News Monitor
“It is not too late to stop famine from spreading...” said WFP's McCain. “To save lives and prevent widespread starvation in Sudan, we must be able to reach all areas where people are in need.”
More than a third of the world’s population could not afford a healthy diet in 2022, and some regions have yet fully to recover from COVID-19, according to the latest UN report.
The bad news is that we see that children are not coming back — at least not in the volumes we would like to see. And the particularly bad news is that girls are not coming back as much as boys are.
Catastrophic flooding, extreme storms, and two earthquakes produced overall losses of roughly $120 billion while the number of fatalities connected with natural disasters was lower than past years.
About 2,700 Yazidis remain missing, including around 1,300 who were children at the time of their abduction, according to estimates. More than 3,500 Yazidis have been rescued, including 2,000 children.
Since mid-March, Yemen has seen a dramatic surge in AWD cases. With heavy seasonal rains affecting already fragile water and sanitation systems, each day currently brings 500 to 1,000 new cases.
WHO spokesperson said a ceasefire would be “the best” solution, before calling at the very least for the enclave’s roads to be kept clear and for safe access for medical and other relief supplies.
More than 190,000 Palestinians have been displaced in four days in Deir Al Balah and Khan Younis, while the toll in Khan Younis rose to 73 deaths and 270 injuries as of 23 July, said Gaza's MoH.
Approximately 88 households have been displaced and are living in six temporary care centres after an outburst of violence following an alleged land dispute in villages near the Sepik River.
From April 2023, WHO has verified 88 attacks on health care – including on health facilities, ambulances and transport, assets, patients and health workers – resulting in 55 deaths and 104 injuries.
The floods pose a risk to children’s health beyond death and injury, compromising safe water supplies and increasing risks of disease and diarrhoea outbreaks leading to dehydration and malnutrition.
Assessment shows the spike in directly targeting schools has continued throughout this escalation with a significant increase in the targeting of UNRWA school buildings in the past two months.
Heavy rainfall and flash floods have affected thousands of people, including IDPs, host communities, and refugees in parts of Kassala State, 10,178 newly arrived IDPs from Sennar State.
According to Landmine Monitor 2023, Ukraine recorded 608 landmine casualties in 2022, more than any country in the world bar Syria, and most casualties come from anti-personnel mines.
This year’s rainy season comes after a particularly uncharacteristic dry season in which heavy rains and flooding, linked to El Nino and human-induced climate change, have devastated communities.
While an estimated 99% of children in oPt received their third dose of polio vaccine in 2022, this fell to 89% in 2023, according to the latest routine immunization estimates.
While an estimated 99% of children in oPt received their third dose of polio vaccine in 2022, this fell to 89% in 2023, according to the latest routine immunization estimates.
To date, 149 states have acceded to the Refugee Convention and/or its 1967 Protocol. UNHCR – as guardian of the Refugee Convention – is urging the remaining 46 UN Member and Observer States to join it.