Health Issues
From Lunch Tray to Lifelong Health, WHO Issues First Global School‑Meals Standards
The guidance arrives amid shifting burdens: in 2025 global childhood overweight and obesity surpassed underweight for the first time. Around one in 10 school‑aged children…
Human Rights and the Right to Protest, Britain’s Shrinking Civic Space
International law sets a high bar for restricting protest. Under the European Convention on Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,…
Eastern Mediterranean: Health Under Siege
Despite the strain, WHO continues to prop up collapsing health systems. In Gaza, it has become the largest supplier of medicines and equipment, enabling more than…
Cairo: Health Ministers Face a Region in Peril
This year’s agenda is crowded with pressing issues. Delegates are expected to endorse new commitments to halve the number of “zero-dose” children, those who have…
Darfur’s Fight Against Cholera
Delivering vaccines to six localities in Darfur required complex cross-border and cross-line logistics, with agencies surmounting transport blockages and insecurity. The WHO has dispatched trainers…
The Silent Billion
Still, progress is possible. Bangladesh, the Philippines and South Korea demonstrate that weaving hypertension care into universal health coverage can sharply raise survival rates. The…
Sudan’s Collapsing Health System
The war, now in its second year, has killed tens of thousands and displaced roughly 12 million people, making it one of the world’s largest…
Zambia’s Acid Spill Exposes Mining Hazards
While the Zambian government insists that water quality has returned to safe levels, independent tests reveal concentrations of heavy metals far exceeding international safety standards.…
World Hepatitis Day
Egypt leads the charge, achieving gold-tier status for hepatitis C elimination in 2023 and hepatitis B control by the end of 2024. Its landmark “100…
Prevention of Re-establishment of Malaria Transmission
Key outcomes include: Launch of a regional malaria database compiling over 100 years of data Introduction of new WHO guidelines for preventing malaria resurgence Development…
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