WHO

A woman sits with children outside, as displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strike, shelter in a camp in Rafah, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the southern Gaza Strip, December 6, 2023. REUTERS
World+Biz

Gaza's 'catastrophic' health situation almost impossible to improve, says WHO

"I must be frank with you: these tasks are almost impossible in the current circumstances"

The World Health Organization logo is pictured at the entrance of the WHO building, in Geneva, Switzerland, December 20, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
World+Biz

Situation in Gaza 'getting worse by the hour': WHO

View of what the Israeli military says are trucks carrying humanitarian aid being transported to Gaza, during a temporary truce between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at a location given as tNitzana Crossing, Israel in this screen grab taken from a handout video released November 26, 2023. Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS
Hamas-Israel war

Israeli army denies telling WHO to empty aid warehouse in southern Gaza

People, including Palestinian children, who fled their house due to Israeli strikes, gather at Al Shifa hospital where they shelter, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza City November 7, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer
Hamas-Israel war

WHO voices concern over fate of Gaza hospital chief

An ambulance leaves a children's hospital in Beijing, China November 24, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo
China

China grapples with respiratory illness spike, WHO says no unusual pathogen found

Small figurines are seen in front of displayed World Health Organization logo in this illustration taken February 11, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Ilustration/File Photo
China

China says no unusual pathogens found after WHO queries respiratory outbreaks

Small figurines are seen in front of displayed World Health Organization logo in this illustration taken February 11, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Ilustration/File Photo
China

WHO asks China for details on respiratory illness outbreaks

File photo of Dr Gaya Gamhewage, director of PRSEAH at WHO headquarters. Photo: UNB
World+Biz

Internal documents show WHO paid sexual abuse victims in Congo $250 each

Phlebotomine sandfly, a tiny 2-3 mm long insect vector.
Health

Bangladesh focuses on surveillance to sustain Kala-azar elimination success

Palestinian doctor Hassan Zain al Din, who travels on his bicycle from one makeshift shelter to another to provide treatment and medication to displaced patients, checks a girl at a school turned into a shelter, amid fuel shortages, as the conflict between Hamas and Israel continues, in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip October 29, 2023. REUTERS/Ahmed Zakot/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

WHO warns of 'worrying trends' in disease spread in Gaza

Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Bangladesh candidate Saima Wazed wins WHO SEARO Director election

WHO Regional Director for Southeast Asia Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh presents a certificate of achievement to the Bangladesh Health Minister Zahid Maleque in Delhi, India on Tuesday (31 October). Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Bangladesh becomes world's first country to eliminate black fever

Saima Wazed Hossain. File Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Nomination for WHO Regional Director: Top health experts of the country laud Saima Wazed’s leadership abilities