Egypt becomes the seventh country in the Eastern Mediterranean Region to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem
Stories & Blogs WHO (News )The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that Egypt has successfully eliminated trachoma as a public health problem.
At Chad’s fragile Sudan border, UN and partners redouble connectivity drive for refugees and hosts
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (Press Release )Connectivity for Refugees initiative is making strides in bringing private and public partners together to facilitate digital inclusion for 20 million people.
UNHCR: Violence flares anew in northern Mozambique, forcing 22,000 to flee in a week.
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (Briefing note )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned at the rapidly growing displacement in northern Mozambique as a conflict that is entering its eighth year appears to be intensifying again, forcing nearly 22,000 people to flee their homes in a single week
UNHCR calls for urgent international support to advance solutions for Sahel’s forcibly displaced.
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (News )About 4 million people are now displaced across Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and neighbouring countries.
WHO and the European Union launch collaboration to advance digitized health systems in sub-Saharan Africa.
Stories & Blogs WHO (News )The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Union (EU) announced today a new agreement to support the digital transformation of health systems and wider adoption of WHO’s Global Digital Health Certification Network (GDHCN) in sub-Saharan Africa.
Republic of Congo reinforces measures to curb potential Ebola outbreak.
Stories & Blogs WHO (News )The Republic of Congo has stepped up measures to rapidly detect and respond to potential Ebola outbreak as neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo faces a new outbreak of the virus in Kasai Province in the central region of the country.
UNHCR’s Grandi calls for urgent international support to help refugees returning home in DR Congo and Rwanda.
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (Press Release )The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has concluded a week-long visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, urging greater international support for peace in the region and humanitarian efforts so that refugees
New report exposes pervasive gender inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa’s agrifood systems, despite women powering half the agrifood workforce.
Stories & Blogs FAO (News )In sub-Saharan Africa, approximately three out of four working women (76 percent) are employed in agrifood systems, and women make up 49 percent of the agrifood systems workforce.
WHO releases new reports and estimates highlighting urgent gaps in mental health.
Stories & Blogs WHO (News )WHO today releases two major reports — the Mental Health Atlas 2024 and the World Mental Health Today — alongside updated suicide estimates, presenting the most comprehensive evidence yet on the urgent need to strengthen mental health services and prevent