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Fears of surge in malnutrition, measles, malaria and polio as 206 World Health Organization facilities forced to close ‘I begged them, my daughter was dying’: how Taliban male escort rules are killing mothers and babiesMore than 200 health facilities r…
Myanmar, which is reeling from a huge earthquake and civil war, faces 44% rate amid suspicions that the underlying target is ChinaMarkets react to Trump tariff announcement – business liveDeveloping nations in south-east Asia, including war-torn and ea…
Brother of Jagtar Singh Johal claims he is being ‘mentally tortured’ through unwarranted detentionThe British Sikh activist Jagtar Singh Johal, detained for seven years in an Indian jail, has been placed into solitary confinement and under 24-hour surv…
A 26-year-old man was rescued from a hotel in the capital Naypyidaw, long after the disaster killed thousandsA man was pulled alive from the rubble of a hotel in Myanmar on Wednesday, five days after the country’s worst earthquake in a century flattene…
Doctors helping with aftermath of disaster and UN special rapporteur say aid is disappearing or being blocked in some areasAftermath of the Myanmar earthquake – a visual guideMyanmar’s military is facing criticism over continued airstrikes and claims i…
Vast scheme aims to counter disinformation and increase awareness in country where low HPV vaccine take-up means many die from the preventable diseaseTens of thousands of doctors across India are being trained to promote the HPV vaccine, in a push to e…
WHO warns there is urgent need for care capacity, while US agency says number of dead could eventually exceed 10,000The fallout from Myanmar’s earthquake has overwhelmed parts of the healthcare system, the World Health Organization has said, as the off…
Donald Trump accused of damaging US ability to respond to disasters through cuts to foreign aid programmes.As aid from China, Russia, India and the UK begins to flow into Myanmar, there is a conspicuous gap in global support from the world’s richest co…
The 7.7 magnitude quake on Friday wrought destruction across central areas of the country, including the capitalA devastating earthquake has wrought destruction across central Myanmar, toppling ancient sites, bringing down hospital buildings and collap…
World Health Organization issues flash appeal for $8m of emergency support amid frantic search for survivorsAFP has spoken to relatives anxiously waiting at the site of a collapsed building in Bangkok.Daodee Paruay said she had been at the site for two…