World Health News
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Pioneering Namibia MP, Indonesia family planning board, win 2022 UN Population Award
The individual laureate is Member of Parliament Emma Theofelus, who is currently…
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World must ‘speed up’ efforts to end AIDS pandemic by 2030
The AIDS pandemic continues to be responsible for more than 13,000 deaths…
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Sri Lanka: UN appeals for $47 million for life-saving aid to 1.7 million people
In response to the country’s request for UN-backed international assistance, the Organization…
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Monkeypox becoming established in non-endemic countries warns Tedros; calls for more testing, vaccines to end COVID pandemic
At a press conference in Geneva updating on both the current Monkeypox…
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Make mental health support part of climate action plans: WHO
Climate change poses serious risks to people’s mental health and well-being, the…
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Monkeypox transmission may have gone undetected ‘for some time’
“Investigations are ongoing, but the sudden appearance of monkeypox in many countries…
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Over a billion methamphetamine tabs seized in East and Southeast Asia
The staggering drugs haul across the vast region is further proof that illicit manufacturing…
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Make tobacco industry accountable for environmental damage: UN health agency
The UN agency revealed that the tobacco industry costs the world more…
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World’s richest countries damaging child health worldwide: UNICEF
“Not only are the majority of rich countries failing to provide healthy…
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Tedros re-elected to lead the World Health Organization
First elected in 2017, his re-election by secret ballot, was confirmed during the 75th World…
