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News and context on the challenges shaping lives around the world, and the efforts helping communities move forward.
A new global mpox vaccine stockpile, funded by Gavi and managed by the International Coordinating Group, aims to give every country rapid, equitable access to doses as outbreaks persist, especially in Africa.
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More than 6 million Sudanese are internally displaced and 4.5 million have fled abroad as attacks affect civilian infrastructure and severely damage health services.
Humanitarian aid
A UNMISS‑led quick‑impact project delivered a 3,200‑square‑metre reservoir in Terekeka, South Sudan, providing reliable water for farmers and herders while supporting community cooperation.
Health
WHO has validated Bhutan’s elimination of dog‑transmitted rabies, noting zero human deaths since June 2023 and a commitment to free post‑exposure prophylaxis across all districts.
Food & water
Over half a million people in Ituri face near‑starvation as Ebola spreads, prompting the World Food Programme to call for urgent funding to pair nutrition with medical care.
Health
WHO has validated Timor‑Leste’s elimination of trachoma as a public‑health problem, making it the last South‑East Asian nation to clear the disease and the 33rd country worldwide to achieve this milestone.
Humanitarian aid
UNDP’s programme pairs debris clearance with infrastructure repairs, recycling and paid work across four Syrian areas, helping communities recover after years of conflict.
Humanitarian aid
UN agencies report that 94% of Gaza’s 2.1 million residents need proper shelter, while funding gaps and Israeli limits on building supplies keep families in tents and flood‑damaged homes.
Health
More than 3,200 strikes have hit Ukrainian health facilities and aid warehouses since the invasion, killing civilians and damaging supplies, while WHO pushes medicines, heating and mental‑health aid to keep services running.
Health
More than 5,600 Ebola cases and 2,700 deaths have been reported in the DRC since May, yet the humanitarian response is only 48 % funded and faces security threats, prompting a UN call for $1.1 billion.
Health
About one million Afghan children now face severe acute malnutrition, hospitals are overloaded, and UNICEF has received only 22 % of the $180 million needed for nutrition programmes.
Climate & resilience
The UN warns the current El Niño will stay active through February 2027, with near‑certain ‘very strong’ conditions that could bring worldwide heat, floods and drought, spurring an unprecedented WHO effort to boost early‑warning systems for vulnerable sectors.
