Edited News | OCHA
Famine in Sudan is “imminent” if aid agencies continue to be prevented from providing relief, UN humanitarians warned on Friday.
Edited News | WHO
Summary: Gaza's healthcare professionals are crucial for the enclave's reconstruction, says WHO official. Many skilled medical workers are still committed to Gaza's future despite the devastation caused by the war. The official also condemned an Israeli airstrike and called for a ceasefire to...
Edited News | WHO
Gaza medics struggling in face of ‘overwhelming disaster’ as vital supplies run low: WHO Vital medical supplies are fast running out in Gaza’s remaining hospitals, the UN health agency warned on Wednesday, amid reports of continuing Israeli bombing and hostilities in the enclave. “We have...
Edited News | IOM
Papua New Guinea landslide response hampered by complex conditions Efforts to rescue those impacted by the deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea that has claimed an estimated 2,000 lives have been complicated by fears that the waterlogged ground could shift again. “We don’t want a disaster on top of...
Edited News | WHO , UNICEF , UNRWA
Gaza: Rafah attack horror heightens focus on lack of health resources UN agencies reiterated their call for urgent ceasefire and humanitarian access following the devastating Israeli air strikes on Sunday that hit a camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah. The Hamas-run Ministry of Health...
Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
At the bi-weekly press briefing in Geneva, UN Human Rights spokesperson Liz Throssell and the head of OHCHR’s Myanmar team, James Rodehaver, made the following comments on the fighting in Rakhine State, Myanmar.
Edited News | UNHCR , WMO
UN strengthens support to most vulnerable in southern Brazil's 'biggest climate-related disaster. Unprecedented floods and landslides have impacted over two million people in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul where almost every city has been hit.
Edited News | UNHCR , WHO
The UN expressed new concerns on Tuesday over a rise in displacement and humanitarian needs in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, amid “relentless” Russian air and ground attacks.
Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
The UN’s Human Rights Chief has renewed his calls on both parties to the conflict in Sudan to end hostilities, voicing his horror at the situation in El-Fasher in Darfur.
Edited News | OCHA , OHCHR , UNHCR , WHO
Sudan faces horrific violence, famine, and disease, with millions needing humanitarian aid amid conflict.