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Fifteen people are killed in a fire at a clothing factory in Quezon City, Philippines.
2023-08-31

The WHO and UNICEF launch a four-day polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan backed by the Taliban, which aims to address the 3.3 million children who have not been vaccinated against polio since 2018.
2021-11-8

The Fijian government announces that it will soon begin administering the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, facilitated through UNICEF and the World Health Organization.
2021-07-10

The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF warn that 51,000 children could die in West Asia and North Africa due to the disruptive impact of the pandemic on healthcare systems.
2020-06-15

The World Health Organization reports six new cases of ebola, and UNICEF reports five deaths, in a renewed outbreak of the disease in Mbandaka, Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2020-06-1

Gunmen kill two police officers escorting a polio vaccination team in Lower Dir District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
2019-12-18

In Iraq, a cholera outbreak prompts United Nations agencies UNICEF and the World Health Organization to launch a prevention and treatment campaign. So far, around 2,200 cases have been confirmed, and some infections have occurred in neighboring countries.
2015-11-7

The World Health Organization states that the spread of polio is an international public health emergency.
2014-05-5

The World Health Organization reports that a polio outbreak has begun in the war-torn city of Deir Ezzor, Syria.
2013-10-24

At least 14 people are killed and at least 30 are injured when a tourist bus disappears over the edge of a ravine in the Philippines.
2010-06-14