Rampant disease and malnutrition pose serious health threats to some 8 million flood victims in Pakistan, WHO says
War in Ukraine and economic disruption in China are threatening recovery of global labor market, International Labor Organization warns
Heavy flooding has displaced more than 3.4 million people in Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Cameroon
Routine immunizations fell below 10% in Tigray this year, putting children at high-risk of vaccine-preventable diseases
World is falling short of Paris climate agreement, with no credible pathway of limiting a temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius by end of the century, UN Environment Program says
Thousands of new refugees arriving from areas of Somalia where these diseases are circulating, says medical charity
UN refugee agency officials report Malaysia has been sending hundreds of Myanmar nationals back against their will over the past two months
This year, 29 cases have been recorded, down from 350,000 in 1988, putting the possibility of a polio-free world within reach
Country suffering from four years of record rains
Dozens of civilians reportedly have been killed and injured in fighting between militant Islamist rebels and Turkish-affiliated armed groups in the region
Massive increase of food aid so far has prevented country’s hunger crisis from becoming a famine
Authorities report some 50 people have been killed and nearly 300 injured in clashes between security forces and demonstrators
Every single person in Somalia is facing hunger on a scale not seen since the famine in 2011, which killed more than a quarter million people, UN health agency says
Vaccination coverage in populations reduces the spread of the virus, helps prevent new variants from emerging and saves lives: WHO GENEVA
Nearly 500 million people will develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes or other noncommunicable diseases worldwide by 2030 due to physical inactivity
Human rights officials say they are alarmed by the unabated violent response by security forces against protesters
Airstrikes by the Ethiopian Airforce on civilians and civilian infrastructure risks worsening what already is a catastrophic situation
UNICEF warns that unprecedented number of children are likely to die in drought-stricken, famine prone Somalia without greater, immediate action from international community to provide lifesaving assistance
Nearly half of the country's population, or 4.7 million people, are facing acute hunger
Red Cross visited several hundred POWs on both sides, but thousands have not been reached
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