World Health News
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Monkeypox outbreak can still be contained, insists UN health agency
“What we know from this virus and these modes of transmission, this…
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“COVID-19 is not over”, Tedros warns World Health Assembly
Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus delivered his message during the kick-off of the annual…
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Monkeypox: UNAIDS ‘concerned’ about stigmatizing language against LGTBI people
As of May 21, the World Health Organization (WHO) received reports of…
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Europe: WHO supporting countries affected by rare monkeypox outbreak
Monkeypox occurs primarily in tropical rainforest areas of Central and West Africa,…
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Nations must ‘act together, urgently and with solidarity’ to end crisis of food insecurity
During a ministerial meeting on global hunger taking pace at UN Headquarters…
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Americas: Rising COVID-19 caseload should be a ‘wake-up call’
More than 918,000 cases were recorded last week, a 27.2 per cent…
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Severe malnutrition or wasting, ‘excruciatingly painful’ threat to child survival
Severe Wasting: An overlooked child survival emergency, details that around one in…
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WHO ‘concerned’ over COVID-19 outbreak in DPR Korea, reiterates full support
In a statement, WHO took note of the “deaths and large number…
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Minimal risk of monkeypox transmission in UK following confirmed case
On 7 May, UK health authorities notified WHO of the confirmed case…
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Assistive technology: a ‘life changer’ for those most in need
Produced jointly by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children’s Fund…
