Envoys of Turkey and Syria thank India for humanitarian assistance

Envoys of Turkey and Syria thank India for humanitarian assistance

A view of vehicles under a collapsed building following an earthquake in Hatay, Turkey February 7, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters India’s decision to send rescue teams to help with earthquake relief is timely, much needed and a sign of “true friendship”, said envoys from Turkey and Syria, countries hit hard by Monday’s earthquake that … Read more

WHO Responds to Growing Humanitarian Crisis in Ukraine

WHO Responds to Growing Humanitarian Crisis in Ukraine

March 3, 2022 — The World Health Organization has called on top-level officials involved in the Russian invasion of Ukraine to ensure access for delivery of essential medical, surgical, and trauma supplies to help the Ukrainian people and refugees in neighboring countries. A shortage of oxygen, insulin, cancer therapies, and other essential supplies will continue … Read more

‘I Just Came Across Kindness’: Humanitarian Paul Farmer Dies

‘I Just Came Across Kindness’: Humanitarian Paul Farmer Dies

Feb. 22, 2022 — Paul Edward Farmer, MD, a renowned infectious disease specialist, humanitarian, and health care champion for many of the world’s most vulnerable patient populations, died suddenly in his sleep from a cardiac event Monday in Rwanda, where he had been teaching. He was 62. Farmer co-founded the Boston-based global nonprofit Partners in … Read more

Afghanistan ‘at brink of economic collapse’, warns Pakistan

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Afghanistan is “at the brink of economic collapse” and the international community must urgently resume funding and provide humanitarian assistance, Pakistan‘s foreign minister warned Thursday as US, Chinese, Russian and Taliban diplomats met in Islamabad. Shah Mehmood Qureshi spoke at the opening of the so-called “troika plus” meeting, which included Thomas West, the new US … Read more