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Famine stalks two counties in South Sudan as fragile peace is threatened
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Famine stalks two counties in South Sudan as fragile peace is threatened Two counties in the Upper Nile State of South Sudan are sliding into famine, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned in a new report released Thursday. 
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World News in Brief: ‘Indifference and impunity’ in Sudan, ICC judges speak out against sanctions,...
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World News in Brief: ‘Indifference and impunity’ in Sudan, ICC judges speak out against sanctions,... With over half of the Sudanese population in need of aid and lean season rapidly approaching, the UN Chief for Humanitarian Affairs once again sounded the alarm about the crisis unfolding in Sudan on Thursday. 
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Climate emergency is a health crisis ‘that is already killing us,’ says WHO
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Climate emergency is a health crisis ‘that is already killing us,’ says WHO With 2024 confirmed as the hottest year on record, the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a stark warning: the climate crisis is also a health crisis – and it’s already claiming lives.
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Social and economic barriers, not choice, driving global fertility crisis: UNFPA
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Social and economic barriers, not choice, driving global fertility crisis: UNFPA The global fertility slump isn’t down to young people turning their backs on parenthood – it’s due to social and economic pressures stopping them from having the children they want, says a new UN report. 
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AIDS still killing one person every minute as funding cuts stall progress
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AIDS still killing one person every minute as funding cuts stall progress AIDS-related deaths have dropped to their lowest level since 2004, but progress remains precarious, with the disease still claiming one life every minute. The impact of funding cuts is severe, causing widespread disruption to HIV services and threatening hard-won gains.  ...
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World News in Brief: Women’s health in Sudan, childhood wasting, Belarus trade unions, Guatemala child...
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World News in Brief: Women’s health in Sudan, childhood wasting, Belarus trade unions, Guatemala child... As hostilities rage in Sudan, access constraints and devastating funding cuts are isolating rape survivors and pregnant women from essential health services, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency UNFPA said on Thursday. 
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Flavoured nicotine products driving youth addiction, WHO warns
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Flavoured nicotine products driving youth addiction, WHO warns For most nicotine users today, their first experience with the drug is a flavoured product – making it easier, and more appealing, to try.
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World News in Brief: Education suffers amid DR Congo violence, WHO greenlights RSV vaccines, more...
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World News in Brief: Education suffers amid DR Congo violence, WHO greenlights RSV vaccines, more... In Ituri, a province in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), intensifying conflict, intercommunal violence and mass displacement are forcing hundreds of thousands of children out of school.
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Pandemics to pollution: WHO Assembly delivers landmark health decisions
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Pandemics to pollution: WHO Assembly delivers landmark health decisions The 78th World Health Assembly concluded Tuesday in Geneva, marking several major milestones in global health. Delegates adopted the world’s first pandemic agreement and approved a significant boost in core funding for the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Sudan war exacerbates risk of cholera and malaria: UNICEF
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Sudan war exacerbates risk of cholera and malaria: UNICEF The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned of an escalating public health crisis in Sudan, as conflict and mass displacement continue to drive a surge in disease, particularly cholera and malaria.
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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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Guidance: Adult social care in England statistics: background quality and methodology How the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) puts together the data in its monthly reports.
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Proposed review of the statutory scheme for branded medicines pricing This consultation seeks views on proposals to update the statutory scheme to control the cost of branded health service medicines.
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Research: Opiate and crack cocaine use: prevalence estimates by local area Estimates of the number of opiate and crack cocaine users in local areas.
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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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You are not alone: Help is at Hand for anyone bereaved by suicide Updated guide provides people affected by suicide with both emotional and practical support.
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Guidance: Breast screening: digital breast tomosynthesis Information on the use of digital breast tomosynthesis in the NHS breast screening programme.
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Official Statistics: Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: June 2025 Official statistics on a range of topics including occupancy and infection control measures in adult social care settings.
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Policy paper: Conflict, Stability and Security Fund: Overseas Territories annual review summaries 2020 to 2021 This page provides the annual review summaries for the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) programmes in Overseas Territories.

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