health News
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WHO strengthens support for grassroots crowdsourcing campaign: a global movement of unity and solidarity
What started as a grassroots initiative by a WHO staff member has…
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New report flags severity of US funding cuts to global AIDS response
UNAIDS said that at least one status report on the impact of…
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World News in Brief: Conflict in DR Congo, Europe’s ‘cradle to cane’ crisis, millions may go hungry in Chad
In an alert on Tuesday, UN aid coordinators OCHA said that six…
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WHO marks 20 years of its lifesaving tobacco control treaty
The agency is this week celebrating the 20th anniversary of the entry…
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Breast cancer cases projected to rise by nearly 40 per cent by 2050, WHO warns
The findings, published in Nature Medicine on Monday, warn that if current…
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New round of polio vaccinations begins in Gaza
It follows a campaign last year that reached hundreds of thousands of…
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Explainer: 5 common myths about child marriage
“I was married at 14, and I lost my first child at…
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Mass polio vaccination campaign to continue in the Gaza Strip
The emergency polio outbreak response in the Gaza Strip is continuing, with…
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UN to continue Gaza vaccination campaign against polio
WHO said in a news release that more than 591,000 children under…
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US funding cuts threaten global health response, WHO chief warns
In a media briefing on Tuesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus highlighted…
