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The World Health Organization said ongoing Russian attacks have damaged healthcare infrastructure in Ukraine, including four warehouses used by WHO since July. The attacks have destroyed medicines and supplies and disrupted healthcare services.
The value of medicines and supplies destroyed in strikes on warehouses used by WHO since July exceeded $1.5 million.
The World Health Organization urged countries to accelerate efforts to prevent lead exposure, which it estimates causes more than 3.5 million deaths globally each year. WHO also outlined upcoming guidance and support for countries.
WHO estimated that lead exposure causes more than 3.5 million deaths globally each year.
WHO warned that more than 700,000 displaced people in Tawila face severe shortages of healthcare, food, water and protection. The Security Council also unanimously renewed Sudan sanctions for two months.
More than 700000 people are displaced in Tawila.
A laboratory worker near Irkutsk died on October 2 after severe pneumonia of unknown origin amid unconfirmed pneumonic plague reports. Russia denied plague cases, while WHO sought information and questioned why Russia did not directly report the death.
The deceased woman was identified by local media as 28-year-old laboratory technician Darya Shipilova.
WHO released comparable five-year survival estimates for lymphoid leukaemia covering 194 nations and called for greater investment in childhood and adolescent cancer care. The data shows major survival differences between regions and age groups.
Countries covered by the WHO lymphoid leukaemia survival dataset
The DRC's largest and deadliest Ebola outbreak has caused at least 9,400 cases and more than 4,500 deaths, and has reached an eighth province and 66 health zones. Kenya's linked cases have risen to eight.
More than 3,700 people have died in the Ebola outbreak.
A WHO and UNICEF report found that millions of children lacked basic drinking water, sanitation or hygiene services at school in 2025. Coverage improved from 2015, but the report said progress is insufficient to achieve universal access by 2030.
Schools with basic drinking water services in 2025
Renewed fighting involving Houthi and Saudi-backed government forces has displaced nearly 200,000 people and left about 800,000 cut off from food assistance. In Taiz, 600,000 lack aid, while overwhelmed hospitals and worsening hunger raise fears of a humanitarian catastrophe.
People displaced in Yemen during the month