Gaza: Nearly 600 healthcare attacks since start of war, says WHO

PNP DeskJanuary 5, 2024September 18, 202407 mins

Some 613 people have died within facilities as a result since 7 October last year and more than 770 have been injured, according to latest data on healthcare attacks from the World Health Organization (WHO). Condemning the continuing fighting and bombardment, WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier said that the “ongoing reduction of humanitarian space plus the…

Nearly 14 million children in Sudan need humanitarian support: UNICEF

PNP DeskAugust 4, 2023September 15, 202409 mins

Ted Chaiban of the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, and Edem Wosornu with the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, briefed journalists on their recent mission to the country and Chad, one of several neighbouring nations hosting some 900,000 people who fled the violence. Fighting between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) recently…