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Caribbean nations receive life-saving support following devastation of Hurricane Melissa

·November 1, 2025·2 min read

Torrential rain, storm surges, and landslides caused by the hurricane have left a trail of destruction across the region, with homes flattened, roads and bridges washed away, and vast areas still without power or Internet access and other telecommunications. The UN humanitarian affairs office (OCHA) said that aid supplies are...

Fewer than one in 10 Somalis to receive life-saving aid in November, warns WFP

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·October 3, 2025·1 min read

“We are seeing a dangerous rise in emergency levels of hunger, and our ability to respond is shrinking by the day,” said Ross Smith, WFP director of emergencies.  “Without urgent funding, families already pushed to the edge will be left with nothing at a time when they need it most.”...

Sudan war: Life-saving cholera vaccination campaign begins in Darfur

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·September 23, 2025·2 min read

The World Health Organization (WHO)’s Deputy Representative to the country Hala Khudari reported on Tuesday that the outbreak, which started in July 2024 in Kassala, has spread to all 18 states of the country. More than 113,600 cases have been registered so far and over 3,000 deaths – a “concerning...

Afghanistan: Lifesaving services cut as Taliban bars women aid workers

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·September 15, 2025·2 min read

“All of us at the United Nations are suffering from a reinforcement of the ban on females working with us…We are simply unable to operate without females,” said Arafat Jamal, UN refugee agency (UNHCR) Representative to Afghanistan, a day after agencies warned that the de facto authorities’ measures have impacted...

UN’s lifesaving programmes under threat as budget crisis hits hard

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·May 31, 2025·1 min read

Member States had paid just $1.8 billion towards the UN’s $3.7 billion regular budget for 2025, as of 9 May. Including unpaid contributions from previous years, total unpaid assessments stand at approximately $2.4 billion as of 30 April. The United States is the largest debtor at about $1.5 billion, as...

All eyes on Gaza as aid teams retrieve first lifesaving relief in months

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·May 22, 2025·2 min read

“Today will be crucial. Truckloads of lifesaving aid finally on move again,” said top UN aid relief coordinator Tom Fletcher. Hours earlier and in a major development, 198 trucks entered Gaza via the Kerem Shalom crossing in the south of the enclave, carrying nutrition supplies, medicines and wheat flour. Announcing...

Gaza: Guterres calls on Israel to ensure life-saving aid reaches civilians

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·April 8, 2025·3 min read

Speaking to journalists at UN Headquarters, António Guterres also repeated his call for a renewed ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and the release of all hostages still being held inside the shattered enclave. No food, fuel, medicine and commercial items have entered Gaza since 2 March following the Israeli blockade,...

UNICEF condemns looting of lifesaving supplies for children in Sudan

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·March 23, 2025·1 min read

The attack on one of the last operational hospitals in the area further deepened the ongoing humanitarian crisis sparked by the civil war between rival militaries, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which started in April 2023. Among the stolen supplies were 2,200 cartons...

WHO marks 20 years of its lifesaving tobacco control treaty

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·February 26, 2025·3 min read

The agency is this week celebrating the 20th anniversary of the entry into force of its Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) – one of the most widely embraced UN treaties in history. The Convention provides a legal framework and a comprehensive package of evidence-based tobacco control measures which...

UNAIDS welcomes US decision to keep funding life-saving HIV treatment

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·January 29, 2025·2 min read

The move from the UN agency dedicated to ending the disease came in response to an immediate 90-day funding pause for all foreign assistance laid out in an executive order by President Trump, including the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). PEPFAR is the world’s leading HIV initiative...

Critical aid blocked in Gaza, as fuel shortages threaten lifesaving services

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·January 12, 2025·2 min read

On Thursday, only 10 out of 21 planned humanitarian movements were facilitated by the Israeli authorities. Seven were denied outright, three were impeded and one was cancelled due to security and logistical challenges, said UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, at Friday’s media briefing in New York. OCHA is also deeply concerned...

Lebanon: Appeal for $371.4 million to boost life-saving support

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·January 8, 2025·2 min read

Announced at the Grand Serail in Beirut by Deputy Prime Minister Saade el-Shami and UN Humanitarian Coordinator Imran Riza, the appeal extends emergency efforts through March 2025. It builds on the original Flash Appeal launched in October 2024, following the largest escalation of conflict since the 2006 Lebanon War. This extension...