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Photo of shelter conditions and recent flooding, in Gaza, on December 2025.

When Hypothermia Hit Gaza

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A health worker in Gaza reflects on a winter of harsh storms that hit amid fuel shortages and limited aid

A woman from the indigenous Turkana Nilotic community pours sorghum grains into a sack, at a World Food Program food distribution center, at the Kenya Oil village near Lodwar, in Turkana County, Kenya, on February 17, 2026.

How the Iran War Could Drive a Historic Hunger Crisis

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Acute hunger threatens 45 million if the conflict extends into June. A roadmap from the Ukraine War could contain the humanitarian fallout

How the Iran War Is Straining Humanitarian Aid, in Three Charts

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Aid organizations face meandering shipping routes and soaring fuel costs beyond the price of gasoline

Map titled “Shipping Aid in Wartime” showing how food shipments to Port Sudan are rerouted because of the Iran War. A solid dark line marks the typical route from Nhava Sheva, India, across the Arabian Sea, through the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and Red Sea, to Port Sudan, with labels for Salalah, Jeddah, Suez Canal, and Port Sudan. A dashed orange line shows the alternate route looping south across the Indian Ocean, around the Cape of Good Hope at Africa’s southern tip, and back up West Africa and the Mediterranean before reaching the Red Sea. A note on the map says ships avoiding the Bab-el-Mandeb take this longer route. Caption states that rerouting can add 6,000 miles and more than three weeks of transit time.

"We've Been in Famine for Months": Life in Post-Ceasefire Gaza

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Amid the Iran war and new closures of Gaza's border crossings, Palestinians have resumed a desperate search for food and medical aid

Project HOPE Gaza Human Resources Coordinator Nouralhuda Abu Gefra sits in the rubble of her partially damaged house in Gaza, on October 14, 2025.

A Humanitarian Off-Ramp for the Iran War

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Health diplomacy has long served as means for adversaries to work together when politics make broader engagement impossible

Members of the Red Crescent talk to each other as smoke rises into the air after a reported strike on Shahran fuel tanks, in Tehran, Iran, on March 8, 2026.

The Overlooked Benefits of Health Aid to Donor Countries

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A recent study outlines how health development assistance creates economic gains for donor countries

A U.S. flag is reflected in the windows of the shuttered former offices of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2025.

What Sudan's Cholera Outbreak Reveals About Its Fragile Health System

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Conflict and neglect have destroyed Sudan's health-care infrastructure, overwhelming the remaining medical facilities

What Sudan's Cholera Outbreak Reveals About Its Fragile Health System

The Gaza Gray Zone: Between War and Recovery

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Hamas's refusal to disarm and Israel's desire to resume military operations is stalling humanitarian aid efforts in Gaza

The Gaza Gray Zone: Between War and Recovery

Sudan's Genocide Deepens Famine

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Ongoing conflict threatens Sudan's already weak food system, leaving millions at risk of famine

Sudan's Genocide Deepens Famine

Safety Concerns Plague Humanitarian Aid Work

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Threats that environmental and health conditions pose to humanitarian aid workers are frequently overlooked

Safety Concerns Plague Humanitarian Aid Work

Humanitarian Aid in Gaza: Failure and Success a Year On

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All sides should join forces to advance their shared interest—mitigating the suffering of Palestinian civilians

Humanitarian Aid in Gaza: Failure and Success a Year On

The Deep Imprints of Gaza's Humanitarian Catastrophe

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The reemergence of polio in the Gaza Strip cannot be separated from the consequences of war

Palestinian children, accompanied by parents, wait to be vaccinated against polio.