News headlines for “Health Issues”, page 65
UN Polio Vaccine Campaign in Gaza To Proceed In Humanitarian Pause
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 29 (IPS) - The UN's multi-agency polio vaccine campaign in Gaza is set to begin this weekend. It will do so under continued constraints on humanitarian operations and mobility, but with the assurance from Israel to pause fighting for the campaign to go ahead.
Infection Rates Among Children Rage On in Gaza
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 29 (IPS) - As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues to grow more dire, so does the spread of illness among Palestinian children. Already facing widespread malnutrition, starvation, dehydration, and unhygienic living conditions, hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza face the risk of contracting a multitude of diseases.
Level of unprotected teenage sex ‘worryingly high’, WHO finds
- UN News
Condom use among sexually active adolescents has declined significantly since 2014, with rates of unprotected sex worryingly high, according to a new report from the World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Europe.
Nigeria becomes first in Africa to receive mpox vaccines: WHO
- UN News
Nigeria received 10,000 doses of mpox vaccines on Tuesday, becoming the first African country to obtain vaccines aimed at combating the spread of the new strain of mpox virus.
UN upholds safety and efficacy of Gaza polio vaccine
- UN News
The United Nations has upheld the safety of the polio vaccine that will be administered to more than half a million Palestinian children during an inoculation campaign in Gaza.
Africa: Refugees and displaced face heightened threat from mpox outbreak
- UN News
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday that the mpox outbreak could have devastating effects on refugees and displaced families in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and other affected African countries if urgent support is not forthcoming.
Rohingya Refugees Must Not Be Forgotten
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 26 (IPS) - Seven years ago, a brutal campaign of violence, rape and terror against the Rohingya people ignited in Myanmar's Rakhine State. Villages were burned to the ground, families were murdered, massive human rights violations were reported, and around 700,000 people – half of them children – fled their homes to seek refuge in Bangladesh.
Rights experts reveal impact of Poland’s restrictive abortion laws on women
- UN News
The rights of women in Poland are currently being violated due to restrictive abortion laws that have contributed to “several preventable deaths,” according to independent rights experts on Monday.
Polio vaccines arrive in Gaza in boost to vaccination campaign: UNICEF
- UN News
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced on Monday the arrival of 1.2 million doses of vital polio vaccines in Gaza, amid urgent calls for humanitarian pauses to reach hundreds of thousands of at-risk children.
WHO seeks $135 million to defeat mpox
- UN News
The current mpox outbreak “can be controlled and can be stopped”, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) emphasized on Friday, announcing an action plan that calls for $135 million over the next six months.
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