News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 1 from 68)
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UN aid teams on Friday highlighted the disturbing situation in Gazaās makeshift hospitals, where premature babies cry for scant oxygen and medics attempt to save child survivors targeted by airstrikes in their tents and quadcopter victims reportedly shot while fetching bread.
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Cases reported over the past three weeks are showing early signs of a downward trend. However, maintaining and ramping up control measures remain critical in stopping the outbreak, says WHO.
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Nearly 42,000 people in Gaza are living with life-changing injuries from the ongoing conflict ā including more than 10,000 children ā as the health system collapses under relentless strain, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday.
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Rising violence by gangs in Haitiās capital is restricting humanitarian access and pushing families deeper into hunger, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Thursday.
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Hospitals are overwhelmed and families are sheltering in the open after a deadly 6.9 magnitude earthquake tore through northern Cebu in the Philippines, killing at least 70 people and displacing more than 20,000, according to local authorities and humanitarians on the ground.
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The NRC urged global leaders to press Israel and Hamas for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, secure the release of hostages and Palestinian detainees, and allow agencies to operate freely in Gaza.
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The IFRC is running operations to support families returning from Pakistan and Iran, while also addressing malnutrition and the impacts of flooding. These overlapping emergencies stretch resources.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As Israeli forces continued their push to take full control of Gaza City on Wednesday, reports emerged that another skeletal child whose plight was highlighted by the UN Childrenās Fund (UNICEF) has now died. Her name was Jana and she was nine years old.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Secretary-General AntĆ³nio Guterres has welcomed Mondayās Gaza peace deal proposal from US President Donald Trump, urging āall partiesā to commit to it.
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Faced with a deadly outbreak of cholera and a lack of sanitation infrastructure, one Haitian mother sparked a community movement that has transformed her neighbourhood ā and saved multiple lives.
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For George Stroumboulopoulos, WFP Goodwill Ambassador, the only way to get to an inaccessible destination near the border of Chad in 2004 was to fly on an UN Humanitarian Air Service plane: it was the first time heād ever heard of UNHAS.
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In Ukraine, people across the country have been dealing with the aftermath of a massive Russian bombing raid that lasted into the early hours of Monday, reportedly killing four, including a teenage girl.
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The UN Security Council is meeting to discuss the Middle East crisis and protection of civilians in conflict, as speculation grows of a potential deal to end the war in Gaza with US President Donald Trump and Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu meeting in the White House for talks on Monday. Follow live coverage from the council chamber in New York below; UN News app users can go here.
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As Israeli military operations continue in Gaza City, deadly strikes on displaced Palestinians ā including people collecting firewood for cooking ā raise further concerns about attacks on civilians, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a statement on Monday.
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A UN conference on 30 September aims to formulate a plan under which the more than one million Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh can return home to Myanmar. Amnesty warns against such action.
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Hundreds of community-based health organizations supported by the Global Fund are being forced to scale back their plans amid financial uncertainty and potentially even more devastating cuts.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The escalating Israeli military offensive in Gaza City continues to overwhelm medical professionals there, with four more hospitals forced to shut down this month alone in the north of the war-torn enclave, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
World leaders have thrown their weight behind the first-ever United Nations global political declaration tackling noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health together.
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People fleeing MocĆmboa de Praia are reaching Mueda and Nangade, the nearest accessible districts. But the area is under strain after eight years of conflict, making it hard for people to get support.
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Conflict and climate-fuelled disasters had left 6.3 million children among about 19.9 million people in need of support, but the earthquake has made living conditions worse for many children.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
While the Israeli militaryās assault on Gaza City ramps up, conditions in the south of the war-torn enclave are so cramped that displaced and starving Gazans are sleeping on rubble-strewn open ground, UN aid teams said on Thursday.
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Flash flooding, below-average rainfall, high food prices, and ongoing conflict have combined to drive hunger levels up 30 per cent across Somalia, with the south worst hit.
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The campaign, which kicked off on 21 September, aims to reach people aged one year and older with oral cholera vaccines in six localities in response to the ongoing cholera outbreak.
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An estimated 11,000 women in the earthquake-affected areas are currently pregnant and could give birth in tents in coming months, where temperatures regularly fall below freezing in winter.
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Children in Gaza continue to bear the brunt of war, following nearly two years of Israeli bombardment. The IRC reports a 48 percent increase in child protection cases in recent weeks.
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As world leaders convene, we call on the UN Security Council and its member states and donor governments, to act on our plea for concrete, monitored action to protect civilians in Al Fasher.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Secretary-General told the Security Council on Tuesday itās important not to lose the āfragile diplomatic momentumā between Ukraine and Russia ā and international mediators ā over ending the war. He was briefing ambassadors in back-to-back meetings where calling for ceasefire in Gaza, he said the āday afterā war ends there, must be anchored in international law, rejecting any āethnic cleansingā of Palestinians. Our live meetings coverage is below; UN News app users can click here.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Amid the devastating war in Sudan, UN aid teams are overcoming major obstacles to curb a cholera outbreak claiming lives across the country, with young children particularly at risk.
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āNow more than ever, the multilateral system must deliver practical and principled responses that put people first, protect their rights and recognize both the challenges and possibilities of mobility.ā
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Hostilities between Israeli forces and Hamas have led to the shuttering of almost half of all malnutrition centres in and around Gaza City, the northern area of the Strip where famine was declared a month ago.