In an often emotional and touching event, the first 10 years of the HIV PrEP programme –  PrEPster  – was celebrated as part of  The Love Tank’s  Love Hub activities last Friday 19...

The Love Tank’s  Love Hub – in partnership with Fringe! Film Festival – today announces its most ambitious programme of free activities and events.

Ingrid Young writes on the importance to be reminded of how the violence in Palestine done in the name of settler-colonialism - a long-standing system of oppression – is inextricably tied to disabilit...

The Love Tank  joins forces with east London NHS sexual health clinics to provide sexual health vaccinations at UK Black Pride.

NHS and local authorities begin rollout of world-first gonorrhoea vaccination programme across the country.

To: Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer and Rt Hon Mr David Lammy MPDear Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary,As Director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) I feel it is my duty to write

HIV prevention programme  PrEPster  - formed by activists in 2015 in response to inaction on education and implementation on HIV PrEP - relaunches today to mark its 10th year since being fou...

New guidelines issued today by the British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) provides an evidence-based framework for the prescription of doxy PEP to prevent syphilis.

Reducing stigma during infectious disease outbreaks is crucial for delivering an effective response. However, no validated stigma scales exist for use…

Vaccines that work need systems that work. Britain’s starved services must be supported to reach those most at risk, says researcher Benjamin Weil

The Love Tank  salutes today’s announcement of a national Gonorrhoea vaccination programme being rolled out by the NHS.

<article data-history-node-id="422423" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/doctors-world-denounces-use-hunger-weapon-war-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/doctors-world-denounces-use-hunger-weapon-war-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Doctors of the World denounces the use of hunger as a "weapon of war" in Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Acute malnutrition in the Gaza Strip is being used as a "weapon of war" through the blockade imposed by Israel on the Palestinian territory, the NGO Médecins du Monde (MDM), also known as Doctors of the World, warned on Tuesday.</p> <p>After 18 months of war, the Gaza Strip has reached malnutrition levels "comparable to those observed in countries facing protracted humanitarian crises spanning decades" such as Yemen or Nigeria, the organisation said in a report.</p> <p>Based on data from six health centres it runs in Gaza , MDM points to a link between rising malnutrition rates and declining aid volumes entering the Palestinian territory.</p> <p>In November, for example, a peak in child malnutrition of 17% was observed, a period which coincides with a significant reduction in the inflow of humanitarian aid. Israeli authorities have closed the crossings since 2 March.</p> <p>"We are not witnessing a humanitarian crisis, but a crisis of humanity and moral bankruptcy with the use of hunger as a weapon of war," says Jean-François Corty, president of MDM.</p> <p>"The inaction of third-party states that have the means to pressure the Israeli authorities to lift this deadly siege is unacceptable and could be considered complicity under international law," he continued.</p> </div> </div> </article>