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WHO sounds alarm as mental health conditions soar past one billion worldwide

September 2, 2025 Global Author

More than a billion people worldwide are living with mental health conditions, according to new data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday. Read More

Burundi eliminates trachoma as a public health problem

September 2, 2025 Global Author

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Burundi as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making it the eighth country in WHO’s African Region to reach this important milestone. Trachoma is also the first neglected tropical disease (NTD) to be eliminated in the country.Source WHO Read More

WHO, WMO issue new report and guidance to protect workers from increasing heat stress

August 29, 2025 Global AuthorHealth News

The WHO and WMO have released a comprehensive technical report and guidance addressing the escalating global health and economic risks posed by extreme heat, particularly in the workplace. This guidance builds on five decades of research and responds to the record-breaking temperatures of recent years, with 2023 being the hottest year on record.Source WHO Read More

IPC Gaza Strip Food Insecurity and Malnutrition Alert

August 29, 2025 Global AuthorHealth News

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), of which WHO is a member, today issued a Food Insecurity and Malnutrition Alert for the Gaza Strip. The details are as noted below. Key highlights The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) has issued a stark warning today that the worst-case scenario of Famine is now unfolding in the Gaza Strip. Amid relentless… Read More

Joint statement by OCHA, UNDP, UNFPA, UNOPS, UNRWA, WFP and WHO on fuel shortage in Gaza

August 27, 2025 Global Author

The United Nations warns that the fuel shortage in Gaza has reached critical levels. Fuel is the backbone of survival in Gaza. It powers hospitals, water systems, sanitation networks, ambulances, and every aspect of humanitarian operations. Fuel supplies are needed to move the fleet used for transporting essential goods across the Strip and to operate a network of bakeries producing… Read More

WHO operations compromised following attacks on warehouse and facility sheltering staff and families in Deir al Balah, Gaza

August 26, 2025 Global AuthorHealth News

WHO condemns in the strongest terms the attacks on a building housing WHO staff in Deir al Balah in Gaza, the mistreatment of those sheltering there, and the destruction of its main warehouse. Following intensified hostilities in Deir al Balah after the latest evacuation order issued by Israeli military, the WHO staff residence was attacked three times today. Staff and… Read More

Paying tribute to David Nabarro

August 25, 2025 Global Author

Tribute to Dr David NabarroSource WHO Read More

WHO recommends injectable lenacapavir for HIV prevention

August 21, 2025 Global AuthorHealth News

The World Health Organization (WHO) released today new guidelines recommending the use of injectable lenacapavir (LEN) twice a year as an additional pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) option for HIV prevention, in a landmark policy action that could help reshape the global HIV response. The guidelines are being issued at the 13th International AIDS Society Conference (IAS 2025) on HIV Science, in… Read More

Malnutrition deaths mark ‘latest in the war on children’ in Gaza: UNRWA chief

August 13, 2025 Global Author

At least 100 children in Gaza have died from malnutrition and hunger, prompting humanitarians to underscore the need to speed up medical evacuations from the enclave while also allowing more food to enter. Read More

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A Lesson in Humility

August 10, 2025August 10, 2025 Global AuthorA Lesson in Humility, s Rev Father Chris Orajiaka’s

by Tony Ogunlowo Recently, a young Nigerian man did something thousands of people wouldn’t do in a million years. He gave up everything he had, and was, to become a Catholic priest. What makes Rev Father Chris Orajiaka’s story very fascinating is what he gave up to enter the seminary and priesthood: highly educated, he has two degrees, a multi-million… Read More