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🏥 From #Ethiopia to #Gaza to #Ukraine, attacks on health care in conflict are on the rise 📈with devastating consequences for patients, health workers, and entire communities. #NotATarget
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Since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, the administration has detained nearly half a million immigrants, according to a report. But the number of children they leave behind and what happens to them, most of whom are U.S. citizens, is largely unknown.
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Physicians for Human Rights retweeted
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Ebola is testing global health—again
A growing outbreak in DR Congo & Uganda is exposing:
- Fragile health systems
- Gaps in preparedness
- Risks to health-care workers
And there is still no licensed vaccine for this strain.
Find out more: spkl.io/60147BvN6
ALT Cover of The Lancet's June 6, 2026 issue. Quote on cover reads: \"Ebola has once again exposed the systematic failures and human-made vulnerabilities that allow a biological threat to escalate into a wider crisis.\"
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🗳️🇪🇹As #Ethiopia counts votes following its latest elections, significant human rights and humanitarian concerns remain.
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⚖️PHR & OJAH also raise concerns about the environment in which the elections took place, including reports of political repression, limitations on participation in some conflict-affected areas, & obstacles to independent monitoring and accountability for human right violations.
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📢As attention turns to the post-election period, PHR & OJAH call for government of Ethiopia to
✔️End restrictions that impede access to essential supplies and services
✔️Protect health workers and human rights defenders
✔️Ensure survivors have access to survivor-centered care
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PHR and our partners are urging Secretary Rubio to release the full $3.2 billion in expiring foreign assistance funding, including $2 billion for global health:
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Shifting these funds to USAID closeout costs would further weaken life-saving programs that fight HIV, TB, malaria, malnutrition, and other health threats – just as the Ebola outbreak is exposing the consequences of eroded public health systems.
#USAID #GlobalHealthFundingCuts
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PHR continues to document the harms caused by the Trump administration’s cuts to global health funding. Learn more: phr.org/issues/u-s-global-he…
#SaveLifeSavingPrograms #ForeignAid #SaveForeignAid #ForeignAssistance
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📢BREAKING: Nearly 10,000 cases of conflict-related sexual violence were verified by the @UN in 2025 – more than double the previous year’s figure. @endrapeinwar
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"States including listed parties must support investigations, preserve evidence, pursue prosecutions, and ensure survivor-centered medical, psychosocial, legal, and reparative support."
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"Constructive engagement – not withdrawal or disengagement – is the path toward accountability, prevention, & justice for survivors. Survivors deserve more than recognition. They have a right to justice, protection, reparations, and sustained support to rebuild their lives.”
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