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
The U (Source: ABC News: Health)
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
Sudan: WHO Scales Up Sudan Aid After Cholera Outbreak
[Dabanga] El Gedaref / Port Sudan -- Sudan's health authorities have declared a cholera outbreak in El Gedaref State. Since September 25, 2023, there have been 16 associated deaths, 264 suspected cholera cases, and four confirmed cases reported. The Ministry of Health, alongside the World Health Organisation (WHO), instructed regional governors to take immediate action by launching a sanitation and disease awareness campaign to address the health situation effectively. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 2, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Sudan Source Type: news
Sudan: Sudan - WHO Supports Battle Against Cholera in the East
[UN News] The World Health Organization (WHO) is scaling up support in Sudan, where authorities have declared a cholera outbreak in Gedaref state amid the ongoing brutal conflict between opposing militaries. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 2, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Sudan Source Type: news
Destruction, disruption and disaster: Sudan's health system amidst armed conflict - Dafallah A, Elmahi OKO, Ibrahim ME, Elsheikh RE, Blanchet K.
This article examines the destruction, disruption, and disastrous consequences infl... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
Chinese Hackers Are Hiding in Routers in the US and Japan
WIRED broke the news on Wednesday that SoundThinking, the company behind the gunshot-detection system ShotSpotter, is acquiring some assets—including patents, customers, and employees—from the firm Geolitica, which developed the notorious predictive policing software PredPol. WIRED also…#soundthinking #shotspotter #usjusticedepartment #conflictobservatory #yaleuniversity #khartoum #sudan #equalitie #blacktech #nsa (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sudan: Medics 'Sound the Alarm' On Cholera and Dengue
[Dabanga] Sudan -- Medical professionals throughout Sudan report escalating numbers of Cholera and Dengue* fever rates, heightened by the arrival of seasonal rains and shortages in medical supplies. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 29, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Sudan Source Type: news
South Sudan ’s leader discusses closer ties in energy, trade with Russian President Putin
Visiting South Sudan President Salva Kiir has agreed in a meeting with Russia’s president to expand their relationship in energy, trade and other areas, notably oil.#southsudan #salvakiir (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Netflix taken down by hackers over LGBTQ+ content
Netflix and Hulu are down in some locations, reportedly hacked by people protesting LGBTQ+ content. The group called Anonymous Sudan claimed responsibility for the breach on its Telegram channel, specifically citing Netflix's LGBTQ+ content for the reasoning. It claimed it brought Netflix down for…#netflix #anonymoussudan #telegram #checkhost #turkey #poland #uae #brazil #hongkong #twitter (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sudan: Overwhelming Needs in White Nile As Conflict Pushes People to Limit
[MSF] Aisha is a health promoter with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), working in three camps in the White Nile region of Sudan. Also displaced by the conflict, Aisha reflects on supporting women and children living in destitute conditions and the importance of teamwork to get through each day. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 29, 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
Putin Shows South Sudan President How to Put on Translation Earpiece
During a meeting with South Sudan President Salva Kiir in Moscow, Russian president Vladimir Putin demonstrated how to put on an earpiece that would provide a translation of their conversation. The footage released by Zvezda News shows Kiir struggling to put the device on. “Like this,” Putin was…#southsudan #salvakiir #moscow #russian #vladimirputin #zvezdanews #subscribe #bloombergoriginals #bloombergquicktake #breakingnewson (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sudan: Dengue Fever, Cholera, and Measles On the Rise in Sudan
[Dabanga] El Gedaref / El Gezira / Khartoum / Omdurman -- The federal Ministry of Health, working from Port Sudan, capital of Red Sea state, has registered hundreds of suspected cases of dengue fever and watery diarrhoea in El Gedaref and El Gezira. Cholera and measles have been reported elsewhere in Sudan. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 28, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Sudan Source Type: news
UN says cholera and dengue outbreaks have been reported in eastern Sudan as conflict grinds on
The U.N. health agency says cholera and dengue outbreaks have been reported in eastern Sudan, where thousands of people are sheltering in crowded camps as deadly fighting grinds on between the country’s military and a rival paramilitary force (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - September 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Children Fed on Grass, No Medication for Rape Victims: Aid to African Crises Cut Back as Needs Soar
KAMPALA, Uganda—In Chad, refugees from the war in Sudan feed grass and insects to starving children after cash-strapped United Nations agencies halted food rations. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, clinics treating victims of sexual violence are running out of basic supplies such as…#kampala #uganda #chad #sudan #unitednations (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
