.@WHO is deeply concerned with the increased pace of attacks on health in #Ukraine. Yesterday's attack in #Kharkiv adds to a horrifying pattern of almost one attack per day since the start of 2024.
Unfortunately, the violence in Israel and Gaza is not unparalleled. Not even close. Secretary General Guterres must have a short memory - over 500,000 have died in the conflict in #Tigray and Northern Ethiopia since 2020, the vast majority of which have been civilians. (1/2)
Missing Ethiopian Businessman:
Family, friends of Ethiopian businessman stage procession
The Ethiopian businessman disappeared two years ago
Sam Tekiamichael was abducted in Kileleshwa by unknown people
#SundayLive@KoinangeJeff@VickyRubadiri
"Cholera is a poster child of poverty, social injustice, climate change and conflict." - Dr Mike Ryan
After decades of progress against #cholera, cases are again on the rise, even in countries that hadn't seen the disease in years.
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A plane with @WHO medical supplies to support the urgent health needs in Gaza has landed in Al Arish, #Egypt - close to the Rafah crossing.
We’re ready to deploy the supplies as soon as humanitarian access through the crossing is established.
We continue our plea to Israel to reconsider the decision to evacuate 1.1 million people. It will be a human tragedy.
Hunger claims the lives of 600 IDPs from Western #Tigray only after the peace agreement
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How could one miss bread this much? 75 years old Tirfnesh Tareke wonders.
#Tigrayan authorities should halt the crackdown on people exercising their right to to free expression, urgently release those arbitrarily detained & initiate investigations into police forces that beat and abused peaceful protesters. https://t.co/BVEKv7G9EK
A new study of medical records shows at least 128 women and girls were sexually assaulted in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region by suspected military forces after the end of a two-year war. https://t.co/dHmmzP0xbl
1) #Amhara security forces in #Ethiopia’s Western #Tigray Zone used gang rape, abduction, and sexual slavery of #Tigrayan women & girls in the Zone, often accompanied by verbal threats that targeted their #Tigrayan identity .@hrw@amnesty
🔴 Hunger has claimed the lives of hundreds of people in Ethiopia’s Tigray region since the suspension of food aid by @usaid and @WFP. https://t.co/mQ7WoYCNKS
.@WHOUkraine just published ��Private provision of services in Ukraine: current challenges, future directions” - a new report assessing the current policy framework surrounding private health service providers in #Ukraine ⬇️
https://t.co/aFHxCnvvjy
Thanks to collaboration with @WHO, Ukraine is committed to monitoring its progress towards the health-related Sustainable Development Goals and is the first country in the European region, releasing the second volume of this survey in time of war:
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https://t.co/GeudvzxzaS
"In Tigray, doctors at hospitals in three cities said last week that women were still reporting rapes by Eritrean soldiers. Residents said the Eritreans were also routinely looting food, animals and any remaining phones from the impoverished population."
https://t.co/JbLP6uy0p3
.@WHO in Ukraine has donated 26 ambulances to the @MoH_Ukraine to enable the provision of emergency medical care to patients during the war. The delivery was made possible thanks to funding from the European Union.
#Eritrea’s 2022 rights record remained abysmal:
▶️ Widespread repression + unfettered power
▶️Forced conscriptions + punishments against relatives
▶️Restrictions on religious freedoms
▶️Ongoing violations in Tigray
More @hrw World Report #Rights2023
https://t.co/lsxHa7NfAJ