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‘Real hope’ surrounding COVID vaccines ‘cannot be overstated’ – WHO chief
“With the latest positive news from vaccine trials, the light at the…
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UNICEF planning ‘mammoth operation’ to deliver COVID-19 vaccines
Etleva Kadilli, Director of UNICEF’s Supply Division, highlighted the importance of the…
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COVID cases surge amid growing threat from antimicrobial resistance – WHO chief
“Across Europe and North America, hospitals and ICU units are filling up…
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World leaders join forces to fight the accelerating crisis of antimicrobial resistance
The heads of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations…
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WHO and other stakeholders join forces to accelerate access to effective paediatric HIV and tuberculosis diagnostics and medicines
On World Children’s Day, WHO is pleased to issue a call urging…
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Remdesivir no COVID-19 silver bullet, says UN health agency
A World Health Organization (WHO) Guideline Development Group (GDG) panel of international…
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Ensure safe and hygienic sanitation for all, UN urges, marking World Toilet Day
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called the situation “unacceptable” from a moral, economic…
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In the face of ridicule: one woman’s fight to bring sanitation to a Nepali village
Born into the privilege and comforts of a high-caste Brahmin family in…
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Future of an entire generation at risk, as COVID-19 pandemic drags on
In a report, released on Thursday ahead of World Children’s Day, UNICEF…
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Regulating sanitation services as a public good
Yvonne Magawa (ESAWAS), Batsirai Majuru (WHO), Bisi Agberemi (UNICEF), Jan-Willem Rosenboom &…
