Sudanese refugees in Chad unable to access medical care for war injuries Some people in Ambelia camp waiting for treatment to wounds resulting from ethnic violence last year The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2024
Kamala Harris called for a cease-fire in Gaza. Here's what we know about the talks Harris was due to meet Monday with a top official in Israel's war cabinet. She is calling for a cease-fire to facilitate an exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners and detainees. WEKU · Mar 4, 2024
Gaza Famine 'Almost Inevitable': UN Famine in the Gaza Strip is almost inevitable unless the Israel-Hamas war changes, the United Nations said Friday. International Business Times · Mar 1, 2024
Israel says it continues to operate in central and northern Gaza – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Jan 31, 2024
US piles pressure on Israel over conduct in war on Hamas Secretary of state Antony Blinken urges more to be done to protect civilians in Gaza – as UN Security Council votes on resolution calling for immediate humanitarian ceasefire The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2023
WHO concerned about al-Shifa chief detained by Israel, remaining patients Israel says hospital director is being questioned; WHO voices fears over safety of dozens who still in the facility. Al Jazeera · Nov 25, 2023
UN agencies hope truce will allow aid into northern Gaza While welcoming pause in hostilities and entry of supplies, UN health agency chief says ‘much more is needed’. Al Jazeera · Nov 24, 2023
Israeli forces raid Gaza's largest hospital, where hundreds of patients are stranded by fighting Israeli forces are raiding Gaza’s largest hospital, where hundreds of patients, including newborns, have been stranded with dwindling supplies and no electricity The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2023
Lives of dozens of babies in Gaza’s largest hospital hang in balance: ‘The risks are really high’ Concern grows over fate of patients at al-Shifa with no fuel – as UN says just one hospital in nothern Gaza, al-Awda, still has electricity and is able to receive the wounded and sick The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2023
Tin foil used to keep babies alive with incubators losing power at Gaza hospital – as tanks surround outside Palestinian health officials say patients dying due to energy shortages as fighting between Israel and Hamas intensifies The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2023
Israel-Hamas war: what we know on day 33 IDF says Hamas has ‘lost control’ of northern Gaza; Gaza health ministry says number of dead exceeds 10,500 The Guardian - AU · Nov 8, 2023
US launches airstrike in response to attacks on bases housing US troops as Syrian state media reports strikes in south by Israel – as it happened More than 33,550 cases of diarrhoea reported since mid-October, most among children under five, says WHO; The Guardian - AU · Nov 8, 2023
Hamas leader 'surrounded in bunker' says Israeli minister as troops 'in heart of Gaza City' A leading weapons developer for Hamas has been killed, the Israeli military says Evening Standard · Nov 7, 2023
Dozens killed after Israeli airstrikes on Gaza refugee camp Israeli military says it bombed Jabalia camp to target a key Hamas commander, Ibrahim Biari The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2023
The National (Scotland) · Oct 31, 2023 Desperate audio from Gaza civilians as access to safe water dwindles Access to safe water is dwindling in Gaza as the World Health Organization warned today that a “public health catastrophe” in Gaza is imminent.
The National (Scotland) · Oct 31, 2023 World Health Organisation warns of 'imminent public health catastrophe' in Gaza THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that a “public health catastrophe” in Gaza in imminent ...
The National (Scotland) · Jul 8, 2023 Scotland-based Palestinian activist appalled but ‘not surprised’ by Israeli invasion THE recent assaults by the Israeli military in the occupied West Bank – in both the Jenin refugee camp and the city of Ramallah (the de facto…
Al Jazeera · Jul 4, 2023 Aid groups alarmed at Jenin access curbs, scale of Israeli attack Road blocks and bulldozers ploughing streets and buildings are preventing life-saving medical access.
The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2023 UN agencies alarmed by West Bank escalation as three children among dead in Israeli raid At least 10 Palestinians killed so far as Israel launches one of its biggest military operations in decades in the occupied West Bank
The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2023 Earthquake ‘worst in Turkey’s history’ as UN aid convoy finally crosses into Syria Eleven aid trucks enter northern Syria after talks to reopen border crossings in rebel-held areas
Reuters · Oct 4, 2022 WHO to request cholera vaccines for Haiti, expects further spread The World Health Organization is setting up tents to treat cholera in Haiti and will also request a supply of oral vaccines against the disease that has unexpectedly returned to a country paralysed by a gang blockade, a WHO spokesperson said.
Tribune News Service · Sep 14, 2022 Medical coding creates barriers to care for transgender patients Last year, Tim Chevalier received the first of many coverage denials from his insurance company for the hair removal procedure he needed as part of a phalloplasty, the creation of a penis.