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Ukraine war: ‘Please, let us in,’ WHO issues plea to reach sick and injured
More than four and half months since Russia’s invasion, civilians have continued…
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Tedros urges Pfizer to make oral COVID antiviral available more widely
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’s appeal comes as confirmed coronavirus cases jumped nearly 30…
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‘World is failing adolescent girls’ warns UNFPA chief, as report shows third of women in developing countries give birth in teen years
While total fertility across the globe has fallen, the UNFPA report shows…
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Safer roads, a global development challenge for all: Senior UN official
Nneka Henry, who heads the United Nations Road Safety Fund (UNRSF) Secretariat,…
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COVID-19: BA.4 and BA.5 variants spur 20 per cent rise in cases
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed in his weekly briefing to journalists…
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UN drug report shines light on cannabis, cocaine and methamphetamine trends
The World Drug Report 2022 also details the environmental consequences of the…
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Monkeypox not presently a global public health emergency: WHO
The announcement comes two days after WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus convened…
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Life-saving relief continues to reach quake-hit eastern Afghanistan
One of the UN teams on the ground, the refugee agency UNHCR, transported tons…
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Global hunger crisis pushing one child per minute, into severe malnutrition
That’s the alarming message on Thursday from UN Children’s Fund UNICEF, which…
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Monkeypox: Amid uncertainty, global situation ‘cannot be ignored’ says WHO chief
Members of the committee could announce their decision on whether or not…
