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WHO chief calls for end to hospital attacks in Gaza
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday called for an end to attacks on hospitals in Gaza after Israel struck one and raided another in the past few days, reports The Reuters. Hospitals in Gaza have once again become battlegrounds and the health system is under severe threat,...
‘Horror must end’: WHO statement on Kamal Adwan destruction
The World Health Organization (WHO) has added its voice to the growing chorus of international condemnation of Israels attack on the Kamal Adwan Hospital, reports Al Jazeera. In a statement published to social media on Friday night, the WHO said Israel has systematically dismantled the health...
I was not sure actually I could survive: WHO chief on Israeli strike on Yemen
World Health Organization (WHO) director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, did not know whether he would survive an air strike on Yemens main airport carried out by Israel on Thursday, reports Al Jazeera. Tedros told the media that he had received no warning of the Israeli strike and the...
Israel targeting health system in Gaza: WHO
Spokesperson for the UNs World Health Organization (WHO) Margaret Harris has expressed concern about the deteriorating health situation in Gaza, after reports of Kamal Adwan Hospital being evacuated by the Israeli military, reports Al Jazeera. We are witnessing the targeting of civilians and the...
Trump transition team plans immediate WHO withdrawal
Members of Donald Trumps presidential transition team are laying the groundwork for the United States to withdraw from the World Health Organization on the first day of his second term, according to a health law expert familiar with the discussions. I have it on good authority that he plans to...
Conditions at Gaza hospital ‘appalling’: WHO chief
The World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said a team from WHO and its partners reached Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza two days ago, amid hostilities and explosions in the vicinity of the hospital during the mission, reports Al Jazeera. He said that Israeli...
Dhaka ranks second in global air pollution index with ‘Very Unhealthy’ air quality
Dhaka, the densely populated capital of Bangladesh, recorded an Air Quality Index (AQI) score of 258 on Friday morning, making it the second most polluted city in the world at 10:58 am. The air quality was categorized as very unhealthy, a trend that has persisted over the past few days, according...
WHO chief condemns attacks on northern Gaza hospital
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the ongoing attacks on Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza have resulted in 14 more injuries in the past 48 hours, which includes the hospitals director and several other healthcare workers, reports Al...
WHO chief deplores killing of Lebanese paramedics in Israeli strike
World Health Organizations (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that he deplores the killing of at least 12 paramedics, who were killed in an Israeli air strike on a Lebanese civil defence centre in Lebanons eastern Baalbek region, reports Al Jazeera. The centre has been...
WHO chief sounds alarm on famine warning in Gaza
World Health Organization(WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has added his voice to rising concerns that the monthlong Israeli military siege of northern Gaza where as many as 95,000 civilians could be trapped has caused famine conditions, reports Al Jazeera. Deeply alarming,...
Govt seeks direct communication with WHO, bypassing Putul
The interim government has sent a letter to the World Health Organization (WHO), seeking a direct communication link with the UN health oranisation, bypassing its regional chief Saima Wazed Putul. Putul is the daughter of ousted autocratic premier Sheikh Hasina, and has been implicated in a...
The whole world condemns as Israel ban UNRWA
Israeli parliament has approved on Monday a controversial bill to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), which is considered as the lifeline in the Israel sieged Gaza, reports agencies. The banning will be applicable in Israeli territory and its occupied...