Caught Between Rubble and Taliban Restrictions, Afghan Women Struggle for Survival 29/10/2025 Manija Mirzaie At around midnight on the last night in August, a powerful earthquake destroyed homes and villages in Afghanistan – and the Taliban-controlled government’s restrictive policies exacerbated the suffering of women and girls caught in the disaster. Women and girls living in eastern Afghanistan are bearing the heaviest burden after the 6.0-magnitude earthquake killed and injured […] Continue reading -> Billions Needed to Rebuild Gaza’s Health System; Polio Eradication Faces 30% Budget Cut 24/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan At least $7 billion is needed to rebuild Gaza’s health system, which has no fully functioning hospitals, and critical shortages of essential medicines, equipment and health workers, World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a media briefing on Thursday. While Tedros welcomed the ceasefire negotiated by US President Donald Trump on […] Continue reading -> Malaria Resurgence Could Kill Nearly One Million by 2030 In Absence of Funding, New Drug Tools 21/10/2025 Stefan Anderson BERLIN – The head of the world’s largest malaria funder has issued a stark warning that the disease now poses a greater threat than HIV or tuberculosis, as a new analysis released Tuesday reveals funding cuts could trigger 990,000 additional deaths by 2030, including 750,000 children under five. “If I think about the situation we […] Continue reading -> If and When the Guns Fall Silent – Gaza Faces Overwhelming Rehabilitation Task 06/10/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Beyond the rehabilitation of bodies, mind and critical Gaza health, housing, water and sanitation infrastructure, both Israelis and Palestinians need to confront the darks side of their respective narratives around the two-year war in Gaza in order to advance a cease-fire and, beyond that, a more durable peace. As hopes of a cease-fire between warring […] Continue reading -> ‘Ban All Attacks on Hospitals as Shielding Has Become a Tool of Genocide’ 01/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan All attacks on hospitals should be banned and the exceptions in international humanitarian law (IHL) that enable aggressors to justify bombing hospitals – by, for example, claiming that they are shielding combatants – should be removed. Professor Neve Gordon, professor of international law at Queen Mary University in London, made this argument at a recent […] Continue reading -> UN-Backed Food Security Group Declares Famine In Gaza for First Time 22/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than half a million people in Gaza City and its environs are now trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths, according to a new report by a UN-supported food security assessment body, released on Friday. Famine conditions are projected to spread from Gaza Governorate, in the northern area of the […] Continue reading -> Afghanistan’s Fragile Health System Buckles Under Surge of Deportees from Iran and Pakistan 18/08/2025 Manija Mirzaie Afghanistan’s fragile healthcare system is at breaking point under the strain of hundreds of thousands of Afghans deported from Iran and Pakistan over the past few months, many in urgent need of medical care. This follows the decision by both Pakistan and Iran to repatriate Afghans, even those with refugee status in the case of […] Continue reading -> Gaza Malnutrition Deaths Rise, says WHO, while Israeli Hostage Mothers Make Fresh Appeal to ICRC 13/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite an uptick in food supplies reaching Gaza this month, critical medical equipment remains barred from entry while deaths from malnutrition continue to mount to 147 casualties as of August 5, said Rick Peeperkorn, the World Health Organization’s representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Tuesday at a UN press briefing in Geneva. On the same […] Continue reading -> Around 100 Gazans Died This Year of Starvation as of 29 July, WHO Confirms 07/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has confirmed reports of 99 people who died of malnutrition-related deaths in 2025, up until the end of July, including 64 adults and 35 children, most of the latter under the age of five, said WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday. According to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry, the number of […] Continue reading -> Syria’s Seeks to Rebuild Shattered Healthcare System – But Sectarian Violence Impedes Progress 05/08/2025 Disha Shetty & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Syria is looking to rebuild its healthcare system after a 14-year long civil war that left at least 300,000 dead and 70% of its population dependent on humanitarian aid. But the new government faces a major challenge in ensuring the safety of minority groups, along with access to healthcare and humanitarian aid. The primarily Druze […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Billions Needed to Rebuild Gaza’s Health System; Polio Eradication Faces 30% Budget Cut 24/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan At least $7 billion is needed to rebuild Gaza’s health system, which has no fully functioning hospitals, and critical shortages of essential medicines, equipment and health workers, World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a media briefing on Thursday. While Tedros welcomed the ceasefire negotiated by US President Donald Trump on […] Continue reading -> Malaria Resurgence