Health Issues

Polio Remains Endemic in Pakistan
The campaign is aiming to vaccinate more than 6M children, from April 21.

Sudan’s Health Crisis Amid Ongoing Conflict
For many, this prolonged period of unrest has meant waiting for urgent medical care that has remained out of reach, leaving individuals in desperate need ..

A Personal Reflection on the Global Call for Health Equity
The figures speak for themselves. WHO’s latest report reveals that, in 2022, 141 countries spent less than 5% of their GDP on healthcare—a figure that ..

Unidentified Epidemic Strikes Congo, leaving 74 Dead and Hundreds Affected
Public health officials from the Africa CDC said they had collected samples and would know more later in the week.

Libya Launches National Vaccination Campaign to Protect Children Amid Growing Health Risks
This campaign is organized by the National Center for Disease Control and aims to vaccinate children from one day old to six years old to ..

A Clean Water Crisis in the UK
The water companies say they need more money from their customers in order to invest in the infrastructure required to clean up these problems.

Addressing the Malnutrition Crisis in Northeast Nigeria
The organization’s findings underscore a grim reality: approximately 32 million people across Nigeria are currently grappling with food insecurity, exacerbated by a combination of persistent ..

Innovative Hope: Indonesia’s Bold Battle Against Dengue Fever

Controversial Assisted Dying Bill Heads to UK Parliament
In Europe, euthanasia is legal in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany and Spain. Assisted dying, where someone is given the means to end their life themselves, ..

WHO/Humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territory
In September, Ministry of Health with WHO and partners was able to vaccinate around 560,000 children under ten years during the first round of a ..

Rwanda Faces First Marburg Virus Outbreak: Six Lives Lost
In 2023, neighboring Tanzania reported cases of the disease, while Uganda faced its last outbreak in 2017.

Gaza polio vaccination
Rik Peeperkorn, WHO representative for the Occupied Palestinian territories, told reporters that it had vaccinated more than 161,000 children under 10 in the central area ..