health News
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WHO takes a position on genetically modified mosquitoes
Each year, more than 700 000 people die from vector-borne diseases (VBDs)…
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WHO Bulletin Call for Papers: Behavioural and Social Sciences for Better Health
As part of WHO’s efforts to scale up the use of behavioural…
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‘Time for global solidarity’ to overcome COVID’s health, social and economic challenges
In a joint statement, the International Labour Organization (ILO), Food and Agriculture…
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Sixth Annual meeting of the “Friends of the Task Force” Working with Member States to deliver the NCD-related SDG targets during and beyond COVID-19
On 24 September 2020, the Friends of the Task Force met in…
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Progress against tuberculosis ‘at risk’: WHO
According to the UN health agency, though TB cases fell by 9…
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Three billion people globally lack handwashing facilities at home: UNICEF
According to new estimates from UNICEF, 40 per cent of the world’s…
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WHO 2020 Global TB Report app – now available in English, French and Russian
The new version of the World Health Organization (WHO) 2020 Global TB…
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Call for entries: 2nd WHO Health for All Film Festival
The World Health Organization invites independent film-makers, production companies, NGOs, communities, students,…
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COVID-19 rise in Europe a great concern, says WHO regional chief
Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge said the tightening up of restrictions by…
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COVID-19: ‘Little or no’ benefit from trials of anti-virals, says WHO
The Solidarity Therapeutics Trial, overseen by the World Health Organization (WHO), shows…
