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Yemen conflict enters 10th year with over 17 million people in need of health aid
Yemen conflict enters 10th year with over 17 million people in need of health aid 25 March 2024, Cairo, Egypt – The conflict in Yemen enters its 10th year today, with over half of the country’s population in desperate need of aid and an estimated 17.8 million people requiring health assistance, 50% of them children. “It’s almost as if ongoing...
WHO’s role in disaster risk reduction and preparedness in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
17 October 2023, Cairo, Egypt – Protracted conflicts, natural disasters and climate change-related disasters are significantly increasing in frequency and magnitude in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Preparedness and international cooperation are urgently needed to protect lives and health infrastructure amid these and other emergencies. “In...
“We either leave or die” a Sudanese migrant recently arrived in Egypt told WHO
“We either leave or die” a Sudanese migrant recently arrived in Egypt told WHO Cairo, 24 May 2023 – Over 248 000 people have crossed the border from Sudan into neighbouring Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia and South Sudan, to flee the insecurity resulting from the fighting in the country and lack of access to health services due to repeated armed attacks on...
