As of 5 April 2020, 12 cases of confirmed COVID-19 were reported in Sudan with two associated fatalities. Nine of the 12 cases were people who came from abroad while the remaining three cases were...
The United Nation Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD) and the European Union (EU) announced today the signing of a Contribution Agreement through...
April 7th, 2020 ― Doha: In response to the global Coronavirus outbreak, the representation mission of Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) in Bangladesh works together with Bangladesh Red Crescent...
On this World Health Day, we mark the first International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. Midwives are central to everything we do at UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health...
7 April 2020 -- The theme of this year’s World Health Day is “Support nurses and midwives”. It acknowledges the critical role that nurses and midwives play in keeping the world healthy and is a call...
Baghdad, 7 April 2020 - As Iraq and the world tackle the unprecedented challenges of COVID-19, this year’s World Health Day is like no other. Today, we pay tribute to all the health workers on the...
Tripoli, 6 April 2020 – At a moment when people in Libya needed nothing more than a safe home and functioning medical facilities, we received the news of yet another attack on a hospital. I am...
Geneva, 6 April 2020 “I strongly condemn the shelling on Sunday of the Central Prison in Taiz, resulting in the deaths of five women and a child, and leaving at least 11 other people injured. We...
Sana’a, 6 April 2020 – Initial reports indicate that on 5 April, 6 women including a child were killed and at least 11 others injured, when shells hit the women’s section of the Central Prison in Al...
February 2020 updates In February 2020, the humanitarian community tracked about 752,000 IDPs movements across Syria. Hostilities in northwest Syria that intensified throughout the month were the...