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Thousands of displaced families in Gaza are living through escalating fear inside overcrowded tents as rodents and insects spread through shelters and displacement camps.
The UN is on the ground carrying out sanitation campaigns and pesticide spraying operations.
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“The world is not safer from pandemics.”
As #Ebola# strikes again, health experts stress rising chance of another global pandemic.
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Across Latin America and the Caribbean, millions are facing growing risks of hunger, displacement, and water shortages as climate extremes intensify, according to a new @WMO report.
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Civilians continue to face great danger across war-torn Ukraine as attacks in the past few days kill at least 11 civilians and injure nearly 200 others, including five children, according to Ukrainian authorities.
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UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres is deeply alarmed by reports of drone strikes near the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in the United Arab Emirates.
From Ebola outbreaks to the evacuation of passengers aboard a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, @WHO opened its annual assembly Monday. #WHA79#
The October 2025 ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has reduced the scale of violence in the Gaza Strip but killings and destruction continue, according to a new UN human rights report.
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🎤 #Ebola# outbreak: @WHO supports response
🎤 LGBTIQ+ face mounting violence and discrimination, warns UN rights chief
🎤 South Sudan: Families return to Akobo, aid resumes after conflict
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“Ebola is a very serious disease, but it’s one that we know how to control”
@WHO Regional Director for Africa explained to UN News and called on the media to share accurate information to avoid a “fear outbreak”.
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Global leaders gather in Baku for the UN’s largest-ever urban forum, as UN Secretary-General Guterres calls for housing to be placed at the heart of sustainable development. #WUF13# #HousingForAll#
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A day after @WHO declared the new Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo an international emergency, experts warned that the risk of another global pandemic on the scale of COVID-19 is rising all the time.
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1.1 billion people live in slums. Can everyone be housed with dignity?
Governments and experts are gathering at #WUF13# in Baku, Azerbaijan, to confront one of the world’s fastest-growing challenges: the global housing crisis.
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UN chief “deeply alarmed” by reports that drone strikes set fire to an electrical generator within the perimeter of Barakah Nuclear Power Plant, UAE.
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More than 1 in 3 countries still criminalize consensual same-sex relations, while hate speech and online abuse rise sharply ahead of elections, warns UN rights chief Volker Türk on International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia
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The widespread availability of new technology, such as militarised drones and artificial intelligence, means that the current threat of nuclear terrorism is higher than it has ever been.
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Decades of gains in the fight against AIDS are under growing threat as donor funding declines and community-based health services collapse in some of the world’s most vulnerable countries.
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Nicotine pouches are spreading fast: toxic, highly attractive and addictive. Easy to hide, harder to quit. @WHO is calling for stronger regulations.
The WHO has declared the ongoing Ebola outbreak in DR Congo and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
The global housing crisis is one of the world’s fastest-growing challenges, affecting nearly 2.8 billion people worldwide.
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