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Doctors at al-Awda Hospital report about 70% of miscarriages they treat are linked to Israel's war and blockade. Many Palestinian women lose pregnancies to bombs, displacement, malnutrition, and lack of medical care. Health officials warn the collapsed system and psychological trauma are driving the crisis.
Israeli military barriers cause hours-long delays for Palestinians, forcing women to give birth outside hospitals and leading to a fetal death before reaching emergency care. Ambulance drivers and medical workers describe severe movement restrictions in the West Bank as a form of collective punishment, with the health system collapsing under checkpoints and attacks.
War and blockade have left 70,000-80,000 diabetes patients in Gaza without insulin, test strips, or glucose monitors, pushing them into a daily life-or-death struggle. Hamza al-Ghazali, 20, describes how insulin prices have tripled and monitoring equipment is scarce, forcing patients to make dangerous trade-offs. Medical experts warn that deteriorating insulin quality and supply disruptions are causing life-threatening complications.
The Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak, caused by the rare Bundibugyo strain, has reached 782 cases and 178 deaths after a record single-day surge. The epicentre in Ituri province faces severe challenges from conflict and displacement, with contact tracing well below targets and a $21.5 million funding gap hampering the response.
A rare strain of Ebola, the Bundibugyo virus, is spreading to new areas in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, including a crowded refugee camp, sparking concerns that the nearly month-old outbreak is entering a more dangerous phase. The World Health Organization warns the true scale of the epidemic is far larger than reported cases, with community transmission emerging in new areas and response efforts lagging.
Over three years of conflict in Sudan have destroyed the healthcare system and domestic drug production, leaving patients dependent on expensive, often damaged smuggled medicines that directly threaten their lives. Diabetics struggle to find insulin that hasn’t spoiled, while smuggled drugs like IV antimalarials pose deadly risks. The WHO warns Sudan faces one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
More than 17,000 parasitic skin infections were recorded in Gaza in 2026, with children making up over 62% of diagnosed cases. In April, MAP screened over 7,000 people and found scabies accounting for nearly a third of infectious diseases at one clinic. Hospitals are critically short of medicines, and many families have stopped seeking help.
The WHO has raised the DRC Ebola outbreak risk to 'very high' after suspected cases tripled to nearly 750 in a week, with 177 suspected deaths. Community mistrust and aid cuts are hampering the response, as an attack on a treatment center in Ituri further complicates efforts. Officials warn the situation is 'extremely concerning,' though improved detection may explain some of the surge.
The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to an estimated 131 among 513 suspected cases, Health Minister Samuel Roger Kamba said Tuesday. The World Health Organization will hold an emergency committee meeting to discuss vaccine options for the Bundibugyo virus strain, which has no approved treatments. The outbreak has begun spreading into Uganda, prompting a global health emergency declaration.
