Health

UN Chief Calls For Urgent Steps To De-Escalate Situation In Gaza, Surrounding Areas

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, yesterday, urgently appealed for measures to reduce tensions in Gaza…

Halting Funds To UN Palestinian Refugee Agency Will Be Catastrophic: WHO

GENEVA, Feb 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – Head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), warned yesterday that, cutting funds to the United…

ADB Approves 419.6 Million USD Loan To Boost Indonesia’s Sanitation System

MANILA, Jan 31 (NNN-PNA) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB), today said, it has approved a loan of 419.6 million…

Palestinian Death Toll From Israeli Attacks On Gaza Rises To 26,637: Ministry

GAZA, Jan 30 (NNN-WAFA) – The Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza said yesterday that, the Palestinian death toll from the…

Malaysia Saw 40 Percent Rise In Leprosy Cases Last Year

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia has seen a 40 percent rise in reported cases of leprosy in 2023,…

Over 250 Children Die Of Pneumonia In Punjab This Year

ISLAMABAD, Jan 29 (NNN-APP) – Over 250 children have died of pneumonia in Pakistan’s Punjab province, since the beginning of…

Japan To Release 54,600 Tonnes Of Fukushima Nuclear Wastewater In Fiscal 2024

TOKYO, Jan 27 (NNN-NHK) – The operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), has…

Hamas Accuses Israel Of Paralysing Hospitals In Khan Younis: Death Toll Rises To 25,900

GAZA, Jan 26 (NNN-WAFA) – Hamas, yesterday, accused Israeli forces of encircling and paralysing hospitals in the southern Gaza city…

At Least Nine Killed In Attack On UN Training Centre In Gaza Yesterday; Death Toll 25,700: Official

GAZA, Jan 25 (NNN-WAFA) – A UN training centre in Gaza’s major southern city of Khan Younis was attacked and…

Cambodia Reported One More Case Of Monkeypox

PHNOM PENH, Jan 24 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia reported one more case of monkeypox, bringing the total number of infections to…