“This war is having a staggering and unacceptable number of civilian casualties, including women and children, every day,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement on Sunday. “This must stop. I reiterate my call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.” Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said in a statement on Sunday…
–File photo 296 people were infected and 3 died due to gastro outbreak in Sabi city of Balochistan. According to the health department, 296 cases of gastroenteritis have been reported in Sabi since November 1. According to the health department, an emergency response team has been deployed in view of the gastro outbreak in Sabi…
Nonmelanoma skin cancer refers to a group of cancers that develop in the upper layers of the skin. The two main subtypes of this cancer are basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. The research highlights the alarming burden caused by the disease through occupational exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation and underscores the need for…
UN Day on 24 October marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter – the day the Organization officially came into being. ‘We grieve, and we remember’ The dead in Gaza include many teachers, the agency noted in a tweet on Monday. “We grieve and we remember. These…
More than 1 million cases of diarrhea are being reported in Pakistan every month, as a result of which about 110 children die every day. These views were expressed by the health experts while addressing a seminar on ‘Importance of Zinc for Health’ held at a local hotel in Karachi. Experts said that most children’s…
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…
Marking the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Mr. Guterres pointed out that nearly 700 million people are living on less than $2.15 per day and over a billion don’t have access to basic needs like food, water, health care and education. Billions more lack sanitation and access to energy, jobs, housing and social safety…
It reveals the deadly toll of Russia’s full-scale invasion on Ukrainian civilians, with almost six people killed and 20 wounded on average every single day between February and July of this year. “In just six months covered by this report more than one thousand civilians died and nearly four thousand were injured,” said Danielle Bell,…
—File photo Bangladeshi authorities have confirmed that the dengue virus has become an extremely dangerous epidemic in the country, which has led to an alarming increase in the number of deaths this year. According to the Bangladesh Ministry of Health, the number of confirmed dengue cases in Bangladesh this year was more than 200,000, while…
Iconic photo Health experts from Great Britain made a shocking revelation about a new disease, Disease X. According to foreign media reports, this disease has been named as Disease X by the World Health Organization (WHO). Health experts have warned that this disease is even more deadly than the epidemic of late 2019 known as…
