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WHO Investment Round: culminating moment at G20 Summit as leaders pledge

By admin  /  November 20, 2024
The first-ever Investment Round of the World Health Organization (WHO) reached a culminating moment during the G20 Leaders' Summit today in...
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WHO adds LC16m8 mpox vaccine to Emergency Use Listing

By admin  /  November 20, 2024
The World Health Organization (WHO) has granted Emergency Use Listing (EUL) for the LC16m8 mpox vaccine, making it the second...
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WHO and partners rally cervical cancer elimination efforts

By admin  /  November 18, 2024
As world leaders arrive in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the G20 Summit this weekend, the city’s iconic Christ the...
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Measles cases surge worldwide, infecting 10.3 million people in 2023

By admin  /  November 15, 2024
Worldwide, there were an estimated 10.3 million cases of measles in 2023, a 20% increase from 2022, according to new...
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Urgent action needed as global diabetes cases increase four-fold over past decades

By admin  /  November 15, 2024
The number of adults living with diabetes worldwide has surpassed 800 million, more than quadrupling since 1990, according to new...
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IsDB joins efforts with WHO and development partners to promote health impact investment

By admin  /  November 13, 2024
<p>As part of its commitment to the global initiative to build stronger primary health care and health systems resilience, the...
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WHO demands urgent integration of health in climate negotiations ahead of COP29

By admin  /  November 8, 2024
Ahead of the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference in Baku (COP29), the World Health Organization (WHO) calls for an end...
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Countries pledge to act on childhood violence affecting some 1 billion children

By admin  /  November 8, 2024
More than 100 governments today made historic commitments to end childhood violence, including nine pledging to ban corporal punishment –...
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Second round of polio campaign in Gaza completed amid ongoing conflict and attacks: UNICEF and WHO

By admin  /  November 7, 2024
The second round of the polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip was completed yesterday, with an overall 556 774 children...
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WHO study lists top endemic pathogens for which new vaccines are urgently needed

By admin  /  November 6, 2024
A new World Health Organization (WHO) study published today in eBioMedicine names 17 pathogens that regularly cause diseases in communities...
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