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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...
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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...
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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
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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),...
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‘Untold harm to nature’ from wildlife trafficking, warns UN crime agency
Despite two decades of worldwide efforts, more than 4,000 precious wildlife species still fall prey to trafficking every year, a new report by the UN crime and drugs prevention...
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UNICEF extends aid to children in Afghanistan affected by flash floods
Afghanistan’s most recent floods killed about 350 people, including dozens of children, and damaged more than 7,800 homes leaving over 5,000 families displaced.
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