Cornered by drought, families are leaving their homes by the thousands in search of food, water and pasture. Above: women at a camp for internally displaced people near the town of Gode, Ethiopia. ©UNICEF/PougetWHO’s donors are supporting efforts to strengthen health systems in the greater Horn of Africa amid a humanitarian crisis brought on by drought, flooding, armed conflicts, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.On 22 June, WHO allocated more than US$16 million from its Contingency Fund for Emergencies (CFE) to the unfolding health emergency in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda, where an estimated 80 million people face hunger.

It is the CFE’s largest allocation to date.“Many people are already starving or food insecure and are increasingly on the move in search of food and pastures,” WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. “I am deeply concerned about the impact this will have not only on health but on overall national and regional security.”Along with countering the consequences of malnutrition, WHO is helping countries to prepare for outbreaks of cholera, measles, malaria and other diseases.

The Organization is setting up a hub in Nairobi, which will focus on building emergency health force capacity and preparedness.Read on for this week’s compilation of stories.See WHO’s greater Horn of Africa pageVideo: Health crisis in the greater Horn of AfricaMalnutrition endangers health, especially among the elderly, pregnant and lactating mothers, newborns, children, and people living with disabilities and chronic diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV. ©WHO/SomaliaWHO intensifies response to health crisis in the greater Horn of Africa as food insecurity worsensFarming

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Child who escaped kidnapping was held captive with remains of her brother, mother

Jose Paulino Pascual-Reyes (Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Office) DADEVILLE, Ala. - A 12-year-old girl who was held captive for a week in an Alabama mobile home with the dismembered remains of her mother and brother provided key information that led to the arrest of the woman's live-in boyfriend, authorities said Thursday.The girl, who gnawed through restraints to escape from the residence while the man was away, "is a hero for surviving the incident and coming forward with the information that she provided us in order to charge him," said Tallapoosa County Sheriff Jimmy Abbett.Discovered along a country road by a passerby following her escape on Monday, the child is now safe in the custody of state child welfare officials. Assaulted and plied with alcohol to keep her in a stupor, the girl fled after chewing through the ties that held her down on a bed, authorities said in court documents.José Paulino Pascual-Reyes, 37, was charged with kidnapping and multiple counts of capital murder in the slayings of the girl's mother, 29-year-old Sandra Vazquez Ceja, and her son, who court records show was younger than 14."They were boyfriend and girlfriend," Abbett said of Pascual-Reyes and Ceja.

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Kevin Spacey ordered to pay nearly $31M to ‘House of Cards’ makers

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Covid-19: Delhi reports 2,419 fresh Covid-19 cases, highest in six months

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Over 20 great white shark sightings reported off Cape Cod this week, forcing beach closures

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Canadian ban on importing handguns will kick in this month, says minister

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Covid-19 vaccine: Japan approves Covaxin booster dose for travellers

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US employers add 528,000 jobs, unemployment falls to lowest since pandemic struck in 2020

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