Archive for August 15th, 2024

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15/08/2024

World Health Organization Announces Highest Level of Alert for Mpox

Human Wrongs Watch

WHO declares mpox virus a public health emergency of international concern

Mpox - formerly monkeypox - is a rare but dangerous infection similar to the now eradicated smallpox virus.
© CDC/Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regnery | Mpox – formerly monkeypox – is a rare but dangerous infection similar to the now eradicated smallpox virus.
 
(UN News)* — The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the rise in mpox cases constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), following advice from members at Wednesday’s [] International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency Committee meeting.  
 
A PHEIC is the highest level of alarm under international health law.

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15/08/2024

Gaza at ‘High Risk’ of Polio Virus Spread: United Nations

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(UN News)* — The risk of polio spreading in Gaza remains high unless there is an urgent and comprehensive response to the serious health threat, UN humanitarians said on Wednesday [].

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A family on the move in Gaza where 10 months of war and stifling summer temperatures have increased the risk of disease spreading
© UNRWA | A family on the move in Gaza where 10 months of war and stifling summer temperatures have increased the risk of disease spreading
 
“At least two rounds of [orally delivered polio vaccine] will be necessary to shut down transmission,”the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) explained in an update.

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15/08/2024

Palestine: UN Reports Rise in Children Killed and Injured by Israel in the Occupied West Bank

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(UN News)* — The killing, injury and displacement of Palestinians continues in the West Back against the backdrop of the ongoing conflict in Gaza, now in its 10th month, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in an update issued on Wednesday [14 August 2024].

A person carries water through the streets in a West Bank town. The situation there is gradually worsening.
© UNRWA | A person carries water through the streets in a West Bank town. The situation there is gradually worsening.
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The number of Palestinian children killed by live ammunition fired by Israeli forces has almost tripled since 7 October 2023, compared with the preceding 10 months, rising from 39 to 115.

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15/08/2024

Almost Half a Billion Children Live in Areas Experiencing at Least Twice as Many Extremely Hot Days as Their Grandparents – UNICEF

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Eight countries, including Mali, Niger, Senegal, South Sudan and Sudan, are home to children who spend more than half the year in temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius / 95 degrees Fahrenheit

A child in Cambodia pours water over their head
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NEW YORK, 14 August 2024 (UNICEF)* –– One in 5 children – or 466 million – live in areas that experience at least double the number of extremely hot days every year compared to just six decades ago, according to a new UNICEF analysis.

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