Updates

Headlines The report of the 41st meeting of the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on international spread of poliovirus has been published, following the Committee’s meeting in...

The ICRC is outraged that on 16 April an ICRC premises in Gaza was struck and damaged by an explosive. This is the second such incident in three weeks; another premises in the area was struck by a...

Addis Ababa/Brazzaville/Geneva Africa CDC and WHO have updated their joint Continental Response Plan for the mpox emergency as the disease continues to affect new areas. The revised strategy focuses...

WFP scaling up emergency assistance in hard-hit areas, but needs outpacing available resources. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Despite the United Nations World Food Programme’s (WFP) expanded emergency...

Es necesaria una acción internacional urgente (Washington D. C.) – El aumento de la violencia por parte de grupos criminales y los enfrentamientos con grupos de “autodefensa” están agravando la...

GINEBRA – Una experta de la ONU* expresó grave preocupación por la aprobación de las modificaciones de la Agencia Peruana de Cooperación Internacional (APCI), así como las declaraciones en contra de...

GENEVA – A UN expert* expressed serious concern about the approval of amendments to the law concerning the Peruvian Agency for International Cooperation (APCI), as well as statements against Peruvian...

Une réaction internationale urgente est nécessaire alors que le gouvernement de transition perd le contrôle de la situation (Washington) – La montée de la violence en Haïti due aux groupes criminels...

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Situation at a glance On 2 April 2025, the International Health Regulations (IHR) National Focal Point (NFP) for Mexico notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of the country’s first...

FAST FACTS • The security situation in South Sudan has deteriorated rapidly since March 25 due to escalating political tensions, violent clashes and external interference. • The conflict has resulted...

SARI Global has tracked and analyzed a surge of incidents pointing to a serious breakdown in local control across the Jableh–Qadmus–Tartous axis: • Armed groups opened fire on a government convoy in...

Key Takeaways: POLITICS: Parliament’s Vote Recognizing Halabja as Iraq’s 19th Province Faces Legal Challenge; Sudani to Seek 2nd Term in Office – On April 14, Iraq’s parliament voted to approve a...

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NACIONES UNIDAS, Nueva York – 712 mujeres mueren de media cada día durante el embarazo o el parto, lo que equivale a una mujer cada dos minutos, según un nuevo informe de las Naciones Unidas...

Dr Erin McFee1 and Mohamed Ibrahimrashid Khalif The disengagement and reintegration of al-Shabaab militants—an al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadist group that has waged an insurgency in Somalia since 2006—is...

April 16, 2025 – Humanitarian aid assets funded by the EU that helped restore access to water, sanitation and hygiene to thousands of displaced people who lost their homes and are sheltering at...

GENEVA – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Tlaleng Mofokeng, today condemned the Israeli attack on Al-Ahli hospital, the last functioning hospital in the northern part of the Gaza...

GENEVA – UN experts* today urged the Taliban to immediately halt all inhumane punishments in Afghanistan, including capital and corporal punishments, after four public executions were carried out in...