World Food Program officials say as many as seven million people in Tigray, Afar and Amhara provinces are acutely short of food and facing a hunger crisis
Millions of Afghans are at risk of starving this winter if farmers do not receive assistance to plant their winter wheat crop before the end of the month
UN refugee agency calls on US, other countries to end public health-related asylum restrictions under which expulsions of claimants are occurring
WMO report focuses on the close link between air quality and climate change and how measures under COVID-19 influence air quality patterns
Within the country, millions of Afghans are teetering on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe and need international aid to survive
Africa hoped to reach the global target set for vaccinating 10% of vulnerable populations against COVID on the continent by the end of September
World Health Organization warns too many governments are unprepared to deal with this growing public health problem, which affects 55 million people globally
Less than half the world's population is covered by at least one social protection benefit, while 4.1 billion people have no income security at all
UN agencies say they remain committed to staying in the country to aid millions of people, including the internally displaced
An increasingly brutal conflict combined with a catastrophic humanitarian situation are worsening abusive treatment of women and girls in the country, the UN and aid groups find
Only a few days of supplies are left to address the health needs of millions in the fractured country, says the UN health agency
Over $300 million sought to assist potential host governments
UN refugee agency says settlements hosting nearly 190,000 displaced people in Marib governorate are overcrowded and lacking basic necessities
WFP is appealing for $200 million to purchase and deliver food for millions of Afghans before the winter snows cut off access roads to them
Report by WHO and Imperial College London says number of people with hypertension has doubled over the last 30 years to 1.28 billion, mostly in developing countries
Human rights advocates have warned failure to act now would tarnish UN credibility not just in Afghanistan, but in other human rights crises
Since no commercial aircraft can land in Kabul, UN officials say it is necessary to allow aircraft carrying relief supplies to continue to use the airport
About one-half of Afghanistan’s population, including more than four million women and nearly 10 million children, need humanitarian assistance
Desperation is growing among hundreds of thousands of earthquake survivors who have little or no access to relief
Millions of Afghans caught in a rapidly changing and precarious situation are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance and protection
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