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‘COVID-19 doesn’t discriminate, but societies do’, say women frontliners
Dr. Roopa Dhatt, Executive Director of Women in Global Health, and two…
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‘They all died on the same day’: a Benin doctor on her fight against COVID-19
A doctor in Benin has been telling the UN about the challenging…
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Untreated hearing loss threatens nearly 2.5 billion people worldwide – WHO
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) report, launched ahead of World Hearing Day…
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Equitable vaccine delivery plan needs more support to succeed: COVAX partners
Speaking after Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Colombia received their first round of…
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‘We sink or we swim together’: 5 things you need to know about COVAX
1) What is COVAX? COVAX (COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access) is the vaccines…
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COVID-19 cases rise for first time in seven weeks: WHO
Four of the agency’s six regions reported a rise in numbers, with…
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UN’s nuclear watchdog agency will not be ‘bargaining chip’ in Iran nuclear deal
After speaking to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Board of Governors,…
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UN Security Council demands COVID-19 vaccine ceasefires; WHO pushes for more action to speed up inoculations
While welcoming the historic resolution and upholding the importance of vaccine equity,…
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Syria: Economic decline, rising hunger and surging humanitarian needs
Citing “disturbing new food security data” published by the World Food Programme…
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West Africa steps up efforts to tackle latest Ebola threat
So far, nine cases have been reported in Guinea, leading to five…
