How to prioritise aid in Gaza

加沙地带如何优先安排援助

Health Check

2025-10-16

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As the fragile ceasefire holds in Gaza, we hear about the health impacts and realities of the aid being let into the territory from Olga Cherevko – spokesperson for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Gaza. The first ever evidence-based and outcome-specific dietary guidelines to treat chronic constipation in adults has been published. Could kiwi fruit hold the answer? We found out what’s in the new recommendations from Dr Eirini Dimidi. The World Health Summit concluded this week, journalist Andrew Green was there and reports on the highlights from reshaping the global aid landscape to the growing burden of non-communicable diseases. As California bans ultra-processed food in schools, we find out what changes pupils will see on their plates. And treating baby wraps with Permethrin may hold promise for malaria prevention in newborns. Presenter: Claudia Hammond Producer: Hannah Robins and Katie Tomsett Image: Trucks carrying aid wait at the border crossing for entry into the Gaza Strip on October 12, 2025 in Rafah, Egypt. This week's ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas has brought an end to the two years of war that followed the attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, allowing aid groups to increase delivery of humanitarian relief. Image Credit: Ali Moustafa/Getty Images
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  • This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK.

  • Hello and welcome to Health Check from the BBC.

  • I'm Claudia Hammond and for the next half an hour I have stories for you from the world of health.

  • In a moment, how do you tackle months of malnutrition and a lack of health care?

  • The challenge of distributing aid in Gaza.

  • And to help me today I have journalist Andrew Green joining me fresh from the Global Health Summit in Berlin.

  • How are you?

  • Doing well.

  • Thanks for having me.

  • What do you have for us today?

  • So I'll be looking at an ultra-processed food ban in California schools that was just passed.

  • And what's the answer to constipation?

  • We'll hear how there's more to it than fiber and fluids.

  • First to Gaza.

  • While the ceasefire is in place, aid has finally started flowing into the region.

  • In August, a famine was officially declared.

  • The health system is at breaking point and there is a lack of sanitation and supplies for many residents.

  • Now that aid trucks have been allowed in, in large numbers,

  • we want to know where you even start tackling such huge health problems in the population.

  • On Tuesday afternoon I spoke to Olga Sherevko who's in Gaza and is the spokesperson for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and she told me what's happening on the ground in terms of aid.