Gaza: First polio case confirmed in war-shattered enclave
A 10-month-old girl paralysed by polio in Gaza has become the first confirmed case of the deadly disease to be detected in the war-ravaged enclave in 25 years.
A 10-month-old girl paralysed by polio in Gaza has become the first confirmed case of the deadly disease to be detected in the war-ravaged enclave in 25 years.
Protecting war-weary people in Sudan from a second deadly cholera outbreak is proving a huge challenge for aid teams after more than 16 months of heavy fighting, combined with flooding and ongoing access obstacles, they reported on Friday.
Years of underfunding of humanitarian aid and increasing needs have put millions of Haitians at risk of chronic vulnerability, according to a newly released UN report.
The Security Council met on Thursday to hear from top officials about the situation on the ground in the Middle East, a region roiling from the ongoing war in Gaza as the conflict enters its 11th month. Council members, along with the ambassadors of Israeli and Palestine, shared their positions during another heated discussion.
UN aid teams have warned that vital chorine supplies that are essential for purifying water are running out and deteriorating in Gaza, while humanitarians condemned new strikes on schools sheltering people displaced by the war.
The first food supplies destined for desperate communities in Sudan’s Darfur region have crossed the Adre border from Chad, after it was reopened this week by the Sudanese authorities following a six-month closure.
“Continuous” Israeli military evacuation orders in Gaza threaten already extremely vulnerable people in the enclave with further forced displacement, raising concerns that vital services could soon be cut off, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday.
The UN’s top humanitarian official in Ukraine on Tuesday condemned “yet another attack" carried out by Russian forces in the eastern Donetsk region.
How do you tackle famine? UN News spoke with young people operating “emergency response rooms” in war-torn Sudan to find out how they are helping to overcome hunger at besieged famine-stricken camps in North Darfur, home to more than half a million displaced people, as the world commemorates World Humanitarian Day, marked annually on 19 August.
On Monday, UN authorities in Sudan confirmed that truckloads of food and supplies have been approved to cross the border from Chad through the Adre crossing.