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Billions risk being without access to water and sanitation services by 2030
Latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children’s Fund (UNCEF) reveals that three in 10…
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COVID-19 impact on tourism could deal $4 trillion blow to global economy: UN report
The estimate is based on losses caused by the pandemic’s direct impact…
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WHO guidance on Artificial Intelligence to improve healthcare, mitigate risks worldwide
“Like all new technology, artificial intelligence…can also be misused and cause harm”, warmed Tedros Adhanom…
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COVID-19 Delta variant has potential to make ‘epidemic curve exponentially’
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World health Organization (WHO) told journalists at a regular briefing…
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COVID-19: First mRNA vaccine tech transfer hub a ‘great step forward’
The facility will allow manufacturers from developing countries to receive training in…
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One in every 100 dies by their own hand, each suicide ‘a tragedy’ – WHO
Based on its estimates that more than 700,000 people, or one-in-100, died…
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Domestic workers among hardest hit by COVID crisis, says UN labour agency
Ten years on from the landmark adoption of the International Labour Organization Convention that…
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COVID-19 cases drop for seventh week, but deaths fall less slowly: WHO
However, while weekly cases are at their lowest since February, “deaths are…
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Guterres: Vaccines should be considered ‘global public goods’
Speaking via videolink in London, Secretary-General António Guterres said there was no…
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Nine in 10 African nations set to miss urgent COVID vaccination goal
At 32 million doses, Africa accounts for less than one per cent…
