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KARACHI, Pakistan, October 2 (IPS) - "You're living a life drained of joy," is how Shehnaz Sher Ali describes her "perpetually wet and stinky" existence. "I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy," says the 35-year-old, who travelled by bus for more than ...

People around the world are living longer again, with global life expectancy almost fully recovered from the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

SUDAN: 'It's Shocking to Be Forced into Silence Simply Because You Are a Refugee'

KUALA LUMPUR, October 1 (IPS) - Nurses are often called the backbone of the health system. We praise their compassion, commitment and resilience. On Nurses' Day we thank them. During emergencies and crises, we call them heroes. But there is a harder ...

The enormous challenge of halting the spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) just became even harder after a key transit centre for patients requiring treatment burned down in Ituri province.

UNITED NATIONS, September 30 (IPS) - The United Nations High-level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) on September 25 called for faster and more sustained investment in pandemic preparedness. Speakers emphasized that ...

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), health workers fighting the country's largest-ever Ebola outbreak are struggling to overcome critical challenges to patient care, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday.

UNITED NATIONS, September 29 (IPS) - On September 23, the United Nations held its 2026 Climate Summit as part of the High-Level Week of the 81st session of the General Assembly (UNGA 81). Convening civil society actors, climate scientists, major ...

Aid teams trying to keep deadly Ebola disease from spreading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are increasingly concerned about ongoing fighting and violence that has forced thousands of people to flee a displacement camp in the vast, ...

UNITED NATIONS, September 28 (IPS) - In the wake of the largest decline in global health financing on record, the Global Leaders Network (GLN) for Women's, Children's and Adolescent Health convened a high-level meeting on September 22 to sustain ...