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Pakistan to launch UN 'Flash Appeal' as floods rage across the country
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 27 (ANI): Pakistan is set to launch the UN 'Flash Appeal' for flood victims in Geneva and Islamabad on August 30 as unprecedented rains have caused devastating floods across the country.
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Michelle Bachelet signals delay in report on human rights abuses in China'
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 26 (ANI): UN rights human chief Michelle Bachelet has signalled that she might not release a long-awaited report on human rights abuses in China's far western region of Xinjiang before she leaves office next week, as she had promised.
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Monkeypox cases drop 21 pc globally: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 25 (ANI): World Health Organization report issued Thursday informed that the number of monkeypox cases reported globally dropped by 21 per cent in the last week.
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After six months of war, Ukraine's life-saving health system prepares for
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 25 (ANI): At the six-month mark of the war in Ukraine, the country's badly affected but still-resilient health system is taking stock of lessons learned in providing life-saving care with the support of WHO and partners as it prepares for a challenging winter ahe
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Myanmar: 5 years since Rohingya mass exodus, UNHCR urges solutions
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 25 (ANI): This week marks five years since more than 700,000 ethnic Rohingya fled military persecution from Myanmar for neighbouring Bangladesh, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said.
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First US patient enrolled in SELUTION SLR IDE Peripheral Study
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 24 (ANI/PRNewswire): The first US patient has been enrolled in the FDA SELUTION4BTK (Below-the-Knee) clinical trial evaluating SELUTION SLR™, MedAlliance's novel sirolimus-eluting balloon. This milestone follows Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) approv
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Swiss Police Chief warns energy shortages in winter would cause riots
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 20 (ANI/Sputnik): People in Switzerland may go on riots if energy shortages occur in the upcoming winter, the Swiss police chief, Fredy Fassler, said on Saturday.
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WHO recommends two new lifesaving medicines to treat Ebola
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 20 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has published its first guideline for Ebola virus disease therapeutics, with new strong recommendations for the use of two monoclonal antibodies.
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UN calls for release of Saudi woman sentenced to 34 years in prison for tw
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 20 (ANI): The UN human rights office, OHCHR, expressed outrage on Friday over a 34-year prison sentence handed down to a Saudi woman charged with aiding dissidents.
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We cannot pretend COVID-19 is not here, says WHO Chief
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 18 (ANI): With a surge in deaths due to coronavirus, World Health Organization Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on said "we cannot pretend it's not there."
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WHO says Monkeypox vaccines efficacy below 100 per cent
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 18 (ANI): Vaccines against monkeypox are not 100 per cent effective and that is why, people must reduce their own risks of infection, WHO technical lead Rosamund Lewis said on Wednesday.
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Over 35,000 cases of monkeypox detected globally: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 17 (ANI): More than 35,000 cases of monkeypox have now been reported from 92 countries and territories, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday.
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