Month: February 2020

Hospitals in Yemen attacked, disrupting healthcare for thousands of vulnerable civilians

Attacks on health facilities in Yemen’s Marib province, east of the capital Sana’a, have left some 15,000 people – many…

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Coronavirus: demand for face masks creates shortfall for those in real need

Unprecedented global demand for face masks and other protective equipment fuelled by the coronavirus epidemic has created potentially dangerous shortages…

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ISIL still at ‘centre’ of terrorism threat, Security Council hears

Despite the loss of its last stronghold in Syria and the death of its leader, ISIL “remains at the centre of the transnational…

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Improving the multi-hazard resilience of health facilities in Iran

Contributed by Japan government, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MoHME) of Islamic Republic of Iran…

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Coronavirus: UN health agency moves fast to tackle ‘infodemic’; Guterres warns against stigmatization

“People had suddenly the impression that the virus was in the air and…there is this cloud of the virus” that…

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US Middle East peace plan ‘lopsided’, says independent UN rights expert

A United States plan released this week to resolve the decades-long conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is “lopsided” and will only entrench the occupation, an…

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Youth leaders share positive visions of the future, as Guterres launches UN75 in New York

Six youth leaders from around the world were at UN Headquarters in New York on Wednesday to share their ambitious visions for a future where international cooperation is prioritized and…

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Coronavirus spread now a global emergency declares World Health Organization

The rise in new coronavirus cases outside China now constitutes a global health emergency, the World Health Organization’s Emergency Committee…

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