22,500 Palestinians have suffered ‘life-changing injuries’ in Gaza, WHO

UN : More than 22,500 Palestinians – a quarter of those wounded in Gaza since Israel’s…

WHO urges rapid access to mpox diagnostic tests

Geneva : WHO has asked manufacturers of mpox in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) to submit an expression…

EU-Supported Programme Strengthens Stakeholder Collaboration to Combat Malnutrition in Sindh

Karachi  :- The high rates of malnutrition continue to impact Sindh province adversely. The situation is…

WHO reports 1,940 attacks on healthcare in Ukraine since the full-scale war began.

Since 24 February 2022, following the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the WHO Country Office…

WHO declares mpox a global public health emergency

ISLAMABAD : Pakistan stands alert as World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the emergence of a…

Civil Society Urges Immediate Action to Regulate Harmful Trans-Fats

Islamabad  – In response to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recent “5-year milestone report on global…

Sudan conflict and refugee crisis, Multi-country External Situation Report

This is the second WHO report summarizing the multi-country health situation and WHO’s response across the…

WHO first-ever clinical treatment guideline for tobacco cessation in adults

Geneva :–The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a comprehensive set of tobacco cessation interventions, including behavioural…

755 000 people face catastrophic levels of food insecurity in Sudan, IPC reports

Sudan  – More than 25 million Sudanese –  over half the country’s population –  face acute levels…

1.8 billion adults at risk of disease from not doing enough physical activity

Geneva – New data show that nearly one third (31%) of adults worldwide, approximately 1.8 billion…