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Health experts to screen US wastewater during 2026 World Cup

A public health squad based in Washington, DC, plans to monitor wastewater and internet chatter to detect and track infectious diseases during the World Cup.

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08 June, 2026
Rebuilding of Gaza healthcare system requires $10 billion, WHO says
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Rebuilding of Gaza healthcare system requires $10 billion: WHO

The New Arab Staff
24 April, 2026
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Iran war complicates WHO's emergency medical supply routes

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26 March, 2026
Children play in front of tents as Lebanese people forcibly displaced by Israeli attacks live in makeshift shelters in Beirut 20 March 2026.
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WHO sends first overland convoy from emergencies hub to Beirut

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21 March, 2026
Children and families gather to receive free meals shortly before iftar during the holy month of Ramadan at a displacement camp in central Gaza City on February 27, 2026
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Medical stocks 'critically low' in Gaza, WHO says

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 March, 2026
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Attacks on Sudan healthcare facilities killed 69 this year

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21 February, 2026
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US lifts aid suspension to Somalia after WFP disruption dispute

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 January, 2026
The World Health Organization (WHO) seal is seen on a screen with tablets, capsules, and syringes in this photo illustration in Brussels, Belgium, on August 24, 2025.
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US set to quit World Health Organization

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 January, 2026
Two boys walk amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza City on October 16, 2025.
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Gaza death toll surpasses 69,000 as thousands await evacuation

The New Arab Staff
11 November, 2025
A Palestinian woman walks in front of an Israeli rocket in the street in Gaza City, on October 30, 2025. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Gaza's health ministry launches emergency child vaccine drive

Sally Ibrahim
10 November, 2025
Workers load aid supplies from World Health Organization (WHO) and UAEAID into a plane bound for Port Sudan at the Abu Dhabi International Airport in Abu Dhabi on May 5, 2023.
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WHO condemns reported 'horrific' mass killing in Sudan hospital

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 October, 2025
Some patients, being treated at Kamal al-Awde hospital, transferred to Al-Shifa and Al Ahli Baptist hospitals in coordination with the World Health Organization (WHO)
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Nearly 42,000 people in Gaza have 'life-changing injuries': WHO

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 October, 2025
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Darfur cholera cases rising fast as Sudan death toll tops 3,000

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 September, 2025
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WHO urges Taliban to lift ban on female aid workers

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 September, 2025
A limited number of trucks carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip are allowed to pass through the Rafah border crossing from Egypt
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Medical supplies for GBS run out as cases rise in Gaza, WHO says

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 August, 2025
A woman prays by one of the makeshift graves of those buried in Khartoum's southern suburb of al-Azhari on August 2, 2025 when the area was under control of the Rapid Support Forces. (Photo by EBRAHIM HAMID/AFP via Getty Images)
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Sudan records around 100,000 cholera cases in space of a year

The New Arab Staff
09 August, 2025
Seven-month-old Salim Mahmoud Awad suffers significant weight loss due to the lack of baby formula and food after being displaced to Gaza City, Gaza with his family, on July 26, 2025.
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WHO says malnutrition reaching 'alarming levels' in Gaza

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 July, 2025
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

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
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WHO raises alarm as 75% of UN aid efforts blocked from Gaza

The New Arab Staff
11 April, 2025