Malaria cases up again in 2023, African children worst hit, WHO reports
There were around 11 million more cases of malaria in 2023 than in 2022, up to an estimated 263 million, according to a new World Health Organization report, marking another…
WHO Africa director-elect dies while receiving treatment in India
ARUSHA, Tanzania — The World Health Organization’s regional director-elect for Africa died while receiving medical treatment in India, Tanzania’s parliament speaker said Wednesday. Plans to repatriate the body of Tanzania’s…
WHO ‘deeply concerned’ about ‘rising attacks’ on Lebanon healthcare
The World Health Organization said Friday it was deeply concerned about Israeli attacks hitting healthcare workers and facilities in Lebanon, in its war against Hezbollah. “We’re deeply concerned about the…
Situation in northern Gaza ‘catastrophic’, says WHO chief
GENEVA – The World Health Organisation chief warned on Oct 26 of a disastrous situation in the north of the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, with “intensive military operations unfolding around and…
WHO says ‘intense bombardment’ halts Gaza polio vaccinations
AFP The World Health Organization said Wednesday that “intense bombardment” and “escalating violence” in northern Gaza had forced it to postpone the final phase of a child polio vaccination drive.…
WHO evacuates nearly 100 patients from Gaza in biggest operation yet
The patients included people suffering from cancer, blood and kidney diseases and trauma Reuters The World Health Organisation said on Thursday it had carried out a rare evacuation of 97…
Mpox ‘not the new covid’, says WHO
AFP The mpox outbreak is not another Covid-19, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, because much is already known about the virus and the means to control it. While more…
Africa public health body declares mpox emergency
Mpox has been endemic in parts of Africa for decades after it was first detected in humans in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1970 Reuters Africa’s top public health…
WHO sees ‘high risk’ of polio virus spreading across Gaza, assessment underway
Reuters The World Health Organization said on Tuesday there was a high risk of the polio virus spreading across the Gaza Strip and beyond its borders due to the dire…
DR Congo faces catastrophic health, humanitarian crisis
VOA GENEVA — The World Health Organization warns that millions of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo are facing a health and humanitarian crisis because of escalating conflict and…