The U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, this week reported that global crises have combined to raise levels of acute malnutrition in dozens of refugee sites surveyed, most of them in Africa. UNHCR’s 2021 Annual Public Health Global Review was released Friday.U…
At least 10 people were killed and more than 20 others injured Friday when al-Shabab extremists attacked a town that sits on the Somali side of the border with Ethiopia, according to witnesses and officials.“The militants launched a surprise dawn attac…
Global health agencies say a voluntary licensing agreement has been reached to allow for the generic production of the first and only long-acting injectable HIV-prevention drug.Until recently, Cabotegravir, the HIV-prevention medication, was available …
The acting head of the United Nations mission in eastern Congo said Wednesday that it would carry out a joint investigation with national police into the shooting deaths of three peacekeepers and a dozen Congolese civilians during anti-U.N. protests th…
The United Nations AIDS program says progress is stalling on ending HIV/AIDS as a public health crisis by 2030 and action is needed to get it back on track.The UNAIDS program issued its assessment in a new report pointing to recent data that showed 1.5…
The United Nations said that three of its peacekeepers were killed in ongoing anti-U.N. protests that turned violent in eastern Congo on Tuesday, while several civilians were also killed in the violence.”At the MONUSCO Butembo base today, violent attac…
A Democratic Republic of Congo government spokesman said at least five people were killed and 50 wounded during protests against a U.N. peacekeeping mission in the eastern city of Goma on Monday.Congolese government spokesman Patrick Muyaya announced t…
An unvaccinated young adult from New York recently contracted polio, the first U.S. case in nearly a decade, health officials said Thursday.Officials said the patient, who lives in Rockland County, had developed paralysis. The person developed symptoms…
Preparations are underway for the mass rollout of the world’s first malaria vaccine to protect millions of children in Africa.The rollout is being funded by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, for nearly $160 million.The World Health Organization said Gavi’s m…
GENEVA— The World Health Organization will reconvene its expert monkeypox committee on Thursday to decide whether the outbreak now constitutes a global health emergency — the highest alarm it can sound.A second meeting of the WHO’s emergency committee …