Could Kill Nearly One Million by 2030 In Absence of Funding, New Drug Tools 21/10/2025 Stefan Anderson BERLIN – The head of the world’s largest malaria funder has issued a stark warning that the disease now poses a greater threat than HIV or tuberculosis, as a new analysis released Tuesday reveals funding cuts could trigger 990,000 additional deaths by 2030, including 750,000 children under five. “If I think about the situation we […] Continue reading -> If and When the Guns Fall Silent – Gaza Faces Overwhelming Rehabilitation Task 06/10/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Beyond the rehabilitation of bodies, mind and critical Gaza health, housing, water and sanitation infrastructure, both Israelis and Palestinians need to confront the darks side of their respective narratives around the two-year war in Gaza in order to advance a cease-fire and, beyond that, a more durable peace. As hopes of a cease-fire between warring […] Continue reading -> ‘Ban All Attacks on Hospitals as Shielding Has Become a Tool of Genocide’ 01/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan All attacks on hospitals should be banned and the exceptions in international humanitarian law (IHL) that enable aggressors to justify bombing hospitals – by, for example, claiming that they are shielding combatants – should be removed. Professor Neve Gordon, professor of international law at Queen Mary University in London, made this argument at a recent […] Continue reading -> UN-Backed Food Security Group Declares Famine In Gaza for First Time 22/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than half a million people in Gaza City and its environs are now trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths, according to a new report by a UN-supported food security assessment body, released on Friday. Famine conditions are projected to spread from Gaza Governorate, in the northern area of the […] Continue reading -> Afghanistan’s Fragile Health System Buckles Under Surge of Deportees from Iran and Pakistan 18/08/2025 Manija Mirzaie Afghanistan’s fragile healthcare system is at breaking point under the strain of hundreds of thousands of Afghans deported from Iran and Pakistan over the past few months, many in urgent need of medical care. This follows the decision by both Pakistan and Iran to repatriate Afghans, even those with refugee status in the case of […] Continue reading -> Gaza Malnutrition Deaths Rise, says WHO, while Israeli Hostage Mothers Make Fresh Appeal to ICRC 13/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite an uptick in food supplies reaching Gaza this month, critical medical equipment remains barred from entry while deaths from malnutrition continue to mount to 147 casualties as of August 5, said Rick Peeperkorn, the World Health Organization’s representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Tuesday at a UN press briefing in Geneva. On the same […] Continue reading -> Around 100 Gazans Died This Year of Starvation as of 29 July, WHO Confirms 07/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has confirmed reports of 99 people who died of malnutrition-related deaths in 2025, up until the end of July, including 64 adults and 35 children, most of the latter under the age of five, said WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday. According to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry, the number of […] Continue reading -> Syria’s Seeks to Rebuild Shattered Healthcare System – But Sectarian Violence Impedes Progress 05/08/2025 Disha Shetty & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Syria is looking to rebuild its healthcare system after a 14-year long civil war that left at least 300,000 dead and 70% of its population dependent on humanitarian aid. But the new government faces a major challenge in ensuring the safety of minority groups, along with access to healthcare and humanitarian aid. The primarily Druze […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Malaria Resurgence Could Kill Nearly One Million by 2030 In Absence of Funding, New Drug Tools 21/10/2025 Stefan Anderson BERLIN – The head of the world’s largest malaria funder has issued a stark warning that the disease now poses a greater threat than HIV or tuberculosis, as a new analysis released Tuesday reveals funding cuts could trigger 990,000 additional deaths by 2030, including 750,000 children under five. “If I think about the situation we […] Continue reading -> If and When the Guns Fall Silent – Gaza Faces Overwhelming Rehabilitation Task 06/10/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Beyond the rehabilitation of bodies, mind and critical Gaza health, housing, water and sanitation infrastructure, both Israelis and Palestinians need to confront the darks side of their respective narratives around the two-year war in Gaza in order to advance a cease-fire and, beyond that, a more durable peace. As hopes of a cease-fire between warring […] Continue reading -> ‘Ban All Attacks on Hospitals as Shielding Has Become a Tool of Genocide’ 01/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan All attacks on hospitals should be banned and the exceptions in international humanitarian law (IHL) that enable aggressors to justify bombing hospitals – by, for example, claiming that they are shielding combatants – should be removed. Professor Neve Gordon, professor of international law at Queen Mary University in London, made this argument at a recent […] Continue reading -> UN-Backed Food Security Group Declares Famine In Gaza for First Time 