A recent review of evidence sheds light on maternal and child health. The findings are presented to key stakeholders, including government leaders and the United Nations. Maternal mortality is a significant issue, with a substantial proportion of deaths occurring in a subset of countries.
Further details are available in the report, which provides figures and sources to support its findings. The report's data indicates a high number of maternal deaths worldwide, with a notable percentage of these deaths happening in specific member states. The full report offers more information on this critical issue, including the methods used to gather evidence and the implications of the findings.
. Thousands of people are still missing, leaving families separated and many communities vulnerable, even as the confirmed death toll keeps increasing. The humanitarian impact of the flood on Nuwakot, Rasuwa and other areas has been severe: many people have been separated from th...
. Implemented under the World Bank-financed Emergency Human Capital Project (EHCP), the training brought together 30 participants including 27 females comprising doctors, nurses and midwives from EHCP-supported hospitals across Aden, Abyan, Taiz and Lahj. Health care providers ar...
. It also brought worry. After seeking care at Sharan Primary Health Care Centre, she was examined, diagnosed and began receiving treatment. “At first, I was worried about what was happening to my skin and whether it would get worse,” Hanifa says. “Once I knew what it was and tha...
Countries: Sudan, Republic of Korea . “This contribution from the Republic of Korea comes at a critical moment when millions of people in Sudan are struggling to meet their food needs in areas where conflict continues,” said Abdallah Alwardat, WFP’s Country Director in Sudan. “Wh...
. Before the conflict, Khartoum Teaching Hospital, the Ophthalmology Hospital and the Dental Hospital served patients from Khartoum State and accepted referrals from across Sudan. All three are referral and teaching hospitals. Khartoum Teaching Hospital served as one of Sudan’s m...
Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Nigeria . From the shores of Lake Chad to the banks of the Congo and Oubangui rivers, the disease is spreading in overcrowded displacement sites, refugee camps and underserved urban neig...
. One month after the earthquake struck western Colombia on 10 August 2026, claiming more than 300 lives and affecting over 200,000 people across five regions, the immediate emergency is giving way to a longer and more complex recovery. In communities across Valle del Cauca, Choc...
. SITUATION OVERVIEW • The Lao People's Democratic Republic is a landlocked, least developed country with a population of 7.8 million. As of 2024/2025, about 15 percent of the population lived below the national poverty line of USD 1.10 per day. Poverty has declined by over half ...
. Yet, farmers and livestock producers face multiple constraints, including high production costs, limited access to inputs, water scarcity, climate change, and depleted productive assets. Addressing these challenges requires supporting farmers to build on their existing technica...
Since Marcus testified against a major scam syndicate in a Manila courtroom in September 2023, the Burmese national has needed to hide his identity and constantly look over his shoulder, fearful that he would be re-enslaved, tortured, or killed. In May, the Philippine court annou...
On April 9, 1944, a line of cars carrying members of a church choir passed by a guard station and through a break in a fence capped with barbed wire. The choir, along with a church organist and a minister from Trinity Lutheran Church, had agreed to lead a worship service for inma...
