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A fuel truck crosses into Gaza from the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing in Rafah on 19 January 2025
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Gaza fuel crisis puts entire population at risk, aid groups warn

Humanitarian agencies told The New Arab of a catastrophe in Gaza if fuel deliveries did not resume to the enclave.

Oliver Mizzi
03 July, 2025
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Israel kills over 85, as 81% of Gaza now in 'militarised zones'

The New Arab Staff
23 May, 2025
WHO states adopt landmark pandemic preparedness deal [Getty]
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WHO countries strike landmark deal on tackling future pandemics

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 April, 2025
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus - GETTY
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WHO raises alarm as 75% of UN aid efforts blocked from Gaza

The New Arab Staff
11 April, 2025
World Health Organization and UN teams evacuate some Palestinians fr
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Israel considers quitting WHO over Gaza war criticism

The New Arab Staff
09 March, 2025
The headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) stands on January 23, 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland
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WHO reviewing 'priorities' ahead of US exit

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 January, 2025
Donald Trump inauguration [Getty]
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10 executive orders issued by Trump that will reshape the world

The New Arab Staff
21 January, 2025
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Medical relief orgs should invest in Syrian healthcare workers

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Sasha Fahme

07 January, 2025
Kamal Adwan hospital [Getty]
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Gaza's Kamal Adwan hospital 'now empty' after Israeli raid: WHO

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 December, 2024
Boys check a fire that broke out in a destroyed house in a war-torn neighborhood in Omdurman
Sudan
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Sudan paramilitary drone attack kills 38 people

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 December, 2024
Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses a Sport and Sustainable Development Summit at the Carrousel du Louvre (Louvre Carrousel) in Paris on July 25, 2024
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WHO chief says Israel tanks fired on Gaza aid convoy

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 September, 2024
Mpox has now been recorded in Morocco after the spread of it in Congo [Getty]
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Fears in Morocco as Marrakesh reports first mpox case

Basma El Atti
Nadda Osman
13 September, 2024
Polio vaccine.
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Polio vaccination campaign to start in Gaza next week: ministry

Sally Ibrahim
30 August, 2024
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NGOs warn of 'imminent polio epidemic' in Gaza, urge vaccination

The New Arab Staff
21 August, 2024
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WHO: Over 80 patients evacuated from Gaza in biggest war op

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
31 July, 2024
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WHO says 8,000 under-5s treated for malnutrition in Gaza

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 June, 2024
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Gaza's largest hospital 'an empty shell with human graves'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 April, 2024
Gaza War
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WHO chief decries 'decimation' of Gaza health system

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 December, 2023
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WHO urges immediate aid for Gaza

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 December, 2023
Doctors and patients were besieged and bombed in the Al-Shifa Hospital [Getty]
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Gaza: WHO worried over fate of Al-Shifa hospital chief

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 November, 2023
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WHO on Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital: 'We only saw civilians'

The New Arab Staff
21 November, 2023