22/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than half a million people in Gaza City and its environs are now trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths, according to a new report by a UN-supported food security assessment body, released on Friday. Famine conditions are projected to spread from Gaza Governorate, in the northern area of the […] Continue reading -> Afghanistan’s Fragile Health System Buckles Under Surge of Deportees from Iran and Pakistan 18/08/2025 Manija Mirzaie Afghanistan’s fragile healthcare system is at breaking point under the strain of hundreds of thousands of Afghans deported from Iran and Pakistan over the past few months, many in urgent need of medical care. This follows the decision by both Pakistan and Iran to repatriate Afghans, even those with refugee status in the case of […] Continue reading -> Gaza Malnutrition Deaths Rise, says WHO, while Israeli Hostage Mothers Make Fresh Appeal to ICRC 13/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite an uptick in food supplies reaching Gaza this month, critical medical equipment remains barred from entry while deaths from malnutrition continue to mount to 147 casualties as of August 5, said Rick Peeperkorn, the World Health Organization’s representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Tuesday at a UN press briefing in Geneva. On the same […] Continue reading -> Around 100 Gazans Died This Year of Starvation as of 29 July, WHO Confirms 07/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has confirmed reports of 99 people who died of malnutrition-related deaths in 2025, up until the end of July, including 64 adults and 35 children, most of the latter under the age of five, said WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday. According to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry, the number of […] Continue reading -> Syria’s Seeks to Rebuild Shattered Healthcare System – But Sectarian Violence Impedes Progress 05/08/2025 Disha Shetty & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Syria is looking to rebuild its healthcare system after a 14-year long civil war that left at least 300,000 dead and 70% of its population dependent on humanitarian aid. But the new government faces a major challenge in ensuring the safety of minority groups, along with access to healthcare and humanitarian aid. The primarily Druze […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
If and When the Guns Fall Silent – Gaza Faces Overwhelming Rehabilitation Task 06/10/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Beyond the rehabilitation of bodies, mind and critical Gaza health, housing, water and sanitation infrastructure, both Israelis and Palestinians need to confront the darks side of their respective narratives around the two-year war in Gaza in order to advance a cease-fire and, beyond that, a more durable peace. As hopes of a cease-fire between warring […] Continue reading -> ‘Ban All Attacks on Hospitals as Shielding Has Become a Tool of Genocide’ 01/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan All attacks on hospitals should be banned and the exceptions in international humanitarian law (IHL) that enable aggressors to justify bombing hospitals – by, for example, claiming that they are shielding combatants – should be removed. Professor Neve Gordon, professor of international law at Queen Mary University in London, made this argument at a recent […] Continue reading -> UN-Backed Food Security Group Declares Famine In Gaza for First Time 22/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than half a million people in Gaza City and its environs are now trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths, according to a new report by a UN-supported food security assessment body, released on Friday. Famine conditions are projected to spread from Gaza Governorate, in the northern area of the […] Continue reading -> Afghanistan’s Fragile Health System Buckles Under Surge of Deportees from Iran and Pakistan 18/08/2025 Manija Mirzaie Afghanistan’s fragile healthcare system is at breaking point under the strain of hundreds of thousands of Afghans deported from Iran and Pakistan over the past few months, many in urgent need of medical care. This follows the decision by both Pakistan and Iran to repatriate Afghans, even those with refugee status in the case of […] Continue reading -> Gaza Malnutrition Deaths Rise, says WHO, while Israeli Hostage Mothers Make Fresh Appeal to ICRC 13/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite an uptick in food supplies reaching Gaza this month, critical medical equipment remains barred from entry while deaths from malnutrition continue to mount to 147 casualties as of August 5, said Rick Peeperkorn, the World Health Organization’s representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Tuesday at a UN press briefing in Geneva. On the same […] Continue reading -> Around 100 Gazans Died This Year of Starvation as of 29 July, WHO Confirms 07/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has confirmed reports of 99 people who died of malnutrition-related deaths in 2025, up until the end of July, including 64 adults and 35 children, most of the latter under the age of five, said WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday. According to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry, the number of […] Continue reading -> Syria’s Seeks to Rebuild Shattered Healthcare System – But Sectarian Violence Impedes Progress 05/08/2025 Disha Shetty & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Syria