health News
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WHO Director-General: Deeply concerned over escalating health crisis in Ukraine
The World Health Organization (WHO) is deeply concerned for the health of…
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Recommendations announced for influenza vaccine composition for the 2022-2023 northern hemisphere influenza season
The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the recommendations for the viral…
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UN condemns brutal killing of eight polio workers in Afghanistan
One member of the vaccination transit team was killed in Taloqan district…
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Baby formula marketing ‘pervasive, misleading and aggressive’ – UN report
How marketing of formula milk influences our decisions on infant feeding, the…
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Pandemic recovery must put people first: UN Secretary-General
Although COVID-19 caught the world unprepared, “we cannot let this happen again,”…
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COVID-19: Health workers face ‘dangerous neglect’, warn WHO, ILO
Approximately 115,500 health workers died from COVID-19 in the first 18 months…
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Celebrating World NTD Day: make every day a neglected tropical diseases day
The World Health Organization (WHO) kicked off this year’s commemoration of World…
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Crucial changes needed to protect workers’ health while teleworking
The World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization have called for…
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Tonnes of COVID-19 health care waste expose urgent need to improve waste management systems
Tens of thousands of tonnes of extra medical waste from the response…
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Celebrating 70 years of GISRS (the Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System)
Founded in 1952, the Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System, or GISRS,…
