Sudan: West Darfur's El Geneina Teaching Hospital Resumes Services
[Dabanga] El Geneina -- El Geneina Teaching Hospital in West Darfur has resumed its operations, after a hiatus that lasted for months due to the war that has raged between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since April. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 17, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Sudan Source Type: news
Sudan: Six Months of War and Neglect in Sudan Is a 'Catastrophic Failure of Humanity'
[MSF] Khartoum -- Six months into the war in Sudan, people's lives are still in danger from bombings, shelling and the shootings, both directly and indirectly. Sudanese health staff and volunteers are struggling to respond to people's medical needs, and the country's health system is on the edge of collapse, says Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 16, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Aid and Assistance East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa NGOs and Civil Society Sudan Source Type: news
Sudan ’s women and girls endure six months of conflict with no end in sight
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Source: UNFPA News - October 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Egypt delivered drones to Sudan's military, Wall Street Journal reports
Egypt has delivered drones to the Sudanese military, a potential escalation of a conflict that is drawing in more regional players, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing security officials. The Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones were delivered to Sudan's military last month, the Journal…#egypt #sudanese #turkish #sudan #journal #rsf (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Khalid Albaih: art at heart, fighting injustice
Khalid Albaih is a Sudanese political cartoonist and civil rights activist. He has earned international recognition as one of the most influential political cartoonists. His fight has no frontiers and his goal has never changed: using art to make the world a better place, as he told The Dialogue.…#khalidalbaih #sudanese #middleeast #northafrica #guyshone #sudan #arabspring #blacklivesmatter #rohingya #palestinian (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sudan: Vaccines for Children Delivered to 10 Localities in North Darfur
[Dabanga] El Fasher -- Consignments of vaccines against childhood diseases have been delivered to 10 of the 18 localities in North Darfur, in spite of logistical challenges caused by the ongoing war between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and general insecurity in the state. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 13, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Sudan Source Type: news
Sudan: Rising Death Toll in Sudan Capital As El Nau Hospital 'Hit By Shell'
[Dabanga] Intense confrontations continued this week between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the Sudan capital Khartoum, and its sister cities Omdurman and Khartoum North. El Nau Hospital in Omdurman, one of the only remaining functional hospitals in the region, was hit by a shell, prompting condemnation from local and international groups, and leading the warring parties to trade blame. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 13, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Conflict, Peace and Security East Africa Health and Medicine Sudan Source Type: news
South Sudan: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Helps Grow Hope
[ICRC] Buom Kobuong Gatduop used to live an active life as a freelance journalist. He was a volunteer at a humanitarian organization, and an active member of his community. Sadly, all this changed after he was accidentally hit by a bullet during armed violence in a displacement camp located outside Juba, South Sudan, in 2021. The bullet wound resulted in the amputation of his leg. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 11, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Aid and Assistance East Africa Health and Medicine South Sudan Source Type: news
Hamas Attacks Are the Beginning of the End for Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a confident address to the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 22. The skeptics were wrong, he said; Israel reached the Abraham Accords with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco without a peace agreement with the…#israeli #benjaminnetanyahu #israel #abrahamaccords #unitedarabemirates #bahrain #sudan #morocco #palestinians #middleeast (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Health workforce in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: from COVID-19 lessons to action
11 October 2023 – The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted once again the importance of health workers in maintaining the health of populations and providing essential health services. It has also resulted in greater recognition of the critical role of the health workforce in delivering essential public health functions and responding to health emergencies.
Countries and territories in the Eastern Mediterranean Region – a region with highly diverse and often challenging political, social, economic and demographic contexts – face ongoing health workforce shortages. Although most countries and territories have made signi...
Source: WHO EMRO News - October 10, 2023 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
Egypt ’s El Gouna Fetes Marwan Hamed, Salutes Sudanese Film Group, Pays Homage to Jane Birkin
Prominent Egyptian director Marwan Hamed, whose epic “Kira and El Gen” about local resistance to British occupation recently scored at the local box office, is being feted with a career award by the El Gouna Film Festival. The Egyptian fest, running Oct. 13-20 in the Red Sea resort roughly 250…#egyptian #marwanhamed #elgounafilmfestival #redsea #cairo #sudanesefilmgroup #britishfrench #janebirkin #alaaaswanys #yacoubianbuilding (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sudan: Ministry of Health 'Absent' As Dengue Fever Spreads - Doctor
[Dabanga] El Fasher / Um Rawaba / East Nile -- The director of the El Salam Diabetes Centre in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, expressed his concern about the rapid spread of dengue fever* and malaria. Health sources reported an increase of dengue fever cases in Um Rawaba in North Kordofan. Cholera cases are also increasing across Sudan. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 4, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Sudan Source Type: news
WHO Regional Director ’s statement at the media briefing, 4 October 2023
4 October 2023 – This briefing bridges two crucial events at which decision-makers converge. The first is the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, which I attended last month and where world leaders renewed their commitment, action, and solidarity to fight pandemic threats and to advance universal health coverage.
The second is the annual meeting of the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean, which will take place next week. Members of the Regional Committee will convene to review progress on our collective commitments to health across the Region and to agree on priorities for the coming months...
Source: WHO EMRO News - October 3, 2023 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
The UN food agency says that 1 in 5 children who arrive in South Sudan from Sudan are malnourished
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Source: ABC News: Health - October 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
South Sudan: South Sudan Faces Growing Health and Hunger Crisis
[VOA] Geneva -- The World Health Organization warns that soaring rates of severe malnutrition, acute hunger, and deteriorating health conditions are threatening the lives and well-being of millions of people in South Sudan with the situation set to worsen as the climate crisis kicks in. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 2, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Food and Agriculture East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa South Sudan Source Type: news
