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Jordan set to host international conference on Gaza aid
On Tuesday, Jordan will host an emergency conference aimed at bolstering the international community's response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. By Nathan Morley Jordan is set to host an emergency international conference on the urgent humanitarian response to the crisis in the Gaza Strip. The conference will be held
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At World Health Assembly, countries agree on efforts to boost pandemic preparedness
Member countries of the UN World Health Organization (WHO), on the final day of the seventy-seventh World Health Assembly, adopted important amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR), including defining a “pandemic emergency” as well as pledging improved access to medical products and financing. These steps will help ensure comprehensive, robust
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Keep global spotlight on Haiti as millions go hungry, WFP official says
“We now have five million people in Haiti that are acutely food insecure, of which 1.6 million are classified as facing emergency food insecurity conditions,” said WFP Country Director Jean-Martin Bauer, speaking via videolink to journalists at UN Headquarters in New York. “These are the highest numbers on record. These are the
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Japan and UNDP support 5 specialized medical waste collection trucks for health ministry
Dr. Mimi Lhamu, President of the National Medical Service (left), Yamashita Hiroyuki, First Secretary, Economic Section, Embassy of Japan (second), Lyonpo Tandin Wangchuk, Minister for Health (centre), Shun Hosaka Second Secretary, Economic Section, Embassy of Japan, Mohammad Younus, UNDP Resident Representative (right) The Government of Japan and UNDP handed over
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