In a stark assessment of the dire situation after more than eight months of war, the head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on Tuesday that “a significant proportion of Gaza’s population is now facing catastrophic hunger and famine-like conditions”. To date, more than 8,000 youngsters have been diagnosed and…
Children were killed and maimed in unprecedented numbers in places such as Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, notably Gaza; Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan and Ukraine, his annual report on Children and Armed Conflict revealed. The alarming increase was due to the evolving nature, complexity, and intensification of armed conflict,…
— file photo 263 suspected cases of measles among children have been reported in Punjab during the last 24 hours. Punjab Health Minister Khawaja Imran Nazir has said that 12 thousand 220 measles cases have been reported so far this year. He said that during the last 24 hours, 40 cases of measles have been…
Shanghai: Recently, in China, gene therapy was performed on hearing impaired children, as a result of which the children miraculously recovered their hearing. According to media reports, specific gene therapy was tested in Shanghai on 5 children who were completely deaf. Hearing recovery was observed in both ears of all children after gene therapy. Additionally,…
Details of that development and the “unprecedented devastation” to the Palestinian jobs market and the wider economy beyond Gaza and the West Bank are outlined in a new report from the ILO. Ahead of its publication, the UN agency’s Director-General Gilbert Houngbo told the 112th International Labour Conference in Geneva on Thursday that the labour market…
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom visited the region for the first time this week to see the dire conditions there for himself. “The staggering scale of the conflict in eastern DRC, the horrific level of violence, and its devastating impact on the children and women I met is heart-wrenching,” said Mr. Bloom. “No child should…
Afghanistan’s most recent floods killed about 350 people, including dozens of children, and damaged more than 7,800 homes leaving over 5,000 families displaced. UNICEF has since provided safe water, hygiene kits with soap, toothbrushes and more to communities in Afghanistan. The children’s fund also organised hygiene sessions to teach civilians about handwashing and safe water storage…
Nishtar Hospital – File photo 20 more children fell victim to measles in Multan in 24 hours. According to the spokesperson of Nishtar Hospital, 962 measles patients have been reported in Children’s Hospital this year. The spokesperson of Nishtar Hospital has also informed that 54 gastro patients have also been reported in Nishtar Hospital. setTimeout(function(){…
The alert from the World Health Organization (WHO) follows the finding that more than four in five children “did not eat for a whole day at least once in the three days” ahead of a food insecurity survey. Hunger snapshot “These are children under five who are not getting food all day,” said WHO spokesperson Dr. Margaret…
The agency revealed that in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, cases of recruitment and use of children in armed groups along with killings and maiming increased by more than 130 per cent between the two time periods. Protect the vulnerable Gilles Fagninou, UNICEF’s regional director for West and Central Asia, underscored the need to curb…
