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UN appeals for nearly $3 bn to save

Sanaa - Al Maghrib Today

The United Nations on Sunday made what it said was a record appeal for aid to Yemen, calling for nearly $3 billion in humanitarian relief for the war-torn country. The $2.96 billion will be used to respond to an ever-broadening crisis in Yemen, where war, looming famine and cholera have killed thousands and put millions of lives at risk. TheRead more

Hygiene comes first

Muscat - Arab Today

According to the World Health Organisation, of every 100 hospitalised patients, every 7 in developed nations and 10 in developing countries will acquire health care associated infections. Apparently, 80% of these infections are caused by poor hand hygiene practices in the hospitals. We all know that health and hygiene goes hand-in-hand, but not many of us make sure that ourRead more

Global praise for Egyptian experience to curb Hepatitis C

Geneva - Arab Today

The head of Geneva based World Hepatitis Alliance Charles Gore praised the Egyptian experience to curb Hepatitis C epidemic, calling the world to get benefit from such experience according to the British Newspaper Financial Times. Egyptian government launched a first of its kind program two years ago to cure the disease, and it has succeeded to cure about 2Read more

Cholera kills 11 in war-ravaged Yemen

Aden - Arab Today

The death toll of a cholera outbreak in war-torn and impoverished Yemen has reached 11, out of 180 confirmed cases, a UN-led action group said Wednesday. Suspected cases reached 15,658 as of January 11, it said in a joint report by a health ministry task force, the World Health Organisation, UN children's fund UNICEF and UN Office for the CoordinationRead more

WHO approves Arab Group's bill on health conditions in occupied Arab lands

Geneva - WAM

The World Health Organisation, WHO, has approved a draft bill presented by the Arab Group on following-up on health conditions in Arab territories under Israeli occupation. Kuwait, as head of Arab diplomatic delegations at the UN, presented the bill in the light of the recent report issued by the WHO regarding the worsening health conditions in the region, Kuwait's permanentRead more