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Water Shortage Continues To Plague People In Gaza

Sewage water is pictured in Gaza City, August 12, 2024. With limited access to water and sanitation, communicable diseases and skin infections continue to rage across Gaza, according to an update released by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs late July. Overcrowding of displaced people in areas that lack water, hygiene and a sewage system has already led to the spread of diseases, including skin diseases among children, it added. Photo by Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Water Shortage Continues To Plague People In Gaza

Sewage water is pictured in Gaza City, August 12, 2024. With limited access to water and sanitation, communicable diseases and skin infections continue to rage across Gaza, according to an update released by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs late July. Overcrowding of displaced people in areas that lack water, hygiene and a sewage system has already led to the spread of diseases, including skin diseases among children, it added. Photo by Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-MOBILE CLINICS-LAUNCHING

(230930) -- GABORONE, Sept. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Botswanan Minister of Health Edwin Dikoloti inspects one of the four mobile clinics at their launching ceremony in Gaborone, Botswana on Sept. 28, 2023. Botswana on Thursday launched community clinics on wheels that are expected to provide critical integrated health services, especially HIV testing. The four mobile clinics will enable implementing partners to provide a range of integrated health care services, including HIV testing, pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention, antiretroviral treatment, viral load testing, tuberculosis screening and prevention, gender-based violence screening, post-violence clinical services, sexually transmitted infection screening and treatment, and non-communicable disease screening and treatment. (Photo by Tshekiso Tebalo/Xinhua)

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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-MOBILE CLINICS-LAUNCHING

(230930) -- GABORONE, Sept. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 28, 2023 shows two mobile clinics in Gaborone, Botswana. Botswana on Thursday launched community clinics on wheels that are expected to provide critical integrated health services, especially HIV testing. The four mobile clinics will enable implementing partners to provide a range of integrated health care services, including HIV testing, pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention, antiretroviral treatment, viral load testing, tuberculosis screening and prevention, gender-based violence screening, post-violence clinical services, sexually transmitted infection screening and treatment, and non-communicable disease screening and treatment. (Photo by Tshekiso Tebalo/Xinhua)

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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-WHO-NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

(230830) -- GABORONE, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during the announcement of the Botswana National Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Reference Laboratory's classification as a WHO Collaborating Center of Excellence in honor of the laboratory's expertise in HIV diagnosis, in Gaborone, Botswana, on Aug. 28, 2023. Botswanan President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Monday urged the World Health Organization (WHO) to pay attention to and adjust its assistance to the requirements of countries facing a twin burden of infectious and non-communicable diseases. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Botswana has already proven considerable success in the HIV response and serves as an example for many other nations. TO GO WITH "Botswana urges WHO to help fight non-communicable diseases" (Photo by Tshekiso Tebalo/Xinhua)

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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-WHO-NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

(230830) -- GABORONE, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (L), director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), and Mokgweetsi Masisi, Botswanan president, pose for a photo after signing the designation of the Botswana National Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Reference Laboratory's classification as a WHO Collaborating Center of Excellence in honor of the laboratory's expertise in HIV diagnosis in Gaborone, Botswana, on Aug. 28, 2023. Botswanan President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Monday urged the World Health Organization (WHO) to pay attention to and adjust its assistance to the requirements of countries facing a twin burden of infectious and non-communicable diseases. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Botswana has already proven considerable success in the HIV response and serves as an example for many other nations. TO GO WITH "Botswana urges WHO to help fight non-communicable diseases" (Photo by Tshekiso Tebalo/Xinhua)

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Rwanda launches campaign to tackle rising alcohol use among youth

STORY: Rwanda launches campaign to tackle rising alcohol use among youth DATELINE: July 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:20 LOCATION: Kigali CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Iwacu Plus 250 Bar 2. various of Francois Uwinkindi, Division manager of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) at the Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): FRANCOIS UWINKINDI, Division manager of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) at the Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): YVONNE AHISHIZE, Manager of Iwacu Plus 250 Bar and Restaurant in Kigali 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Kinyarwanda): TEDDY NIYONGIRA, Waitress of Iwacu Plus 250 Bar and Restaurant in Kigali STORYLINE: The Rwandan government has launched a campaign called "TunyweLess" ("Let's Drink Less" in Kiswahili) after a recent survey showed a significant increase in alcohol consumption among people, especially the youth, in the country. The campaign aims to urge people to either stop drinking or drink less, Francois Uwinkindi, division manager of non-communicab

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Japan pledges $560 mil. to Global Fund for AIDS, T.B., malaria

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda addresses an international symposium titled ''From Okinawa to Toyako: Dealing with Communicable Diseases As Global Human Security Threats'' in Tokyo on May 23. Fukuda announced Japan's pledge of a fresh contribution of $560 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria over a few years from 2009, expressing the hope that it will help improve conditions especially in Africa.

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30% of world population may get bird flu: WHO adviser

MANILA, Philippines - Hitoshi Oshitani, a World Health Organization (WHO) adviser for communicable diseases in the western Pacific region, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on Jan. 31. He warned that up to 30% of the world's population may be infected if the deadly bird flu mutates into a virus capable of human-to-human transmission.

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WHO praises China's fight against SARS

BEIJING, China - David Heymann (L), executive director for communicable diseases of the World Health Organization (WHO), shakes hands with Gao Qiang, China's SARS prevention task force head and vice health minister, after a news conference in Beijing on June 12. Heymann gave China a clean bill of health for its efforts to fight severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and described government reporting about cases of the disease, which are apparently on the decline, as ''informative and complete.''

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Syria's cholera outbreak largely contained: health official

STORY: Syria's cholera outbreak largely contained: health official DATELINE: Nov. 9, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:24 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ibn al-Nafis hospital in Damascus 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ZUHAIR AL-SAHWI, Syrian Health Ministry official 3. various of the hospital laboratory 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ZUHAIR AL-SAHWI, Syrian Health Ministry official 5. various of Zuhair al-Sahwi speaking STORYLINE: Cholera infections in Syria have largely been contained following the measures taken by the health authorities countrywide and at border points, a Syrian health official said on Tuesday. Zuhair al-Sahwi, director of communicable and chronic diseases at the Syrian Health Ministry, made the remarks after a tour for the journalists to the Ibn al-Nafis hospital in the Syrian capital Damascus. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ZUHAIR AL-SAHWI, Syrian Health Ministry official "Currently, the epidemiological curve of cholera (in Syria) is flattening, which indicates that the suspected cases h

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SOUTH SUDAN-JUBA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-TREATMENT

(220813) -- JUBA, Aug. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese physician Yang Jie (L) and South Sudanese nurse Sabina Kiyang Michael (C) inquire about Joyce James's health condition at Juba Teaching Hospital, South Sudan, Aug. 12, 2022. TO GO WITH "Chinese medics boost treatment of non-communicable diseases in South Sudan" (Photo by Denis Elamu/Xinhua)

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SOUTH SUDAN-JUBA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-TREATMENT

(220813) -- JUBA, Aug. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese physician Yang Jie (L) and South Sudanese nurse Sabina Kiyang Michael (R) inquire about John Otoo's health condition at Juba Teaching Hospital, South Sudan, Aug. 12, 2022. TO GO WITH "Chinese medics boost treatment of non-communicable diseases in South Sudan" (Photo by Denis Elamu/Xinhua)

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Thailand approves plan to treat COVID-19 as endemic

STORY: Thailand approves plan to treat COVID-19 as endemic DATELINE: March 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:48 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Thai people's lives, markets 2. various of advertizing board of "We Win" and "We Love Each Other" campaigns 3. various of Thai shopping markets, street view 4. various of people waiting for COVID-19 test 5. various of Thai people receiving COVID-19 vaccine injections STORYLINE: Thailand's health authorities approved on Wednesday a four-step plan to support the country's transition to the COVID-19 endemic phase by July 1. Approved at a meeting held by the National Communicable Disease Committee (NCDC), the plan aims to gradually contain the surge of new infections and deaths caused by the latest Omicron variant, and prepare the country to treat the virus as an endemic. The decision was made to help Thailand's economy recover from the pandemic as well as protect public health by implementing strict measures accordingly, Public Health Minister

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CHINA-HONG KONG-MAINLAND EXPERTS-ANTI-COVID-19 (CN)

(220219) -- HONG KONG, Feb. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Epidemiologists visit the Contact Tracing Office under the Communicable Disease Branch of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government in south China's Hong Kong, Feb. 19, 2022. A delegation of mainland epidemiologists on Saturday continued visiting anti-COVID-19 institutions and facilities in the HKSAR, and learned about the environmental investigation carried out by the HKSAR government. (Information Services Department of the Government of the HKSAR/Handout via Xinhua)

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Japan pledges $560 mil. to Global Fund for AIDS, T.B., malaria

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda addresses an international symposium titled ''From Okinawa to Toyako: Dealing with Communicable Diseases As Global Human Security Threats'' in Tokyo on May 23. Fukuda announced Japan's pledge of a fresh contribution of $560 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria over a few years from 2009, expressing the hope that it will help improve conditions especially in Africa. (Kyodo)

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WHO praises China's fight against SARS

BEIJING, China - David Heymann (L), executive director for communicable diseases of the World Health Organization (WHO), shakes hands with Gao Qiang, China's SARS prevention task force head and vice health minister, after a news conference in Beijing on June 12. Heymann gave China a clean bill of health for its efforts to fight severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and described government reporting about cases of the disease, which are apparently on the decline, as ''informative and complete.'' (Kyodo)

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30% of world population may get bird flu: WHO adviser

MANILA, Philippines - Hitoshi Oshitani, a World Health Organization (WHO) adviser for communicable diseases in the western Pacific region, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on Jan. 31. He warned that up to 30% of the world's population may be infected if the deadly bird flu mutates into a virus capable of human-to-human transmission. (Kyodo)