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Six months after Somalia emerged from a historic drought that pushed the country to the brink of widespread famine, another climate shock has struck as heavy rains and floods batter several areas of the country. OCHA

The maternity ward at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, is desperately struggling to meet the needs of pregnant women and newborns. UNFPA

In the run-up to COP28, the World Health Organization (WHO) together with the global health community, is raising its voice to ensure that the impact of climate change on health takes centre stage in the negotiations. WHO

A new UN report details a further rise in gang violence in Haiti as criminal gangs forge alliances and expand to rural areas previously considered safe. OHCHR

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) delivered desperately needed food to more than 120,000 people in Gaza during the initial pause in fighting but reiterated that the supplies it was able to provide were woefully inadequate to address the level of hunger seen by staff in the UN shelters and communities. WFP

International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Kitack Lim opened the 33rd session of the IMO Assembly (A 33), which is meeting at IMO Headquarters in London from 27 November – 6 December 2023. IMO

On 22 November, in cooperation with the Palestine Red Crescent Society, WHO participated in another joint-UN mission to transfer 151 patients, relatives and health workers accompanying them from Al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza. The mission was undertaken following specific requests from health authorities and hospital officials in Gaza. WHO

A UN humanitarian said that after a four-day-day pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas, which started on Friday at 7 am local time, trucks carrying humanitarian deliveries entered the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing from Egypt, bringing respite to the Gazans in the devastated Palestinian enclave. UNTV CH

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is raising concerns over Pakistan’s announcement for undocumented foreigners to leave, as the orders have adversely affected Afghan nationals including registered refugees and others with valid documents. UNHCR

The World Health Organization (WHO) senior official Michael Ryan told reporters, “we are seeing a complete collapse of the higher-level infrastructure of the Gaza health system,” adding that it is very hard to maintain good data of the injured and deaths in a situation where health systems are collapsing. UNIFEED