health News
-
COVID, natural hazards and climate crisis in Asia and the Pacific expand ‘riskcape’
In the Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2021, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and…
-
High blood pressure now more common in low and middle-income countries, new report finds
The study, which was co-led by Imperial College London, found that 82…
-
COVID-19: Funding plea to combat Delta variant, call to suspend booster roll-out
International efforts to slow the COVID-19 Delta variant have been hampered by…
-
Afghanistan: Medical lifeline to millions must not be cut, warns WHO
According to the UN health agency, 70 WHO-supported medical facilities across Afghanistan treated nearly 14,000 conflict-related cases last…
-
Rohingya refugees receive first COVID vaccinations in Bangladesh
The agency welcomed the start of the vaccination drive, in line with national authorities’ broader public health…
-
Myanmar: COVID-19 third wave has hit like a ‘tsunami’, warns WFP
Amid the “triple impact of poverty, the current political unrest and economic…
-
COVID-19 vaccine equality, ‘most pressing issue of our times’ – UN chief
Addressing the gathering in China via video message, Secretary-General António Guterres pushed for a Global Vaccine…
-
Latest COVID-19 data confirms infections have risen globally for four consecutive weeks
In its latest update, the World Health Organization (WHO) attributed the uptick to “substantial” caseload increases of 33 per cent in the Western Pacific and 37…
-
700-plus healthcare workers and patients killed in attacks on facilities: WHO
The Surveillance System for Attacks on Health Care from 2018 to 2020, recorded data…
-
WHO backs football body FIFA’s #ReachOut campaign for mental health
The #ReachOut campaign, has teamed up with the World Health Organization (WHO),…
