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Tigray still without aid eight days after deal to end Ethiopia’s blockade

Humanitarian groups hope to deliver huge influx of food and medicine to millions facing famine and disease

The Guardian - UK

Two years of Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict: A timeline

Here’s a look at some of the most important events of the two-year conflict in Ethiopia’s northernmost region.

Al Jazeera

Zimbabwe's 'mental health benches' exported to the World Cup

Harare (AFP) - Sitting next to a patient with depression on a garden bench in Zimbabwe's capital Harare, 70-year-old Shery Ziwakayi speaks gently, offering accessible therapy with a warm and reassuring smile.

AFP

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The WHO says monkeypox is still a global health emergency of concern, despite a 'promising' decline in cases

Despite a promising decline in global cases, the World Health Organization has determined that monkeypox should remain a "public health emergency of international concern". Here's why.

ABC News

Ethiopians in US shielded from deportation as war rages at home

Rights group welcomes TPS designation as offering ‘potentially lifesaving reprieve’ to tens of thousands of Ethiopians.

Al Jazeera

WHO Staffers in Syria Accuse Their Boss of Corruption

Staffers at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Syrian office have accused their boss of mismanaging millions of dollars, plied government officials with gifts -- including computers, gold coins and cars -- and acted frivolously as COVID-19 swept the country. More than 100 confidential documents, messages and other materials obtained by…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tigray peace talks to be held after WHO warns of genocide risk

Ethiopian has announced that peace talks on the two-year war in Tigray are to start in South Africa next week. The news comes a day after the WHO warned that urgent "action" was needed to prevent "genocide" in the region.

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WHO Syria boss accused of corruption, fraud, abuse, AP finds

Staffers at the World Health Organization’s Syrian office have alleged that their boss mismanaged millions of dollars, plied government officials with gifts -- including computers, gold coins and cars -- and acted frivolously as COVID-19 swept the country

The Independent UK

WHO chief warns time running out to ‘prevent genocide’ in Tigray

Tedros says food and health care being used as weapons in his home region in northern Ethiopia.

Al Jazeera

Uganda Ebola epidemic death toll climbs to 44: WHO

Kampala (AFP) - The death toll from an Ebola epidemic declared last month in Uganda has climbed to 44, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.

AFP

WHO's Tedros says narrow window to 'prevent genocide' in Ethiopia

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday there was a "very narrow window now to prevent genocide" in his home region of Tigray in northern Ethiopia.

Reuters

Clock ticking to avert 'genocide' in Tigray: WHO chief

Geneva (AFP) - The World Health Organization chief said Wednesday time was running out to avoid "genocide" in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray, as Human Rights Watch called for sanctions against Addis Ababa to avert civilian deaths.

AFP

WHO forced to ration vaccine as cholera cases surge worldwide

Health officials halve dose to eke out ‘extremely limited’ supply amid unprecedented rise in outbreaks

The Guardian - UK

The monkeypox non-pandemic

Experts feared that monkeypox would cause a pandemic on the level of COVID-19. This is why that didn't come to pass

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Cholera vaccine to be axed from production despite WHO warning of 'turbocharged' spread

The world is facing an “unprecedented” series of deadly outbreaks from the disease, with Haiti, Syria, Lebanon, Nigeria, Malawi and Ethiopia all fighting waves now

The Guardian - UK

Dismay as key cholera vaccine is discontinued

Exclusive: halt to production of Shanchol vaccine alarms WHO amid ‘unprecedented’ global outbreaks

AFP

Uganda leader cracks down on traditional healers to stem Ebola

Kampala (AFP) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday ordered traditional healers to stop treating sick people in a bid to halt the spread of Ebola, which has already claimed the lives of 19 individuals in the impoverished East African country.

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WHO says clinical trials soon for Ebola virus in Uganda

Kampala (AFP) - World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday that clinical trials could start within weeks on vaccines to combat the strain of Ebola behind a deadly outbreak in Uganda.

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Al Jazeera

WHO says new COVID-19 wave emerging in Europe

UN agency’s regional data show only Europe with an increase in coronavirus cases in the week that ended October 2.

Evening Standard

WHO chief demands ‘immediate action’ to help with devastation of long Covid

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has set out a five-point plan for helping sufferers

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: WHO chief urges action to tackle ‘devastating’ long Covid

Calls for sustained efforts to help people experiencing ‘prolonged suffering’. Plus, Saudi Arabia to face consequences

The Guardian - US

WHO chief urges immediate action to tackle ‘devastating’ long Covid

Exclusive: Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus calls for ‘sustained’ efforts to help people still experiencing ‘prolonged suffering’

The Guardian - UK

Postponement of Tigray peace talks latest blow in Ethiopia’s hidden war

Airstrikes, malnutrition and disease have claimed thousands of lives in one of the most deadly but least reported conflicts in the world

Tribune News Service

Spike in COVID-19 cases across Europe could mean fast-spreading winter wave

With winter weather just around the corner, the first hints of another wave of COVID-19 have emerged in Europe, according to data released by the World Health Organization this week.

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Parents issued urgent cough medicine warning after 66 children die in The Gambia

The World Health Organisation says the contaminated medications may have been distributed outside of the West African country, and global exposure could well be ‘possible’.

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