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The WHO launches its Health Emergency Appeal for 2023 , estimated at US$ 2.54 billion, with the aim of assisting millions of people around the world who are facing one or another health emergency. The number of people in need of humanitarian relief has…
WHO calls for funding to help record numbers of people in complex, interconnected health emergencies Read MoreThe WHO launches its Health Emergency Appeal for 2023 , estimated at US$ 2.54 billion, with the aim of assisting millions of people around the world who are facing one or another health emergency. The number of people in need of humanitarian relief has…
WHO calls for funding to help record numbers of people in complex, interconnected health emergencies Read MoreGENEVA — World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns global health challenges are growing and threatening the well-being of millions of people worldwide. He spoke at the opening of WHO’s week-long executive board meeting…
WHO: Scope, Scale of Health Emergencies Growing Read MoreGENEVA — World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns global health challenges are growing and threatening the well-being of millions of people worldwide. He spoke at the opening of WHO’s week-long executive board meeting…
WHO: Scope, Scale of Health Emergencies Growing Read MoreAhead of World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day Monday, the World Health Organization is calling for action to tackle these debilitating illnesses, which affect an estimated 1.65 billion people globally.A diverse group of 20 parasitic and bacterial trop…
WHO: Over 1.6B People Infected with Neglected Tropical Diseases Read MoreThe Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 has likely become the dominant variant in the United States, accounting for 61.3% of COVID cases in the week ended January 28, data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed on Friday.The subvariant …
CDC Says Omicron Subvariant XBB.1.5 Accounts for 61.3% of US COVID Cases Read MorePARIS— Nearly 1,700 journalists have been killed worldwide over the past 20 years, an average of more than 80 a year, according to an analysis published by Reporters Without Borders.The two decades between 2003 and 2022 were “especially deadly decades …
Nearly 1,700 journalists killed worldwide over past 20 years: RSF Read MoreThe World Health Organization reports COVID-19 cases are continuing their downward spiral in Africa but warns the pandemic is not over and nations must remain vigilant. Following a recent four-week …
WHO Urges Vigilance as COVID-19 Pandemic Wanes in Africa Read MoreGENEVA— Negotiators are meeting in Geneva this week to thrash out a pandemic treaty aimed at ensuring the flaws that turned Covid-19 into a global crisis could never happen again. …
Pandemic treaty plans thrashed out at WHO Read MoreThe Biden administration said that it did not expect to extend its declaration of a public health emergency for the outbreak of mpox past its scheduled expiration at the end …
United States to end mpox emergency declaration from February 2023 Read MoreA new, long-lasting drug could be a game-changer for preventing HIV infections, experts say. Advocates are hopeful that those who need it most in low- and middle-income countries will not …
This HIV Prevention Drug Could Change the Game Read MoreMalawi and the World Health Organization are rolling out a new malaria vaccine for young children that backers say will reduce deaths from the mosquito-borne disease. The RTSS vaccine was …
Malawi Launches Africa’s First Children’s Malaria Vaccine Read More