Tag: World Health Organization
Israel, Hamas agree to ‘humanitarian pauses’ for polio vaccinations in Gaza, WHO says
The World Health Organization announced that Israel and Hamas have given a “preliminary commitment” to conduct “humanitarian pauses” to allow the global body to begin a polio vaccination campaign, starting this Sunday, in Gaza.
Dr....
HHS secretary Becerra ‘misspoke’ at World Health Assembly when seeming to recognize ‘Palestine’
Xavier Becerra, the U.S. secretary of health and human services, did not mean to reflect a change in American policy when he referred during a speech at the 77th World Health Assembly to “Israel...
Israeli venture firm OurCrowd launches $200 million fund for global health solutions
The Israeli global crowdfunding venture firm OurCrowd announced this week its launch of a $200 million Global Health Equity Fund. News of the collaboration with the WHO (World Health Organization) Foundation was shared at...
Conspiracy theories muddy the waters on needed WHO reform
Conspiracy theories cast a shadow over the 75th World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO), as hundreds of health officials and diplomats converged on Geneva last week. One of...
WHO resolution accuses Israel of violating health rights of Palestinians
The World Health Organization held a special session on Tuesday singling out and passing a resolution against Israel for allegedly violating the health rights of Palestinians.
During the session, which took place in the context...
How the Muslim-Arab world is handling the coronavirus crisis
It’s something of a riddle how Arab and Muslim states have dealt with the COVID-19 crisis. In March 2020, when the World Health Organization declared the virus a pandemic, and reports of thousands of...
Israel’s Health Ministry says lockdown possible over Hanukkah
Israeli Health Ministry Director General Hezi Levy said on Thursday that he doesn’t know if there will be a lockdown over Hanukkah, “but we are identifying an increase in morbidity, and it could lead...
Israel’s COVID-19 cases surge past 41,000, with 1,681 in the past 24 hours
Israel saw 1,681 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s total since the onset of the pandemic to 41,235, according to the Israeli Health Ministry. Of the active cases, 177...
Report: UN, WHO coronavirus relief used for terror-linked NGOs
Funding from the United Nations and the World Health Organization (WHO) to Gaza and the West Bank are being directed to non-emergency advocacy efforts and projects with terror-linked NGOs, according to a new report...
US freezes WHO funding pending a review of its coronavirus response
President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday a freeze in U.S. funding for the World Health Organization as the administration conducts a 60- to 90-day review of the organization’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump has...