For the first time in 20 years, a global decrease in the number of human trafficking victims was seen during the recent pandemic due to COVID-19 restrictions, according to a report from UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).”Pandemic-related restrictio…
Category: Medical
Health Minister in Spain for EU meeting to discuss digital and mental health
Minister of Health Popi Canaris departs on Wednesday for Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain, to attend an EU Health Ministers informal meeting, organised by the EU Spanish Presidency between 27-28 July. According to a Health Ministry press release, durin…
Cypriot and Greek Health Ministers to discuss transplants in Athens
Cyprus’ Minister of Health, Dr. Popi Kanaris, will have a meeting with her Greek counterpart, Michalis Chrisochoidis, on Tuesday in Athens, where the strengthening of cooperation between the two countries in matters related to transplants will be disc…
UN demands attacks on hospitals, health workers stop in Sudan
The UN deplored attacks on hospitals and increasing violence against health workers in war-torn Sudan on Friday.A team from the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was assaulted by armed men Thursday while moving medical supplies from the o…
1 dead in Johannesburg rush hour explosion, 48 injured
One person was killed and around 50 injured when a suspected gas explosion ripped apart a busy road in South Africa’s biggest city Johannesburg on Wednesday, officials said Thursday. The explosion occurred after 5 p.m. local time (1500GMT), said Gaute…
Dozens of cats in Poland tested positive for influenza: WHO
Dozens of cats in Poland tested positive for influenza, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. According to a WHO statement, 29 out of 47 samples tested positive for influenza A (H5N1) as of last Tuesday. The statement added that 14 cats …
Health Minister assures of Emergency Departments decongestion in CNA interview
Minister of Health, Dr. Pop? Kanari, assured in an interview with the Cyprus News Agency that measures promoted by the Ministry of Health for the decongestion of the Accident and Emergency Departments in state hospitals will bring the desired results,…
OPINION – How does climate change affect our mental health?
Climate change is impacting mental health via multiple pathways. It is leading to more frequent and intense extreme weather events such as storms and floods. These types of extreme weather events can expose people to potentially traumatic events, such…
Turkish dialysis center help Iraqi patients in Iraqi city
As Turkish firms continue to make significant contributions to the reconstruction of Mosul, Iraq following a three-year occupation by the terrorist group Daesh/ISIS, dozens of patients are being treated daily in dialysis centers established by a Turki…
Ukraine says 9 killed, 56 injured in Russia’s missile attack
At least nine people, including children, were killed and 56 others injured in an overnight Russian missile attack on Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine, the government said on Wednesday. “The death toll increased to 9 (including 3 children), 56 people wer…