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Gaza's hungry children slide towards starvation as emergency treatments dwindle
Reuters, Published on 23/08/2025
» GAZA CITY/GENEVA/CAIRO — The hunger crisis in Gaza is at a tipping point, with critically low supplies of fortified milk and special nutritious pastes exacerbating food shortages and pushing greater numbers of children into starvation, according to aid agencies, malnutrition experts and the United Nations (UN).
Israel bombs Gaza as UN warns of ‘grave peril’
AFP, Published on 28/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP - Israeli forces on Thursday heavily bombed besieged Gaza as the centre of fierce combat against Hamas moves steadily south, where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians are sheltering.
Israel intensifies attacks as Gaza deaths soar
AFP, Published on 28/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP - Israeli forces pressed on with intensified attacks in the Gaza Strip's biggest southern city and a central refugee camp, after the territory's Hamas-run health ministry reported more than 21,000 people had been killed in 11 weeks of war.
'Lucky to still be alive': Living with HIV for over 30 years
AFP, Published on 10/05/2023
» PARIS - When people were diagnosed with HIV more than three decades ago, it was considered a death sentence.
Most baby formula health claims not backed by science: study
AFP, Published on 16/02/2023
» PARIS - The vast majority of health claims used to advertise baby formula worldwide are not supported by rigorous scientific evidence, a study said Thursday, leading researchers to urge the breast milk substitutes be sold in plain packaging.
Afghan babies succumb to hunger as winter descends
AFP, Published on 01/12/2021
» HERAT (AFGHANISTAN) - When six-week-old Zubair arrives at a clinic for malnourished children in Afghanistan, doctors initially give him only a few hours to live.
Hong Kong defends practice of restraining some coronavirus babies
AFP, Published on 18/03/2021
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong health authorities have defended the practice of physically restraining some babies and children to beds in coronavirus isolation wards after criticism built over the treatment of families under the city's strict anti-virus measures.
'A total lie': False ads, bad advice puts China's mums off breastfeeding
AFP, Published on 20/08/2020
» BEIJING - Unregulated, aggressive promotion of formula milk, poor medical advice, short maternity leave and workplaces hostile to nursing mothers mean China has among the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world and is falling well short of its own targets, experts warn.
'I don't want to die': Blast traumatises Beirut children
AFP, Published on 11/08/2020
» BEIRUT - "I don't want to die." Those were the first words Hiba's six-year-old son screamed after the massive explosion at Beirut port sent shards of glass flying around their house.
Express delivery: mothers rally to donate vital breastmilk
AFP, Published on 27/04/2020
» HONG KONG: Whisked out of her Hong Kong home by medics in protective gear, Catherine Kosasih didn't know if or when she would see her children -- aged just four months and 21 months -- again.