is looking to rebuild its healthcare system after a 14-year long civil war that left at least 300,000 dead and 70% of its population dependent on humanitarian aid. But the new government faces a major challenge in ensuring the safety of minority groups, along with access to healthcare and humanitarian aid. The primarily Druze […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘Ban All Attacks on Hospitals as Shielding Has Become a Tool of Genocide’ 01/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan All attacks on hospitals should be banned and the exceptions in international humanitarian law (IHL) that enable aggressors to justify bombing hospitals – by, for example, claiming that they are shielding combatants – should be removed. Professor Neve Gordon, professor of international law at Queen Mary University in London, made this argument at a recent […] Continue reading -> UN-Backed Food Security Group Declares Famine In Gaza for First Time 22/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than half a million people in Gaza City and its environs are now trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths, according to a new report by a UN-supported food security assessment body, released on Friday. Famine conditions are projected to spread from Gaza Governorate, in the northern area of the […] Continue reading -> Afghanistan’s Fragile Health System Buckles Under Surge of Deportees from Iran and Pakistan 18/08/2025 Manija Mirzaie Afghanistan’s fragile healthcare system is at breaking point under the strain of hundreds of thousands of Afghans deported from Iran and Pakistan over the past few months, many in urgent need of medical care. This follows the decision by both Pakistan and Iran to repatriate Afghans, even those with refugee status in the case of […] Continue reading -> Gaza Malnutrition Deaths Rise, says WHO, while Israeli Hostage Mothers Make Fresh Appeal to ICRC 13/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite an uptick in food supplies reaching Gaza this month, critical medical equipment remains barred from entry while deaths from malnutrition continue to mount to 147 casualties as of August 5, said Rick Peeperkorn, the World Health Organization’s representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Tuesday at a UN press briefing in Geneva. On the same […] Continue reading -> Around 100 Gazans Died This Year of Starvation as of 29 July, WHO Confirms 07/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has confirmed reports of 99 people who died of malnutrition-related deaths in 2025, up until the end of July, including 64 adults and 35 children, most of the latter under the age of five, said WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday. According to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry, the number of […] Continue reading -> Syria’s Seeks to Rebuild Shattered Healthcare System – But Sectarian Violence Impedes Progress 05/08/2025 Disha Shetty & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Syria is looking to rebuild its healthcare system after a 14-year long civil war that left at least 300,000 dead and 70% of its population dependent on humanitarian aid. But the new government faces a major challenge in ensuring the safety of minority groups, along with access to healthcare and humanitarian aid. The primarily Druze […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
UN-Backed Food Security Group Declares Famine In Gaza for First Time 22/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than half a million people in Gaza City and its environs are now trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths, according to a new report by a UN-supported food security assessment body, released on Friday. Famine conditions are projected to spread from Gaza Governorate, in the northern area of the […] Continue reading -> Afghanistan’s Fragile Health System Buckles Under Surge of Deportees from Iran and Pakistan 18/08/2025 Manija Mirzaie Afghanistan’s fragile healthcare system is at breaking point under the strain of hundreds of thousands of Afghans deported from Iran and Pakistan over the past few months, many in urgent need of medical care. This follows the decision by both Pakistan and Iran to repatriate Afghans, even those with refugee status in the case of […] Continue reading -> Gaza Malnutrition Deaths Rise, says WHO, while Israeli Hostage Mothers Make Fresh Appeal to ICRC 13/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite an uptick in food supplies reaching Gaza this month, critical medical equipment remains barred from entry while deaths from malnutrition continue to mount to 147 casualties as of August 5, said Rick Peeperkorn, the World Health Organization’s representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Tuesday at a UN press briefing in Geneva. On the same […] Continue reading -> Around 100 Gazans Died This Year of Starvation as of 29 July, WHO Confirms 07/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has confirmed reports of 99 people who died of malnutrition-related deaths in 2025, up until the end of July, including 64 adults and 35 children, most of the latter under the age of five, said WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday. According to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry, the number of […] Continue reading -> Syria’s Seeks to Rebuild Shattered Healthcare System – But Sectarian Violence Impedes Progress 05/08/2025 Disha Shetty & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Syria is looking to rebuild