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Somalia's Federal Ministry of Health with UNICEF and WHO marked World Breastfeeding Week 2026 by launching regulations on breast-milk substitute marketing; about 60% of newborns were breastfed within the first hour and 34% of infants under six months exclusively breastfed, the agencies reported.
The UK government announced plans on 15 October 2026 to fund a spacecraft with more than £60m to remove two defunct satellites from orbit by 2032, with a launch planned for 2029.
Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection said on October 23, 2026, that the city had recorded 36 dengue cases and seven chikungunya cases that year, and that two imported dengue cases were logged in the week to October 22.
A US$18.95 million Republic of Korea-funded partnership reported on 24 August 2026 covers UNDP, UNICEF and WFP initiatives targeting vulnerable communities across Syria.
Sellafield Ltd and its supply chain partners reported raising £162,500 for Cumberland Council's Enrichment Fund, which supports care-experienced young people aged 16 and over.
The Hospital Authority said on September 24 that 15 Family Medicine Clinics were planned to offer public holiday outpatient services on September 26, the day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, from 9am to 1pm.
The UK government declared severe drought in parts of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, East Sussex and West Sussex on 15 October 2026, after the South East and South West saw their driest April to September in over a century.
The Centre for Health Protection said over 200 people were admitted to Hong Kong hospitals for heat stroke each year over the past five years, with two to five fatal cases mainly between May and September.
As of 14 September 2026, UNICEF and partners reported restoring assistance to Wiechjol and Waat in Jonglei State, South Sudan, after conflict and displacement cut off services. More than eight tonnes of supplies were delivered, with malnutrition screening and primary healthcare reported.
A raid on a Birmingham industrial unit on October 14, 2026 yielded over 12,000 fake retatrutide and tirzepatide pens, packaging for around 30,000 more products, and an estimated £2 million in counterfeit weight loss medicines, per an MHRA press release published October 15, 2026.
UNICEF reported on 3 November 2026 that it had delivered over 50 metric tonnes of supplies and strengthened infection control in priority counties, citing more than 10,000 BVD infections in DRC as of 1 November 2026.
A Sudan polio vaccination campaign reported on 28 October 2026 aimed to reach about 11 million children in October and November, with the first round split into two phases and a second round planned.
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