World Health Organization

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Afghan health professionals – thousands of female among them – are defying daily challenges to provide critical care.
Published On 19 Sep 2023
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Did a report really say masks don’t help prevent the spread of COVID?
A report from early 2023, which some claim questions the efficacy of masks, has resurfaced amid a rise in new variants.
Published On 7 Sep 2023
WHO sees ‘concerning’ COVID trends before winter as hospitalisations rise
The UN health agency says many countries stopped reporting COVID data and called for more vaccinations and surveillance.
Published On 6 Sep 2023
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Dimie Ogoina: Is mpox health emergency over in the Global South?
The Nigerian scientist who diagnosed the first recent mpox case discusses whether the health emergency is really over.
Video Duration 25 minutes 40 seconds
Published On 15 Jul 2023

World Health Organisation says sweetener in diet drinks and other foods is possible cause of cancer but still safe.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the decision was prompted by falling case numbers worldwide.

Disease surges as health officials try to address the accessibility of treatments and new vaccine trials.

UN health agency declares end to public health emergency of international concern, in place for more than three years.

Global pharmaceutical firms had declined to provide the technical know-how to replicate their vaccines in Africa.

For years, scientists have been trying to develop vaccines for the disease which kills more than 600,000 people yearly.

The WHO says the woman, who died in March, probably contracted the virus at a market and the risk of spread is low.

COVID-19 showed yet again the importance of the WHO’s mandate to advance the wellbeing of all people.

WHO recommends primary doses and a first booster in healthy adults, children and adolescents with comorbidities.

Recent cases of Marburg disease have also been reported in Cameroon and Tanzania, according to the WHO.

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