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Africa: Lives Can Be Saved Despite Drug-Resistant Infections
By Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-GeneralNew York — World leaders commit to action at UN General AssemblyAt the United Nation's General Assembly in...
Sweden Confirms First Case of More Contagious Variant of Mpox Disease Outside Africa
Sweden's public health agency has recorded what it says is the first case of a contagious new variant of mpox outside the African continent.
The...
WHO Declares Mpox a Global Health Emergency
The World Health Organisation has declared the Monkey Pox outbreak a public health emergency, a day after the African Center for Disease Control and...
Africa: Mpox Outbreak Demands Immediate Global Response and Resources
There is a serious concern about Mpox's continued outbreak, which has now spread to several African countries
Urgent investment and action by all stakeholders across...
WHO Celebrates 20 Years of Blood Donation
June 2024, marks 20 years of blood donation worldwide and it is being celebrated under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO) under...
Africa: Independent Panel on Pandemics Readiness Comes to Grim Conclusion
Monrovia — "If there were a new pandemic threat today...the world will likely be overwhelmed again".
That was the grim conclusion of the Independent Panel...
Africa: Despite Pandemic Setbacks, WHO Vows Continued Fight for Global Immunization
World Immunization Week celebrates a remarkable milestone - 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI). This global initiative has been instrumental in...
The World Marks Health Day
Today, April 7, 2024, is the World Health Organization (WHO) organized World Health Day.The WHO celebrates World Health Day on April 7, every year...
Global Child Mortality Reach Record Low in 2022 – WHO Report
The number of children who died before their fifth birthday has reached a historic low, dropping to 4.9 million in 2022, according to the...
WHO Declares Loneliness a “Global Public Health Threat’
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday declared loneliness a global public health threat, saying that the mortality effects can be comparable to smoking...