Gaza's cancer patients: 'We are dying slowly'
The Gaza Strip does not have adequate resources for medical treatment, but Israel prevents patients from leaving.
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Early cancer diagnosis, better trained medics can save lives and money – UN
Early cancer diagnosis saves lives and cuts treatment costs, the United Nations health agency said, particularly in developing countries where the majority of cancer cases are diagnosed too late.
UN health agency stepping up efforts to provide trauma care to people in Mosul
As the conflict in Mosul intensifies and greater numbers of civilians are caught in the crossfire, the United Nations health agency and its partners have increased trauma care services to ensure...
'We must not let 2017 repeat tragedies of 2016 for Syria' – joint statement by top UN aid officials
While efforts to fully implement a ceasefire in Syria continue, senior United Nations humanitarian officials today appealed for immediate, unconditional, and safe access to reach the children and...
UN invited to monitor and assist fresh evacuation efforts under way in war-ravaged Aleppo
The United Nations was invited to monitor and assist in the renewed effort to evacuate sick and wounded civilians and opposition fighters from the remaining rebel-held areas of Syria’s war-ravaged...
New online portal helps World Health Organization track global access to universal health coverage
Marking Universal Health Coverage Day, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new data portal to track global access to universal health coverage, including information...
UN delivers live-saving medicines and medical supplies inside Mosul
United Nations health agencies have delivered critical medicines and medical supplies to treat almost 13,000 people in the Iraqi city of Mosul, where the Government forces have been staging a...
UN health agency denounces attacks on health facilities in Syria
The pattern of attacks indicates that health care is being deliberately targeted in the Syrian conflict
Amid escalating conflict in Yemen, UN-associated migration agency launches 150 million regional appeal
Warning that the situation in Yemen is growing more dire every day, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the lead United Nations-affiliated agency on migration issues, launched today...