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World: Strengthening capacity for newborn screening, diagnosis and management of birth defects: WHO technical consultation on planning and implementing services integrated into national health systems in low- and middle-income countries

World: Strengthening capacity for newborn screening, diagnosis and management of birth defects: WHO technical consultation on planning and implementing services integrated into national health systems in low- and middle-income countries

. WHO urges scale up of newborn screening to improve early detection and care of birth defects The World Health Organization (WHO) today calls on countries to expand newborn screening for birth defects, highlighting how early detection and treatment can save lives and reduce life...

ReliefWeb · Jun 24, 2026
Kazakhstan: Қазақстан - Көші-қон туралы есеп №13 (қазан-қараша 2025 ж.) [KK]

Kazakhstan: Қазақстан - Көші-қон туралы есеп №13 (қазан-қараша 2025 ж.) [KK]

. Тоқсан сайынғы есеп мемлекеттік мекемелерді, халықаралық ұйымдарды, коммерциялық емес ұйымдарды және басқа да құрылымдарды қоса алғанда, түрлі дереккөздерден алынған қайталама деректерді біріктіру арқылы әзірленеді. Атап айтқанда, 2025 жылдың төртінші тоқсанына арналған есеп Қа...

ReliefWeb · Jun 23, 2026
Poland: Multi-Sectoral Needs Assessment - Vulnerability and Basic Needs Analysis Across Selected Rayons of Dnipropetrovska, Kharkivska, Khersonska, Zaporizka, Sumska, and Mykolaivska Oblasts - May 2026

Poland: Multi-Sectoral Needs Assessment - Vulnerability and Basic Needs Analysis Across Selected Rayons of Dnipropetrovska, Kharkivska, Khersonska, Zaporizka, Sumska, and Mykolaivska Oblasts - May 2026

Countries: Poland, Ukraine . Summary 1. Total number of people in need and severity of humanitarian conditions. Evidence gathered indicates that 85% of households assessed are classified as being in need, including 6% facing critical needs, 23% facing severe needs and 56% facing ...

ReliefWeb · Jun 23, 2026
Ms. Edem Wosornu, Director, Crisis Response Division, OCHA, on behalf of Mr. Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator – Briefing to the Security Council on Ukraine, 22 June 2026

Ms. Edem Wosornu, Director, Crisis Response Division, OCHA, on behalf of Mr. Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator – Briefing to the Security Council on Ukraine, 22 June 2026

. As delivered Madam President, Building on the briefing from my colleague [Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) Mohamed Khaled Khiari from the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs], let me turn to the humanitarian situation in Ukraine. Since we last briefed this Counci...

ReliefWeb · Jun 23, 2026
Mr. Indrika Ratwatte, Acting ASG for Humanitarian Affairs, on behalf of Mr. Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator – Briefing to the Security Council on Syria, 22 June 2026

Mr. Indrika Ratwatte, Acting ASG for Humanitarian Affairs, on behalf of Mr. Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator – Briefing to the Security Council on Syria, 22 June 2026

. New York, 22 June 2026 As delivered Madam President, A better future for Syria remains within reach. After more than a decade of crisis, there is now a genuine opportunity to help Syrians move from survival towards recovery. There are clear signs of progress towards recovery, r...

ReliefWeb · Jun 22, 2026
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns of deadly conditions in Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon, and calls for the immediate protection of civilians and medical and rescue workers as relentless Israeli attacks hit the governorate.

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns of deadly conditions in Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon, and calls for the immediate protection of civilians and medical and rescue workers as relentless Israeli attacks hit the governorate.

. Our team is responding to an influx of patients of all ages, including paramedics wounded during rescue missions. People are arriving with severe head injuries, heavy bleeding, shrapnel injuries and in need of amputations, while others are suspected to be trapped under rubble a...

ReliefWeb · Jun 22, 2026