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[20:42] WHO announces overhaul, layoffs amid US funding cuts

The World Health Organization chief has said US funding cuts had left the UN agency with a huge budget gap, forcing it to slash operations and lay off staff.

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0422/1508948-who-funding-cuts/

#TheWorldHealthOrganization #US #UN

[12:03] Five years since WHO's Covid call shook world into action

Five years ago tomorrow, the World Health Organization announced Covid-19 had become a pandemic - a moment when the world finally woke up to the unfolding disaster.

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2025/0310/1501201-covid-19-five-years/

#Fiveyearsagotomorrow #theWorldHealthOrganization

[19:20] 'Millions of lives' at risk from US cuts to TB prevention

The World Health Organization has warned that funding cuts by the United States will have "a devastating impact" on programmes battling tuberculosis, endangering millions of lives.

https://www.rte.ie/news/health/2025/0305/1500428-who-tb-cuts/

#TheWorldHealthOrganization #theUnitedStates #millions

[10:30] WHO chief to cut costs, reset priorities after US exit

The World Health Organization will cut costs and review which health programmes to prioritise after the US announced its exit, its chief told staff in an internal memo.

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0124/1492667-who/

#TheWorldHealthOrganization #US

[09:41] China defends Covid-19 data-sharing as WHO seeks access

China has shared the most Covid-19 data and research results in the international community, its foreign ministry has said, after the World Health Organization repeated its call for more information and access.

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2024/1231/1488596-china-covid-19/

#China #theWorldHealthOrganization

[19:33] WHO implores China to share data on origins of Covid-19

The World Health Organization has implored China to share data and access to help understand how Covid-19 began, five years on from the start of the pandemic that upended the planet.

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/1230/1488559-covid-origins-china/

#TheWorldHealthOrganization #China #fiveyears

[11:30] WHO demands Israel release Gaza hospital director

The World Health Organization chief has called for the immediate release of Hossam Abu Safiyeh, director of Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital, who is being held by Israel's military following a major raid on the facility.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/1230/1488495-middle-east/

#TheWorldHealthOrganization #HossamAbuSafiyeh #Gaza #KamalAdwanHospital #Israel

[11:49] Last major health facility in north Gaza 'out of service'

An Israeli military operation targeting Hamas militants near the Kamal Adwan Hospital has put the last major health facility in northern Gaza out of service, the World Health Organization has said.

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/1228/1488311-israel-gaza/

#Israeli #Hamas #theKamalAdwanHospital #Gaza #theWorldHealthOrganization

[04:25] WHO says strike on Gaza vaccination centre wounds six

The World Health Organization said four children were among six people wounded in a strike on a polio vaccination centre in northern Gaza.

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/1103/1478802-middle-east/

#TheWorldHealthOrganization #four #six #Gaza

[11:58] Health workers hurt, 44 detained at Gaza hospital - WHO

The World Health Organization has said it has regained contact with staff at a besieged northern Gaza hospital, finding that three health workers had been injured and 44 detained.

https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/1026/1477608-gaza/

#TheWorldHealthOrganization #Gaza #three #44

[10:23] WHO to evacuate 1,000 Gazans for medical care

Up to 1,000 women and children needing medical care will shortly be evacuated from Gaza to Europe, the head of the World Health Organization's Europe branch, Dr Hans Kluge, has said.

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/1021/1476552-world-health-organisation/

#Upto1,000 #Gaza #Europe #theWorldHealthOrganization'sEurope #DrHansKluge