza’s already rudimentary water network has been obliterated, with 2.2 million residents trying to get by on three litres a day

The Guardian - UK

Gaza hospitals ceasing to function as water and fuel run out

Medics say some doctors forced to operate without anaesthesia and using vinegar in place of antiseptic

The Guardian - UK

Doctor warns Gaza wards could become ‘mass graves’ as a third of hospitals close over lack of power

Palestinian doctors forced to use washing up liquid to clean wounds, while UN chief warns of 'clear violations of international humanitarian law'

The Independent UK

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Nearly two-thirds of Gaza’s health facilities 'forced to stop treatment'

The World Health Organisation says nearly two-thirds of Gaza’s health facilities have ceased functioning.

The National (Scotland)

Andhra Pradesh government to introduce thrombolytic therapy in all PHCs

YSRCP Govt to introduce thrombolytic therapy in all PHCs. Fatal blood clots post COVID-19 increased. Kidney research centre to be set up in Prakasam. 3,257 procedures & 2,293 empanelled hospitals, incl. 204 outside State. Advanced treatments like heart transplant, bone marrow transplant & cancer treatment available. 10,032 Dr YSR Village…

The Hindu

Indonesia needs to triple its funding to control tuberculosis – here's where to start

Indonesia is still struggling to fight tuberculosis (TB), with the second-highest number of cases worldwide.

The Conversation

Israel strikes on Gaza intensify as WHO warns 130 premature babies at ‘grave risk’ as fuel runs out

Residents of Gaza told The Independent that air raids had never been so heavy and supplies are running out

The Independent UK

20 trucks of aid come into Gaza, but no passage for foreign nationals seeking to leave

Many more truckloads of aid are waiting in Egypt. Hundreds of trapped Americans had come to the border, hoping the aid delivery could be chance to escape the violence. But none were allowed out.

WEKU

Gaza’s next big threat: Cholera, infectious diseases amid Israeli blockade

Humanitarian organisations warn deadly water-borne diseases will spread in the besieged strip if aid is not allowed in.

Al Jazeera

Defying bone-crushing exhaustion, Gaza’s doctors work despite Israel’s war

Doctors are working around the clock amid shortage of medical supplies and near-total collapse of healthcare system.

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The Independent UK

‘Nowhere is safe’: The doctors fighting to save lives as healthcare under attack in Gaza warzone

The Al Ahli Hospital blast has raised urgent concerns about attacks on healthcare during the Israeli-Hamas conflict

The Guardian - AU

Hamas and Israel at war: what we know on day 14

Israeli defence minister tells troops they will soon see Palestinian territory ‘from the inside’; hopes for aid to enter Gaza in coming days

France 24

'Drop in the ocean': Initial aid set to enter Gaza insufficient to meet needs

President Joe Biden says he struck a deal with his Egyptian counterpart to allow a first run of 20 trucks carrying humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, which Israel sealed off after the Hamas attack on Oct. 7.

Al Jazeera

WHO says aid ‘ready to go’ into Gaza as Israeli bombardment continues

The head of the UN health agency says five trucks of medical supplies are ready at the Rafah crossing in Egypt.

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The Independent UK

'Drop in the ocean': UN-backed aid could soon enter Gaza from Egypt, but only at a trickle for now

U.N. officials and their partners are ramping up efforts to take advantage of a possible window for Israel and Egypt to allow humanitarian aid shipments into Gaza, whose people have been stripped of deliveries of fuel, food, water and medical supplies from the outside as Israeli forces strike at Hamas…

Fortune

Rafah border crossing will 'hopefully' open Friday, WHO officials say, as an expanded humanitarian crisis looms

Five truckloads of supplies are ready to go as soon as the border is opened, WHO officials said—but they need assurances that those delivering them will be allowed to safely do so.

The Guardian - AU

Australia breaches WHO treaty with carbon neutral certification of big tobacco company

Endorsement of British American Tobacco by Climate Active was revoked after complaint was made, FoI documents show

The Independent UK

Biden backs Israel in blaming ‘the other team’ for Gaza hospital blast during Tel Aviv trip

US president says ‘errant rocket fired by a terrorist group in Gaza’ is likely source of explosion which the Hamas-run health ministry in the enclave claims has killed hundreds of people

Fortune

Biden says ‘other team' is probably behind the Gaza hospital blast, as world awaits an Israel-Hamas smoking gun

Before Biden departed for war-torn Israel, the U.S. government reportedly had not drawn a conclusion as to who was behind the deadly attack.

The Independent UK

Patients operated on without anaesthetic in Gaza as WHO runs out of medicine

Morphine, saline solution and surgical supplies are critically low while blood banks only have two weeks of supply left

Radio France Internationale

Macron ‘firmly’ condemns strike on Gaza City hospital, Biden’s Jordan visit cancelled

Hundreds of people were killed Tuesday in a blast at Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City that the Gaza health ministry says was the result of an Israeli air strike. Israel's military has denied involvement, saying the strike was the result of a rocket misfired by the Islamic Jihad militant group.

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