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taken care of at a health centre in Gitega province, Burundi." loading="lazy" /> </picture> </div> </div> <div class="story-content"> <h3 class="story-title"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">World Health Day: Focusing on women’s physical and mental health around the world</span> </h3> <div class="story-lead"> <p>Monday’s World Health Day highlights a critical issue for global health: the particular vulnerabilities faced by women and girls.</p> </div> </div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xl-5 col-lg-6 col-md-12 col-12"> <div class="views-element-container _none block block-views block-views-block-homepage-block-top-story-2nd-level-1"> <div class="block-content block__content"> <div> <div class="view view-homepage view-id-homepage view-display-id-block_top_story_2nd_level_1 js-view-dom-id-69e4f6c9958ef7b89b083800f771ae986d2460f66d63b045a1b6a4acee32d151"> <div class="view-content"> <div 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srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/25-03-2025_UN-News_Gaza.jpg/image770x420cropped.jpg" /> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/25-03-2025_UN-News_Gaza.jpg/image770x420cropped.jpg" /> <img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/25-03-2025_UN-News_Gaza.jpg/image770x420cropped.jpg" width="770" height="420" alt="Palestinian children sit among the rubble of destroyed homes in Jabalia Camp, north of Gaza." title="Palestinian children sit among the rubble of destroyed homes in Jabalia Camp, north of Gaza." loading="lazy" /> </picture> </div> </div> <div class="story-content"> <h3 class="story-title"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string 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The disaster has supercharged the suffering. I appeal for rapid, safe, sustained and unimpeded humanitarian access to reach those most in need across the country."" title=""Even before the earthquake, Myanmar was beset by crises. The disaster has supercharged the suffering. 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