Convened by the Government of the United Kingdom, the day-long conference brought together representatives from more than 20 countries to shore up efforts to achieve zero hunger and end malnutrition, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Far off track Speaking during a session on creating new approaches to ending preventable child deaths, WHO…
—File photo Spokesperson of the Ministry of Health Dr. Nadeem Jan says that the fifth case of polio this year has been reported in Karachi. Spokesperson of the Ministry of Health says that polio virus has been confirmed in a 31-month-old child in East District of Karachi, the affected child belongs to Union Council Gujru….
That’s the message from the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Morris Tidball-Binz, who said on Monday that perpetrators are mostly, but not exclusively, partners or ex-partners, and often escape accountability “due to a lack of proper investigation”. A 2022 report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and UN…
—File photo A case of polio virus has been reported from Gadap area of Karachi. According to health department sources, polio virus has been confirmed in a 24-month-old child in Karachi’s Eastern District. A child has been infected with wild polio virus at UC Gujru in Gadap. This year, the number of polio-affected patients in…
That’s the message from the UN World Food Programme (WFP), which appealed on Wednesday for $19 million to provide emergency food assistance to those “in desperate need” in the country’s western Herat province. The agency’s deputy director in Afghanistan Ana Maria Salhuana stressed that to assist earthquake survivors WFP “is having to take this food…
Siobhán Mullally, UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, said unaccompanied children and children from poor families have reportedly been targeted by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia in the outskirts of the capital Khartoum and elsewhere. They’ve forcibly recruited women and children especially, she warned. Girls have also reportedly been abducted from Khartoum to…
“Over 1000 people have died and many more been injured following horrific acts of violence by Hamas on Saturday in Israel, and days of bombing by Israel in Gaza,” the WHO said in a statement on Tuesday. The UN agency has offered assistance to health officials in both Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory. …
Dr. Ali Al-Samrah celebrates at the hospital after donating bone marrow. Photo courtesy of Social Media. Dr. Ali Al-Samra, an interventional cardiology specialist associated with Florida-based Advent Health, donated his bone marrow to save the life of a young patient. In this regard, the post shared on social media said that this extraordinary act of…
—File photo A 12-year-old boy was infected with polio in Khogyani district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. According to the National Polio Laboratory Islamabad, the number of children affected by polio in Afghanistan this year has increased to 6. Polio virus has also been confirmed in environmental samples in sewage water from different areas of Pakistan….
That’s the message from UN human rights chief Volker Türk, who called for strong leadership and political will from States to heed the call of people of African descent for accountability and redress. His comments followed the release of a new UN report which sets out a series of concrete steps for governments to make reparations…
