Posts Tagged: World Health Organization
Gaza Gets Vital Medical Aid as Hospitals Struggle With Rising Infections
The World Health Organization delivered 15 ventilators to Gaza hospitals on Sunday amid a spike in COVID-19 infections that has tested the Palestinian territory's under-developed...
Despite Covid-19 Pandemic, UN’s World Health Organization Spends Four Hours Bashing Israel
Despite a ongoing global pandemic that has taken over a million lives, the United Nations’ World Health Organization (WHO) took time on Thursday to condemn...
WHO Reports Record Daily Increase in Global Coronavirus Cases
The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Friday, with the total rising by 292,527. The biggest increases were from the...
Reform Is Needed at the World Health Organization
The US is the most significant single contributor to the World Health Organization (WHO). US taxpayer-funded contributions total approximately $2 billion -- or roughly half --...
Record Numbers of Coronavirus Cases in Every Global Region
Almost 40 countries have reported record single-day increases in coronavirus infections over the past week, around double the number that did so the previous week,...
WHO Chief Tedros Speaks With New Israeli Health Minister Edelstein About ‘Strengthening’ Cooperation
The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, spoke by phone on Wednesday with Israel’s new health minister, Yuli Edelstein. In a tweet, Tedros...
US Urges WHO to Start Review of Pandemic Response, Seeks Reforms
The United States called on the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday to begin work immediately on investigating the source of the novel coronavirus, as...
US Has Potential of Becoming Coronavirus Epicenter, Says WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday it was seeing a "very large acceleration" in coronavirus infections in the United States which had the potential of...
Coronavirus Infections Rise Above 100,000 Worldwide as Outbreak Wreaks Financial Havoc
The number of people infected with the new coronavirus across the world surpassed 100,000 on Friday as the economic damage intensified, with business districts beginning to empty...
World Health Organization Passes Arab Bloc Resolution Faulting Israel Over Palestinian Health
JNS.org - The United Nation's World Health Organization passed a resolution accusing Israel of perpetuating a health crisis in the Palestinian territories. The tally was 96 in...
Israeli Professor Elected to Executive Board of UN Health Body
Professor Itamar Grotto -- an associate director-general at the Israeli Health Ministry -- was elected on Friday to the Executive Board of the UN’s World...
Prenatal Vitamins Markedly Lower Autism Risk, Israeli Researchers Find
JNS.org - A four-year study of tens of thousands of Israeli children has concluded that mothers who take folic acid and multivitamins prior to and during...
First Aid Convoy Reaches Syria’s Ghouta, Stripped of Medical Supplies
An aid convoy began to cross into Syria's eastern Ghouta on Monday, bringing the first relief to the besieged enclave since one of the deadliest government assaults of the seven-year war began two weeks...
Palestinian Authority Reduces Aid for Gazan Medical Care, WHO Says
JNS.org - The Palestinian Authority (PA) has dramatically reduced its financial aid to Gazans seeking medical care outside of the Gaza Strip, the World Health Organization...
