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1.5 billion dollars in aid needed in the new year in Somalia
The 2022 HRP seeks close to US$1.5 billion to assist 5.5 million of the most vulnerable people in Somalia. To…
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Covid 19 cases cannot be detected in Africa
A new assessment by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that only 14.2% – or one in seven – COVID-19…
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Urgent action plan needed in Africa due to drought
Parts of the East Africa region, particularly eastern Kenya, southern Somalia, and certain Belg-receiving areas of Ethiopia, have already experienced…
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4 billion dollars support to fight Covid-19
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announces it has awarded to date a total of US$4 billion…
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Waterborne diseases are increasing day by day in northern Syria.
In northern Syria, a decade of war has left water and sanitation infrastructure damaged and neglected. More than three million…
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Covid-19 vaccine shipments to Africa need to be increased more.
COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Africa must rise by over seven times from around 20 million per month to 150 million…
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Call for help to Afghan for healthcare workers
Allowing Afghanistan’s health-care delivery system to fall apart would be disastrous. People across the country would be denied access to…
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Bangladeshi children will now be able to receive better healthcare
Located in Dhaka, the Capital of Bangladesh, the 650-bed “Dhaka Children’s Hospital” is the first and still the largest children’s…
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Health facilities in Afghanistan shut down one by one
A pause in funding for the Sehatmandi project — the backbone of Afghanistan’s health system — has left millions of…
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The drought in Afghanistan left millions of farmers starving.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has appealed for humanitarian assistance to be scaled up as…
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