Health Issues
When Medicine Becomes a Casualty
More than 72,000 people have been killed and 182,000 injured since October 2023. In 2025 alone, nearly 26,000 additional deaths were recorded. A ceasefire declared…
Ebola at the Gates
The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board, an independent body established by WHO and the World Bank in 2018, said on Monday that “the world is not…
The Virus That Keeps Returning
The outbreak involves the Bundibugyo strain of the virus, for which no approved vaccines or specific treatments currently exist. That makes containment harder and research…
Cuba’s Health System Under Blackout: The Human Toll Is Already Visible
The UN’s messaging, blunt for diplomatic norms, warns of a possible humanitarian “collapse” unless the flow of assistance and energy solutions is accelerated. That is…
A Preventable Toll
287m People living with chronic hepatitis B or C in 2024, roughly 3% of the global population
In Gaza and Iran, the Health Toll of War Deepens
More than 1,800 health facilities have been damaged or destroyed in Gaza; in Iran, three months of dialysis-filter supplies remain.
The Treaty Holding the Nuclear Order Together Is Fraying at the Seams
A review conference beginning April 27th convenes as every Cold War-era arms-control agreement has either expired or been abandoned.
Sport as a Shield Against Female Genital Mutilation in Uganda
In the Sebei subregion, athletics coaches are becoming the first line of protection for girls facing mutilation, forced marriage and school dropout.
Vaccines Have Saved Millions, but the Battle Is Far from Won
World Immunization Week marks a half-century of extraordinary progress and a midterm warning from the Immunization Agenda 2030.
Sudan: War & Humanitarian Crisis in Figures
The figures cited in this report are drawn from a constellation of UN agencies, humanitarian monitoring bodies, and field organisations. Displacement and malnutrition data come…
Dying in Childbirth, One Shortage at a Time
In Sudan’s only western referral maternity hospital, doctors watch patients die for want of gloves and antibiotics. The war has come for mothers too.
Healthcare Workers Targeted Amid Conflict
International humanitarian law clearly protects hospitals and medical transport unless they are actively used for harmful military acts, and even then, only after warnings for…
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