New York, 21 September 2026 Welcome, everyone. These are some of the 87 million lives that we want to reach that we are already reaching this year with life-saving support. A huge welcome today. We have, I think, two big objectives in the next hour. Number one, to leave everyone feeling that they
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. Around 350 million people worldwide are in urgent need of life-saving humanitarian assistance this year. The UN’s 87 Million Lives appeal focuses on those facing the most severe and life-threatening needs, but millions more remain at risk of falling deeper into crisis. “The 87 ...
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. How can storytelling make this ‘forgotten’ disease emotionally compelling for a new generation and show that polio eradication urgently needs to be achieved? It is true that vaccines have been a victim of their own success, which overall is a good thing. But while we are close,...
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. Depuis la déclaration de l'épidémie en mai 2026, le nombre de cas a continué d'augmenter. Plus de 7 400 cas confirmés ont désormais été enregistrés, faisant de cette épidémie la plus importante jamais signalée dans le pays, une crise exacerbée par les conflits en cours et les d...
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Countries: Syrian Arab Republic, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Türkiye . REGIONAL OVERVIEW As of 31 August 2026, an estimated 1.8 million Syrians had returned from neighbouring countries, alongside over 2 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) who returned to their areas of ...
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Countries: Türkiye, Syrian Arab Republic . Highlights UNHCR in Türkiye is working with 12 RLOs and community-based organizations (CBOs) across the country through grant agreements. UNHCR’s engagements with these RLOs aim to foster consultation, community outreach, participatory a...
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. Data collected by Insecurity Insight shows that between 07 October 2023 and 31 August 2026, at least 3,464 incidents of violence against or obstruction of access to health care took place across the occupied Palestinian territory. 95% of all incidents were attributed to Israeli...
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Countries: Yemen, Djibouti, Somalia . Los combates se están extendiendo por múltiples frentes en Yemen, desencadenando una crisis de desplazamiento que crece rápidamente y que ha obligado a más de 130.000 personas a abandonar sus hogares desde principios de septiembre. La poblaci...
