Over One Million People In Gaza Still Urgently Need Shelter Assistance: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – An estimated more than one million people, or every other person in Gaza, still urgently need shelter assistance, the Office of the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General said, yesterday. The shelter assistance needs remain, although humanitarians have distributed thousands of tents and hundreds of…

Pakistan Reported Sharp Decline In Polio Cases Last Year

ISLAMABAD, Jan 1 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan reported a sharp decline in polio cases last year, due to sustained vaccination campaigns and improved disease surveillance, health authorities said. Official data showed polio cases fell from 74 in 2024, to 30 in 2025, with no new cases reported nationwide since Sept. Six…

Measles Death Toll Reaches 12 In Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, Dec 30 (NNN-APA) – Mongolia’s measles death toll has reached 12, after one more related death was registered, the National Centre for Communicable Diseases (NCCD), said, today. Meanwhile, 22 people remained in hospital, including four critically ill children, the NCCD said, in a statement. The NCCD advised parents…

16 Killed In Nursing Home Fire In Indonesia’s Manado, Identification Underway

JAKARTA, Dec 30 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesian police are conducting identification procedures, for 16 people killed in a fire, that broke out at a nursing home in Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi province, local authorities, said. The victims’ bodies are being identified at Bhayangkara Hospital, of the North Sulawesi Regional…

Jordan Evacuated 19th Group Of Patients From Gaza For Treatment

AMMAN, Dec 30 (NNN-PETRA) – The Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF), yesterday, evacuated the 19th group of sick children from the Gaza Strip, under the Jordanian Medical Corridor initiative, according to its statement. Twenty child patients have been evacuated for treatment at Jordanian hospitals, along with 46 companions, in a move…

Portugal Creates High-Tech Performance Centres In Obstetrics And Gynecology

LISBON, Dec 29 (NNN-LNA) – Portuguese President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, signed yesterday, legislation creating High-Performance Centres in Obstetrics and Gynecology (CED-ObGin), within the scope of the National Health Service (SNS). According to a statement published on the official Presidency website, these high-technology centres will function as “autonomous management structures,…

Pakistan Vaccinated Over 44 Million Children In Final Nationwide Polio Campaign Of 2025

ISLAMABAD, Dec 23 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan has successfully vaccinated more than 44.6 million children, in its final nationwide polio campaign of 2025, the National Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), said, yesterday. The campaign, conducted from Dec 15 to 21, vaccinated nearly 22.9 million children in eastern Punjab province, around 10.6 million…

Egypt To Build 150-Million-USD Vaccine Plant In Suez Canal Zone

CAIRO, Dec 17 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt, yesterday, broke ground on a major vaccines and biological pharmaceuticals plant, in the Sokhna Industrial Zone, with total investments amounting to 150 million U.S. dollars, the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) said. The GENNVAX vaccines and biological pharmaceuticals project, will be established on an…

Ghanaian President Urges Private Sector To Co-Invest In Africa’s Health Industrialisation

ACCRA, Dec 10 (NNN-GNA) – Ghanaian President, John Dramani Mahama, yesterday, urged private sector players to collaborate with African governments, in co-investing in the continent’s health industrialisation, to enhance healthcare and service delivery. At the opening of the two-day World Health Expo Leaders Africa Summit in Accra, the Ghanaian capital,…

Philippines Bans Pork Imports From Spain Amid ASF Outbreak

MANILA, Dec 8 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines has imposed a temporary ban on all pig and pork imports from Spain, following a confirmed African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak in the European country, the country’s Department of Agriculture said, yesterday. Agriculture Secretary, Francisco Tiu Laurel, said, the import freeze, which covers…
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