ISLAMABAD, 2 February 2022: The first Sub-National Immunization Days (SNIDs) Polio campaign of 2022 reached more than 22.4 million children under the age of five. The campaign was launched on 24...
Highlights The humanitarian situation continued to deteriorate in 2021 with a 20 % increase in the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance (from 5.9 to 7.1 million); 52% of whom are women...
HIGHLIGHTS Fighting in Ma'rib and Shabwah governorates resulted in the displacement of nearly 10,500 people between December and January. The humanitarian situation in southern Ma'rib, including in...
cVDPV2 outbreak response continues in the country A poliomyelitis (polio) vaccination campaign for children aged 6 months to 6 years who missed routine polio doses in the past will begin in Ukraine...
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Urgently Strengthen Protection, Assistance, Inclusion (New York) - Children with disabilities often face increased risk of harm during armed conflict and crises, Human Rights Watch said today. The...
Highlights • As the conflict continued to intensify in Marib and along the west coast, UNICEF, in partnership with UNFPA and WFP, continued to reach displaced populations at all frontlines with first...
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Highlights • Uganda recorded a cumulative total of 152,571 COVID-19 cases in 2021, including 3,369 deaths. • Uganda was home to over 1.5 million refugees and asylum-seekers, 58 per cent of whom were...
WHO Executive Board urges intensified efforts to give world one less infectious disease to worry about and work towards sustainability of gains in polio-free countries. January 2022, Geneva,...
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Headlines The WHO Executive Board is meeting this week in Geneva, Switzerland. Among other global public health topics, Member States will discuss both polio eradication and polio...
HIGHLIGHTS Humanitarian partners in Tigray continue to downsize operations due to the depletion of supplies, fuel, and cash, voicing concerns over ceasing operations by end of February. Zero...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) faces two challenges at the same time in responding to the needs of the Filipino people affected by Super Typhoon Odette in Palawan, Visayas, and the Mindanao region...
SG/SM/21121 Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Security Council meeting on the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security, in...
SC/14776 SECURITY COUNCIL 8954TH MEETING (AM) Permanent Representative Urges New Leaders to ‘Act Responsibly’, Save Country from Crisis Now is the time for the Taliban to expand opportunity for the...
Highlights 92,790 affected children and caregivers were supported to access mental health and psychosocial support during 2021. UNICEF distributed 1.8 million textbooks and 22,5195 teacher guides...
Ms Teopista is a mother of two little boys and a girl, all eligible for the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV). For her, the launch of the National House-to-House Polio Immunization campaign could not have...
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WHO Director-General outlines five priorities for world and for WHO going forward: Our commitment in the coming year – and in the coming five years – is to dramatically strengthen our ability to...
Executive Summary After almost eight years of conflict, there are an estimated 2.9 million people in need of humanitarian assistance and protection, of which 1.52 million are considered in need of...
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BACKGROUND 40 years of violent conflict have caused waves of displacement and mobility within Afghanitan and across its borders. Annually, an average of 500,000 undocumented migrants return from Iran...
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Headlines Next week, global health leaders will meet at the WHO Executive Board, and polio eradication will be among the topics discussed by Member States. The Secretariat has prepared two reports,...
Kyiv, 20 January 2022 – Today in Kyiv, WHO Regional Director for Europe Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, and the Minister of Health of Ukraine Viktor Liashko, have signed a Biennial Collaborative Agreement...