File photo. In Pakistan, about seven thousand children die every day due to various diseases, out of which about 150 children lose their lives due to various birth defects. Congenital defects or birth defects of children can be corrected by operation or surgery soon after birth but unfortunately there are less than 200 pediatric surgeons…
“WHO and partners managed to access (Al) Shifa (hospital) in the north and deliver fuel, some lifesaving supplies for 150 patients and treatment of 50 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition and also bring it vaccines,” said Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, UN World Health Organization (WHO) Representative for the Occupied Palestinian Territory. For the first time…
The latest grave assessment from the World Health Organization (WHO) came after UN teams reached Al Ahli Arab hospital and Al Shifa hospital on Wednesday, amid reports of intensifying ground operations by Israeli Defense Forces and continuing airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, in response to Hamas’s 7 October terror attacks on southern Israel. “Patients were…
Bristol: A new one Reports It has been reported that hundreds of children die every year due to sepsis. Sepsis is a condition in which the human body becomes overactive while fighting an infection, causing dangerously low blood pressure and organ failure. According to the National Child Mortality Database, around one in six children in…
Volker Türk’s appeal came as UN humanitarians continued to issue dire warnings about the full scale of the humanitarian crisis in the enclave. ‘Crumbs’ of aid The head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), said that the “few (aid) trucks” which have come in from Egypt since 21 October are “nothing more than…
Every day 110 children die of diarrhea in Pakistan, most of which could be saved by zinc supplements. Following the devastating floods in Sindh and Balochistan last year, zinc supplements along with oral rehydration salts (ORS) were given to thousands of children, protecting them from diarrhea and malnutrition. These views were expressed by the officials…
Latest news reports said the bodies of at least 79 men, women and children had been recovered, with hundreds more potentially dead or missing. The UN migration agency (IOM) estimated that at least 400 had been on board, adding that 104 survivors had been brought to shore by the middle of the day, local time….
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are highlighting the issue ahead of World Food Safety Day, observed annually on 7 June. This year, focus is on the role of established food safety practices and standards which ensure that what we eat, is safe to consume. Ending ‘preventable deaths’ Food…
The ant called ‘Polyrax femorita’ pretends to die in case of danger and saves itself. Photo: Courtesy of Eureka Alert Melbourne, Australia: Scientists have probably seen for the first time in an ant the ability to pretend to die to avoid being preyed upon by a predator and thereby protect itself. On Australia’s famous Kangaroo…
Geneva: According to a new report released by the World Health Organization, since 2015, progress in the reduction of deaths during pregnancy has stalled globally. According to the report, every year 4.5 million mothers and babies die during pregnancy, childbirth or a week after birth. This number is equivalent to one death every seven seconds….