its healthcare system after a 14-year long civil war that left at least 300,000 dead and 70% of its population dependent on humanitarian aid. But the new government faces a major challenge in ensuring the safety of minority groups, along with access to healthcare and humanitarian aid. The primarily Druze […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Afghanistan’s Fragile Health System Buckles Under Surge of Deportees from Iran and Pakistan 18/08/2025 Manija Mirzaie Afghanistan’s fragile healthcare system is at breaking point under the strain of hundreds of thousands of Afghans deported from Iran and Pakistan over the past few months, many in urgent need of medical care. This follows the decision by both Pakistan and Iran to repatriate Afghans, even those with refugee status in the case of […] Continue reading -> Gaza Malnutrition Deaths Rise, says WHO, while Israeli Hostage Mothers Make Fresh Appeal to ICRC 13/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite an uptick in food supplies reaching Gaza this month, critical medical equipment remains barred from entry while deaths from malnutrition continue to mount to 147 casualties as of August 5, said Rick Peeperkorn, the World Health Organization’s representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Tuesday at a UN press briefing in Geneva. On the same […] Continue reading -> Around 100 Gazans Died This Year of Starvation as of 29 July, WHO Confirms 07/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has confirmed reports of 99 people who died of malnutrition-related deaths in 2025, up until the end of July, including 64 adults and 35 children, most of the latter under the age of five, said WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday. According to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry, the number of […] Continue reading -> Syria’s Seeks to Rebuild Shattered Healthcare System – But Sectarian Violence Impedes Progress 05/08/2025 Disha Shetty & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Syria is looking to rebuild its healthcare system after a 14-year long civil war that left at least 300,000 dead and 70% of its population dependent on humanitarian aid. But the new government faces a major challenge in ensuring the safety of minority groups, along with access to healthcare and humanitarian aid. The primarily Druze […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Gaza Malnutrition Deaths Rise, says WHO, while Israeli Hostage Mothers Make Fresh Appeal to ICRC 13/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite an uptick in food supplies reaching Gaza this month, critical medical equipment remains barred from entry while deaths from malnutrition continue to mount to 147 casualties as of August 5, said Rick Peeperkorn, the World Health Organization’s representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Tuesday at a UN press briefing in Geneva. On the same […] Continue reading -> Around 100 Gazans Died This Year of Starvation as of 29 July, WHO Confirms 07/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has confirmed reports of 99 people who died of malnutrition-related deaths in 2025, up until the end of July, including 64 adults and 35 children, most of the latter under the age of five, said WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday. According to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry, the number of […] Continue reading -> Syria’s Seeks to Rebuild Shattered Healthcare System – But Sectarian Violence Impedes Progress 05/08/2025 Disha Shetty & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Syria is looking to rebuild its healthcare system after a 14-year long civil war that left at least 300,000 dead and 70% of its population dependent on humanitarian aid. But the new government faces a major challenge in ensuring the safety of minority groups, along with access to healthcare and humanitarian aid. The primarily Druze […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Around 100 Gazans Died This Year of Starvation as of 29 July, WHO Confirms 07/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has confirmed reports of 99 people who died of malnutrition-related deaths in 2025, up until the end of July, including 64 adults and 35 children, most of the latter under the age of five, said WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday. According to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry, the number of […] Continue reading -> Syria’s Seeks to Rebuild Shattered Healthcare System – But Sectarian Violence Impedes Progress 05/08/2025 Disha Shetty & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Syria is looking to rebuild its healthcare system after a 14-year long civil war that left at least 300,000 dead and 70% of its population dependent on humanitarian aid. But the new government faces a major challenge in ensuring the safety of minority groups, along with access to healthcare and humanitarian aid. The primarily Druze […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Syria’s Seeks to Rebuild Shattered Healthcare System – But Sectarian Violence Impedes Progress 05/08/2025 Disha Shetty & Elaine Ruth Fletcher Syria is looking to rebuild its healthcare system after a 14-year long civil war that left at least 300,000 dead and 70% of its population dependent on humanitarian aid. But the new government faces a major challenge in ensuring the safety of minority groups, along with access to healthcare and humanitarian aid. The primarily Druze […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts