Unicef - Children In Gaza Need Life-Saving Support

Unicef - Children In Gaza Need Life-Saving Support

A boy with a head bandage in a hospital room at Al Awda Hospital in Nuseirat camp on November 4, 2024. This follows continuous artillery shelling on Bureij camp, affecting numerous civilians, including children. Unicef’s statement said : The war in the Gaza Strip is taking a catastrophic toll on children. At least 14,000 children have reportedly been killed, according to the latest estimate by the Palestinian Ministry of Health; thousands more have been injured. There are no safe spaces. All of Gaza’s children have been exposed to the traumatic experiences of war, the consequences of which will last a lifetime. Around 1.9 million people, about 9 in 10 of Gaza’s population, are estimated to have been internally displaced. Half of them children. They do not have enough access to water, food, fuel and medicine. Their homes have been destroyed; their families torn apart. Many children have been displaced multiple times, and have lost homes, parents and loved ones. They need to be protected, along with the remaini

India's Jharkhand state on bird flu alert

STORY: India's Jharkhand state on bird flu alert DATELINE: Feb. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:50 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. India gate 2. various of markets of Jharkhand state 3. various of poultry farm 4. various of chicken market STORYLINE: Authorities in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand on Wednesday issued an alert following the outbreak of bird flu in one of the government-run poultry farms. The bird flu outbreak has been confirmed at a government-run poultry farm in Lohanchal of Bokaro district, which is about 120 km northeast of Ranchi, the capital city of Jharkhand. According to officials, around 700 to 800 chickens have died over the past week due to the outbreak at the farm. "Following the confirmation about the bird flu in Bokaro, instructions have been issued to set up control rooms in all 24 districts to monitor the situation," an official of the state animal husbandry department said. "The top officials have also met to discuss the issue and decided to cull the remaini