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Egyptian pollution plan signals the last straw cloud

Cairo - Arab Today

An Egyptian government programme to pay traders to buy rice straw from farmers at the end of harvest has helped to combat one of Cairo’s ugliest features — a huge black cloud that hangs over the capital during the burning season. Cairo is the world’s second most polluted megacity, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says, and the government is pursuingRead more

New campaign launched in Cairo to raise awareness of migraines

Cairo - MENA

The phrase “crippling headache” is as accurate as it gets for millions of migraine-sufferers around the globe: a bad headache can get in the way of everything. Last weekend, the Headache Chapter of the Egyptian Society of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery (ESNPN) and Novartis two Egyptian organisations collaborated to launch the third Mena Headache Conference in Cairo. The “Not JustRead more

WHO strengthens trauma care services in Gaza with support from the EU

Gaza - PNN

With support from the European Union, the World Health Organization (WHO) is replenishing stocks of urgently-needed trauma medicines in Gaza, and providing hands-on training for health staff working in frontline Trauma Stabilization Points (TSPs). Life-saving medicines and medical supplies to treat more than 100,000 people have been delivered to hospitals and TSPs, filling critical gaps as supplies rapidly deplete asRead more

Bahrain Press headlines

Manama - Arab Today

Below are some headlines from Bahrain's newspapers on local events: // Bahrain and Oman to step up ties // Envoys briefed on Bahrain's UN council bid // Bahrain attends WHO meetings in Oman // MPs reject pensions revamp plan // 7,600 students to join university's new academic year // A true Bahraini hero: sailor saves family from drowning off DemistanRead more

Bahrain attends health meeting in Oman

Muscat - Arab Today

The World Health Organization (WHO) ministerial meeting, 'The Road to Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in the Eastern Mediterranean Region" opened in Oman. The three-day event, which kicked-off yesterday in Salalah, is being held under the patronage of Sayyid Asa’ad bin Tariq bin Taimur al-Said, Deputy Prime Minister for International Relations and Cooperation Affairs and the Special Representative of His MajestyRead more

Fake medicines flourish in Africa despite killing thousands

London - Arab Today

There's nothing covert about Roxy -- a huge market in Abidjan selling counterfeit medicine, the scourge of Africa and the cause of around 100,000 deaths annually on the world's poorest continent. Located in the bustling Adjame quarter of Ivory Coast's main city and commercial hub, the haven for fake medicine has been targeted time and again by authorities and stockpiles burnt. ButRead more

Norway suspends arms exports to UAE over Yemen war

Oslo - Arab Today

Norway on Wednesday announced it has suspended arms and ammunition exports to the United Arab Emirates because of the nation’s involvement in the Yemen war. “The development of the armed conflict in Yemen in the autumn of 2017 has been serious and there are severe concerns for the humanitarian situation,” the Norwegian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The UAERead more

WHO delivers 70 tonnes of aid to Yemen

Sana’a - Arab Today

A World Health Organisation, WHO, chartered aircraft carried more than 70 tonnes of essential medicines and surgical supplies landed in Sana’a Airport today, the largest planeload delivered by WHO to Yemen this year, WHO's website has reported. The shipment contains trauma kits sufficient to meet the needs of 2000 patients requiring surgical care, as well as various types of rapidRead more

WHO thanks Cuba's support to face Ebola

Kuwait City - Arab Today

The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Margaret Chan, thanked on 12 September the generosity of Cuba and its medical professionals in the country which will help contain the worst outbreak of Ebola in the history. The commitment of Cuba is an example of the kind of international effort that is needed to strengthen the activities of responseRead more

Half a million babies die each year in unhygienic hospitals

Kuwait City - Arab Today

Over a third of hospitals and clinics in developing countries have nowhere for staff or patients to wash with soap, and almost 40 percent have no source of water, according to a WHO-backed international review published on Tuesday. The report, by sanitation charity WaterAid and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said that every year, half a million babies die beforeRead more