World Humanitarian Day highlights commitment to serve #NoMatterWhat

World Humanitarian Day highlights commitment to serve #NoMatterWhat

The grim forecast comes ahead of World Humanitarian Day, commemorated annually on 19 August. Since the start of the year, 62 aid workers have been killed, 84 have been wounded and 34 kidnapped, the UN said, citing provisional data from the independent research organization Humanitarian Outcomes.  Last year, the death toll reached 116. Under attack South Sudan remains the most dangerous place to…

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Over 350,000 children in developing world missing out on cancer treatment

Over 350,000 children in developing world missing out on cancer treatment

Only a quarter of low-income countries cover childhood cancer medicines in through public benefits, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said at his weekly press briefing in Geneva. Survival rate slashed “This subjects children and families to significant suffering and financial hardship, or puts them at risk of receiving substandard…

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