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10.5 million refugees received health care in 2018

Despite record levels of worldwide displacement and continuing refugee influxes, some 10.5 million refugees received health care through public health programs and through UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and other partners last year.

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Declaration by the High Representative Federica Mogherini on behalf of the EU on the support to the UN facilitated political process in Libya

The European Union and its Member States are united in demanding that all Libyan parties commit to a permanent ceasefire and return to a UN facilitated political process. The European Union and its Member States welcome the proposal by Special...

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Security Council must ‘come together’ to address the plight of children trapped in armed conflict, says UN envoy

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An injured girl is being treated at Althawra Hospital in Hudaydah, Yeman. She was injured...

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Security Council gravely concerned by Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, demands immediate end to violence hampering response

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On 20 June 2018, a member of the WHO Ebola ring vaccination team vaccinates a man in Bosolo...

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