WHO advocates for solidarity to paint a healthier and safer future
29 January 2024, Cairo, Egypt – To mark the World Health Organization’s 75th anniversary, the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean hosted a networking and partner and staff appreciation event last night, at the Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo, under the theme “Painting a healthier and safer future together”.
The aim was to renew commitment to our shared regional goal of Health for All by All. The event also highlighted WHO’s efforts to promote primary health care and advance universal health coverage to ensure that no one is left behind, even in the context of the ongoing health emergencies across the ...
Source: WHO EMRO News - January 30, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
UN chief warns US and 8 allies over blocking Gaza aid
The secretary general of the United Nations has called on nine countries, including the U.S., to resume funding their agency providing aid in the Gaza strip after a dozen of its employees were accused of taking part in the Hamas attack on Israel. On October 7, Hamas launched a surprise attack on…#unitednations #gaza #hamas #israel #israelis #palestinian #unitednationsagency #antonyblinken #unrwa #usstatedepartment (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Guterres: UN to punish staffers involved in'terror,' urges UNRWA funding
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres vowed on Sunday to hold to account "any U.N. employee involved in acts of terror" after allegations that some refugee agency staffers were involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. But Guterres implored governments to continue supporting the…#unitednations #antonioguterres #hamas #israel #guterres #palestinians #unrwa #secretariat #netherlands #switzerland (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
U.S., U.K. among 8 countries pausing funding to UNRWA amid allegations 12 employees were part of Oct. 7 attack
Eight countries have paused future funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East amid an investigation into allegations some workers participated in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. The agency, known as the UNRWA, is entrusted with moving much-needed…#neareast #israel #unrwa #gaza #israeldefenseforces #hamas #unitedkingdom #finland #netherlands #israeli (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
UN Rights Officials Alarmed by Alabama Nitrogen Gas Execution
The United Nations Human Rights Office expressed regret on Friday over the first execution of a man with nitrogen gas in the U.S. state of Alabama. The Geneva-based U.N. rights office said the death penalty violates the right to life and does not deter crime. Kenneth Eugene Smith was put to death…#geneva #kennetheugenesmith #subscribe #bloombergoriginals #bloombergquicktake #breakingnewson (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees said it is probing allegations that employees were linked to the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, prompting the …
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Source: Reuters: Health - January 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kenya's High Court Bars U.N.-Backed Mission to Send Kenyan Police to Haiti
Kenyan court blocks a mission backed by the United Nations and the U.S. government to deploy 1,000 Kenyan security officers to help restore order in the Caribbean country.#kenyan #unitednations #caribbean (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Liberia: Liberia Receives 112,000 Doses of Malaria Vaccine
[New Dawn] The Ministry of Health in collaboration with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, World Health Organization (WHO), and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), has announced the arrival of 112,000 doses of RTS, S malaria vaccine - the first ever in Liberia. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - January 26, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine Liberia Malaria West Africa Source Type: news
Ban or Restrict? Quandary Facing Governments as Vaping Entices Teens Worldwide
By Ulysses DorotheoBANGKOK, Thailand, Jan 26 2024 (IPS) A hot debate on electronic smoking devices is expected to engage governments, scheduled to meet in Panama from 5-10 February for the tenth session of the Conference of Parties (COP) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC).
The WHO FCTC, the first health treaty, was developed to address the global tobacco epidemic and to ensure that governments are supported in implementing comprehensive and effective tobacco control strategies.
Earlier in 2016, the governments during COP8 made a decision to either prohibit or restrict the manufacture, importati...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ulysses Dorotheo Tags: Featured Global Headlines Health Human Rights IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
UN: Global trade is being disrupted by Red Sea attacks, war in Ukraine and low water in Panama Canal
The U.N. trade body sounded an alarm Thursday that global trade is being disrupted by attacks in the Red Sea, the war in Ukraine, and low water levels in the Panama Canal. Jan Hoffmann, a trade expert at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development known as UNCTAD, warned that shipping…#redsea #ukraine #panamacanal #janhoffmann #unctad #yemen #egypt #suezcanal #mediterraneansea #iranian (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How nitrogen gas kills: Untested execution method that's too cruel for animals will be used TOMORROW on an Alabama hitman in world-first
Alabama will carry out the first-ever execution by nitrogen gas this week, a method that the United Nations deemed 'torture' and will cause inmate Kenneth Smith to suffocate from the inside out. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The UN refugee chief says that he's worried that the war in Ukraine is being forgotten
The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees says that he’s worried that the war in Ukraine has been forgotten as the country prepares to mark two years since Russia’s full-scale invasion The UN refugee chief says that he's worried that the war in Ukraine is being forgotten United Nations High…#ukraine #unitednations #associatedpressin #kyiv #ukrainians #apphotohannaarhirova #unhcr #filippograndi #moscow #hungary (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why the International Day of Education matters for leaders
If you’re like most leaders, today is a day that has barely registered on your radar. For many years, it didn’t for me, either. It’s International Day of Education, originally a United Nations tool to promote the importance of investing in education efforts worldwide. You can be forgiven for…#unitednations #build #udemy #juanjulio #madrededios #peruvian #genefamurphy #phd (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘Hammarskjold
Dag Hammarskjöld, the second Secretary-General of the United Nations and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, died in 1961. But questions surrounding his tragic passing in a plane crash, and his sexuality, refuse to die down. “We know who he is, but we don’t know that much about him,” says director…#daghammarskjöld #unitednations #nobelpeaceprize #perfly #patrickryborn #variety #flyhammarskjöld #hobbit #mikaelpersbrandt #francischouler (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Alarm bells for Trump and Republicans in New Hampshire GOP exit poll
Former President Donald Trump received a warning sign from New Hampshire Republican primary voters. New Hampshire residents headed to the polls Tuesday to vote in the Granite State's Republican and Democratic primary elections. Republicans chose between Trump and former United Nations Ambassador…#donaldtrump #newhampshire #granitestate #republicans #trump #unitednations #exsouthcarolina #nikkihaley #cbsnews #haley (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
