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WHO GLOBAL MALARIA PROGRAMME LAUNCHES NEW OPERATION STRATEGY

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Ahead of World Malaria Day, the WHO Global Malaria Programme published a new operational strategy outlining its priorities and key activities up to 2030 to help change the trajectory of malaria trends, with a view to achieving the global malaria targets. The strategy outlines 4 strategic objectives where WHO will focus its efforts, including developing norms and standards, introducing new tools and innovation, promoting strategic information for impact, and providing technical leadership of the global malaria response.In recent years, progress towards critical targets of the WHO Global technical strategy for malaria 2016-2030 has stalled, particularly in countries that carry a high burden of the disease. In 2022 there were an estimated 608 000 malaria-related deaths and 249 million new malaria cases globally, with young children in Africa bearing the brunt of the disease. Millions of people continue to miss out on the services they need to prevent, detect, and treat malaria. Additional

UNICEF LAUNCHES US$ 20 MILLION APPEAL TO SUPPORT 96,000 CHILDREN AFFECTED BY RECENT EARTHQUAKE IN WESTERN AFGHANISTAN

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UNICEF launches US$ 20 million appeal to support 96,000 children affected by recent earthquakes in western Afghanistan over the next three months, life-saving humanitarian assistance will reach over 200,000 people – including 96,000 children – living in the most devastated and vulnerable areas of Herat province12 October 2023.KABUL, 12 October 2023 – Over 90 per cent of those reported killed in Afghanistan’s recent earthquakes are women and children. In Zinda Jan district alone, over 11,500 people saw their homes completely flattened.With two 6.3-magnitude quakes shaking the region over just five days, and over 1,000 people killed[1], there are thousands more in need of urgent, life-saving assistance. UNICEF launched a funding appeal on Wednesday for an initial US$ 20 million, which includes:First aid, emergency and trauma care for newborns, children, adolescents, and women in both urban health facilities and through mobile health teams.Oral rehydration points to prevent or respond to
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 BAMBO WINA WATEMEDWA MODETSA NKHAWA NDI MKAZ WAKE ATAMUPEZA AKUPANGA ZADAMA NDI MKAZI WINA Bambo wina watemedwa pakhosi ndi mkazi wake ku Chigwiri m'boma la Lilongwe atamupeza akupanga zadama ndi mkazi wachibwezi. Izi zachitika potengera kuti mamunai wakhala akuzembera mkazi wake mwakanthawi zomwe zidapangitsa kuti mkaziyu ayambe kufufuza kumene kumapta mamunai. Mkaziyu adauzidwapo zakhalidwe komaso mayende mmene akuchitira mamunai zimene zidapangitsa kuti ayambe kafukufuku choncho mkaziyu adatenga pwitika ndikuyamba kulondola kumene kudali mamunai. Mkaziyu adawapezadi ndipo posakhalitsa adakhapa khosi lamamunai mopitilira zimene zidapangitsa kuti mamunai ataye magazi ochuluka kwambiri. Zitachitika izi, mamunai adatengeredwa kuchipatala cha Kamuzu Central ku Lilongwe kumene adakalandila thandizo lamagazi komaso kusokedwa bala . Nkhanza mmabanja zilimo ndipo zikuchitika, zimaoneka zophweka mamuna akachitilidwa nkhanza , inde mkazi amatengeredwa kuchitokosi kapena kuti (police) pach