Public health round-up.

TUBERCULOSIS epidemiology; VIOLENCE prevention; MALARIA prevention; WORLD Health Organization; ENVIRONMENTAL health; CLIMATOLOGY; MEASLES; DISEASE eradication; WAR; GLOBAL burden of disease; PRESS; MONKEYPOX; VIRAL vaccines; PUBLIC health; DIABETES; CHILDREN

MIDDLE East; EGYPT

The article offers global public health news briefs as of December 2024. Humanitarian organizations have asked Israel to stop the Gaza Strip assault and allow the entry of humanitarian aid to the population. Inadequate immunization coverage is increasing measles cases worldwide, with more than 22 million children missing their first vaccine dose in 2023. A study has indicated that more than 800 million adults are living with diabetes worldwide, with the total quadrupling since 1990.