12-28 | For two days, Hadia who is 9 years old has refused to eat anything, even her favourite fruit, bananas. Her mother, Farida, took her to several health facilities and doctors, but her condition never seemed to improve. “I really don’t know the pain she’s going through, but I am here with her hoping she gets better soon. Anything people said, I tried. I took her to many doctors and paid a lot for her prescriptions, but she did not get better, and she even developed diarrhoea which got worse,” Farida says.
12-28 | For two days, Hadia who is 9 years old has refused to eat anything, even her favourite fruit, bananas. Her mother, Farida, took her to several health facilities and doctors, but her condition never seemed to improve. “I really don’t know the pain she’s going through, but I am here with her hoping she gets better soon. Anything people said, I tried. I took her to many doctors and paid a lot for her prescriptions, but she did not get better, and she even developed diarrhoea which got worse,” Farida says.
5-17 | Kiribati is one of the most remote and geographically dispersed countries in the world. It is also one of the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of the climate crisis. The country faces has described as a triple threat to health: communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and the health impacts of climate change.
4-25 | Pregnant women from refugee communities in Malaysia have limited access to adequate maternal healthcare services, such as antenatal and postnatal care, skilled birth attendants, emergency obstetric care, and family planning services, which results in the high rate of maternal mortality among refugees.According to a study by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in 2019*, the maternal mortality rate among refugees in Malaysia was estimated to be 62 per 100,000 live births, which is significantly higher than the national average of 36 per 100,000 live births.
10-28 | It has been seven weeks since the flood emergency was declared by the Government of Pakistan, calling on the international community for support. With harsh winter conditions forecast, flood-affected populations will be particularly vulnerable in the coming months.THE RESPONSE SO FAR – IN NUMBERSOver 23,600 patient consultations were conducted during mobile clinics in Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa.