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The Ministry of Public Health announced that the first national polio vaccination campaign of 2024 began across 31 provinces of the country today (Monday, April 29).

At the first-ever World Economic Forum (WEF) Special Meeting hosted in Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has pledged US $500 million over the next five years to support the work of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud received on Thursday a written message from Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa concerning relations between the two countries. The message was received by Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Multilateral International Affairs and Supervisor General of the Public Diplomacy Agency, Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Rassi during a meeting with Bahrain’s Ambassador to Riyadh Sheikh Ali bin Abdulrahman Al Khalifa.

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) and the World Food Program (WFP) signed on Tuesday a $10 million agreement to deliver food assistance to people in Ukraine. KSrelief Supervisor General Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah and WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain signed the agreement. Under the project, meals will be distributed at orphanages, hospitals, and centers for the displaced, benefiting 141,000 individuals from the most vulnerable groups affected...

Saudi Arabia Medical Team Successfully Separates Nigerian Conjoined Twins

Nigeria-born conjoined twins, Hassana and Husaina, have been successfully separated in a landmark medical feat at the King Abdullah Specialist Children's

A Saudi medical and surgical team began on Thursday separating Nigerian conjoined twins Hassana and Hasina at King Abdullah Specialist Children's Hospital in King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh. The separation is in implementation of the directives of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud and Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister.

Martin Griffiths, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, has said the international community needed to act with a heightened sense of urgency to address the war-torn country of Sudan. "Sudan keeps getting forgotten by the international community," the UN aid chief told diplomats at the United Nations in Geneva on Wednesday.

Advisor at the Royal Court and Supervisor General of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) Dr. Abdullah Al Rabeeah launched on Sunday 24 humanitarian and relief projects in the food, health, education, water and environmental sanitation sectors in Somalia. The projects, worth $45 million, are expected to benefit 5,798,077 people.

The Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Wednesday to implement joint development projects and initiatives and promote the exchange of experience and building institutional capacity in Yemen.