health News
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COVID-19: Greta Thunberg contributes 100,000 Euros to vaccine equity initiative
The contribution from her foundation to the WHO Foundation will support the…
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Global shortage of innovative antibiotics fuels emergence and spread of drug-resistance
The world is still failing to develop desperately needed antibacterial treatments, despite…
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US$ 1.4 trillion lost every year to tobacco use – New tobacco tax manual shows ways to save lives, money and build back better after COVID-19
WHO’s new technical manual on tobacco tax policy and administration shows countries…
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Benefits of continuing to provide life-saving HIV services outweigh the risk of COVID-19 transmission by 100 to 1
UNAIDS and WHO have supported mathematical modelling to establish the benefits of…
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WHO calls for comprehensive, equitable access to healthcare for every Chagas disease patient
Today on World Chagas Disease Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) has…
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New WHO Global Compact to speed up action to tackle diabetes
The World Health Organization’s new Global Diabetes Compact aims to bring a…
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COVID-19 infections approaching highest rates ever, WHO warns
“Around the world, cases and deaths are continuing to increase at worrying…
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Vaccine equity the ‘challenge of our time’, WHO chief declares, as governments call for solidarity, sharing
The summit – held in virtual format on the theme, “A Vaccine…
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Japan: UN experts ‘deeply disappointed’ by decision to discharge Fukushima water
“The release of one million tonnes of contaminated water into the marine…
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Alert over shortage of new drugs for ‘world’s most dangerous bacteria’
The alert from the World Health Organization (WHO) is delivered in a report showing that none of the 43 antibiotics in development today sufficiently…
