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‘We watched them die before our eyes’: Sudan health workers helpless amid medical shortages
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‘We watched them die before our eyes’: Sudan health workers helpless amid medical shortages As violence forces tens of thousands to flee Sudan’s South Kordofan state, doctors in a key maternity hospital are facing impossible choices – with too few supplies, too many patients, and lives slipping away.
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World News in Brief: South Sudan rights, opioid guidelines update, DR Congo crisis continues
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World News in Brief: South Sudan rights, opioid guidelines update, DR Congo crisis continues South Sudan is evolving into a catastrophic human rights and humanitarian crisis, UN Human Rights Council-appointed independent experts warned on Thursday.
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Sudan: Hospital strike highlights surge in drone attacks on civilians
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Sudan: Hospital strike highlights surge in drone attacks on civilians The death toll from a horrific attack on a hospital in Sudan’s Darfur has risen further, amid a “sharp increase” in drone attacks against civilians this year, UN agencies said on Tuesday.
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‘Truly transformative’ new diagnostic tools can help end tuberculosis
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‘Truly transformative’ new diagnostic tools can help end tuberculosis The World Health Organization (WHO) called on Tuesday for countries to step up action to end tuberculosis (TB) – one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers – by expanding access to new diagnostic tools that can help save lives. 
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Nearly 5 million children are still dying annually before their fifth birthday: Here’s why
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Nearly 5 million children are still dying annually before their fifth birthday: Here’s why An estimated 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2024, including 2.3 million newborns, according to new United Nations estimates released on Tuesday – highlighting a worrying slowdown in global progress on child survival.
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Middle East crisis: UN health agency releases emergency funds for Lebanon, Iraq, Syria
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Middle East crisis: UN health agency releases emergency funds for Lebanon, Iraq, Syria The UN World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing another $2 million in emergency funds to support health systems in Lebanon, Iraq and Syria as strikes against Iran by the US and Israeli continue amid counterstrikes across the Gulf and wider ...
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World News in Brief: Afghan-Pakistan border clashes latest, murder of Iraqi women’s rights activist condemned,...
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World News in Brief: Afghan-Pakistan border clashes latest, murder of Iraqi women’s rights activist condemned,... Clashes along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border have continued for a seventh straight day, with humanitarian access to affected areas still restricted, the UN said on Wednesday.
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World News in Brief: Epstein scandal highlights ‘silencing’ of women, Danish breakthrough on HIV transmission,...
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World News in Brief: Epstein scandal highlights ‘silencing’ of women, Danish breakthrough on HIV transmission,... UN human rights chief Volker Türk warned on Friday that the Epstein and Gisèle Pellicot scandals are an illustration of intensifying threats to women and girls forced to suffer in silence.
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UN drug alert stops shipment that could have made 1.6 billion lethal fentanyl doses
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UN drug alert stops shipment that could have made 1.6 billion lethal fentanyl doses An international early warning system blocked a shipment of chemicals used to make fentanyl that could have produced up to 1.6 billion potentially lethal doses, the UN narcotics control body said on Thursday.
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South Sudan fighting displaces nearly 280,000; UN warns of ‘perfect storm’
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South Sudan fighting displaces nearly 280,000; UN warns of ‘perfect storm’ Renewed fighting in South Sudan’s Jonglei state has displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians in recent weeks, damaged health facilities, fuelled the spread of cholera and prompting the UN relief chief to warn of a “perfect storm” of conflict, climate ...
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Department of Health and Social Care - Activity on GOV.UK
Guidance: Damp and mould: understanding and addressing the health risks for rented housing providers This guidance delivers on the government’s commitment in response to the Coroner’s 'prevention of future deaths' report on the death of 2-year-old Awaab Ishak due to mould in the home.
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Transparency data: PHE spend over £25,000: November 2019 Details of Public Health England transactions over £25,000 in November 2019.
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Research: Water fluoridation: health monitoring report for England 2026 The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) monitors and reports on the health effects of fluoride for people living in areas covered by water fluoridation schemes.
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Guidance: Respiratory disease: applying All Our Health Evidence and guidance to help healthcare professionals manage respiratory disease and maximise early diagnosis and treatment.
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Research: Health Profile for England: 2021 The fourth annual profile combining data and knowledge with information from other sources to give a broad picture of the health of people in England in 2021.
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NHS injury costs recovery scheme: tariff and charges from 1 October 2025 Amendment in the tariff and ceiling of charges payable by compensators for the recovery of NHS charges under the NHS injury costs recovery scheme.
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Independent report: Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration Fifty-Fourth Report Recommendations and observations from the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration on doctors’ and dentists’ pay in the United Kingdom.
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NHS patients and British businesses to benefit from historic changes to medicines access following pharmaceutical... New partnership accelerates NHS patients' access to new medicines and will see UK benefit from greater life sciences industry investment
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Guidance: DHSC group accounting manual 2025 to 2026 Mandatory annual reports and accounts guidelines for the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) group bodies.
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Guidance: User-led organisation training fund: a guide for claimants This guidance outlines the criteria and process for accessing funding for user-led organisations in adult social care.

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