Alain E. Andrea, 15/01 13:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Alzheimer's disease (AD) represents a major public health challenge in a world where demographic aging is advancing rapidly. According to updated data from the World Health Organization (WHO) as of October 1, 2024, the percentage of the global population aged over 60 is expected to nearly double between 2015 and 2050, from 12% to 22%, representing ...
This is Beirut, 08/01 09:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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An awkward question remains five years after Covid-19 began its deadly rampage: is the world ready to handle the next pandemic? The World Health Organization, which was at the heart of the pandemic response, has been galvanising efforts to determine where the next threat might come from and to ensure the planet is ready to face it. But while the ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-29 10:55 - Reading : less than a minute
European Union Israel Lebanon Agriculture WHO
The Ministry of Agriculture condemned the ongoing Israeli attacks on Lebanon's agricultural sector, including the recent destruction of the seedling multiplication project built in Wadi Houjair in 2020 with funding from the European Union and support from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). In a ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-28 18:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel Palestine WHO hospital Gaza
The World Health Organization said Saturday that the Kamal Adwan hospital was "now empty" following an Israeli military raid which put north Gaza's last major health facility out of service. The WHO said it was "appalled" by Friday's raid, saying "hospitals have once again become battlegrounds", and describing the lifeline of healthcare in north ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-27 02:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hamas Houthi Israel United Nations WHO Yemen
Israeli strikes on Thursday targeted sites controlled by Houthi rebels in Yemen, including Sanaa airport, where the head of the WHO was visiting, killing at least six people according to the insurgents. The Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, was at the capital's airport at the time of the bombing and ...
Alain E. Andrea, 2024-11-15 16:21 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder characterized by abnormally elevated blood glucose levels. Often asymptomatic in its early stages, it primarily affects the vascular system. Inadequately managed chronic hyperglycemia leads to progressive damage to blood vessel walls, resulting in microangiopathy (pathological changes in small blood ...
Vanessa Kallas, 2024-11-14 10:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Lebanon Generator WHO Pollution Air Electricity
Since September, Israeli raids have targeted Lebanese territory almost daily, leaving behind a dense cloud of smoke for people to inhale. Combined with existing pollution from Lebanon’s overreliance on generators, the smoke is slowly endangering the health of the Lebanese population. Breathless in Beirut Manal lives in Ain El Remmaneh, a ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-01 13:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The World Health Organization (WHO) expressed deep concern on Friday regarding the increasing attacks on healthcare workers and facilities in Lebanon amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. “We’re deeply concerned about the rising attacks on health workers and facilities in Lebanon. The numbers are quite shocking. There have ...
Alain E. Andrea, 2024-10-22 17:49 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In Egypt, malaria has long been a public health scourge. It intensified in the 20th century to become a major health issue, particularly in the rural areas of the Nile Delta, where environmental conditions favored the spread of the disease. However, a significant event occurred recently. On October 20, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced ...
This is Beirut, 2024-10-20 20:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Malaria
Egypt was certified as malaria-free on Sunday, with the World Health Organization calling the achievement "truly historic" and the culmination of nearly a century of work to stamp out the disease. "Malaria is as old as Egyptian civilisation itself, but the disease that plagued pharaohs now belongs to its history and not its future," WHO chief ...
This is Beirut, 2024-10-15 16:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United Nations UNICEF Gaza WHO Polio Vaccination
Conflict-ravaged Gaza appears to be facing the worst restrictions on aid since the Israel-Hamas war began over a year ago, the UN said Tuesday, lamenting the especially devastating impact on children. "Day after day, the situation for children becomes worse than the day before," said James Elder, spokesman for the UN children's agency ...
This is Beirut, 2024-10-14 10:01 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli shelling late Sunday had killed at least 15 people at a school serving as a shelter for displaced Palestinians in central Gaza's Nuseirat camp. The vast majority of the besieged Gaza Strip's 2.4 million people have been displaced at least once by the war, sparked by Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel, with ...