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New report sounds the alarm on global shortage of 900 000 midwives
Fully investing in midwives by 2035 would avert roughly two-thirds of maternal,…
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New WHO benchmarks help countries reduce salt intake and save lives
Most people consume double the WHO-recommended 5g of daily salt intake, putting…
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WHO calls for better hand hygiene and other infection control practices
WHO’s latest global survey on implementation of national infection prevention and control…
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WHO Director-General commends United States decision to support temporary waiver on intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised the commitment by the United…
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Global experts of new WHO Council on the Economics of Health For All announced
Initial 11 members are distinguished experts in economics, health, government, finance and…
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Joint Statement on transparency and data integrity International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA) and WHO
ICMRA1 and WHO call on the pharmaceutical industry to provide wide access…
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WHO approves Chinese COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
The UN agency has approved the Sinopharm vaccine for emergency use, which…
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India’s new COVID-19 wave is spreading like ‘wildfire’, warns UN Children’s Fund
In the last 24 hours, India registered 3,915 coronavirus deaths and 414,188…
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WHO chief hails ‘monumental moment’ in COVID fight, as US throws support behind vaccine patent waiver
WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, described it on Twitter as a “powerful…
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UN report sounds alarm on acute global shortage of midwives
The 2021 State of the World’s Midwifery report, launched on Wednesday by…
