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Globally one in eight people today are migrants: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Climate change, rising inequality, conflicts, trade, and population growth are accelerating these trends. The health workforce has a vital role in providing for the health rights and needs of refugees and migrants.
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Three candidate Ebola vaccines in Uganda to be shipped next week: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Uganda is going through a major outbreak of the deadly disease, and there have been 141 confirmed cases to date, and 22 probable cases, the UN News reported.
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WHO advises immediate skin-to-skin contact for babies born prematurely
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
In a statement, the WHO said guidelines advise that skin-to-skin contact with a caregiver - known as kangaroo mother care - should start immediately after birth, without any initial period in an incubator.
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WHO Chief expresses gratitude to PM Modi for collaboration on building glo
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed gratitude to PM Modi for collaborating with WHO on building the global traditional health centre.
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Global disparity in access to essential vaccines in demand by wealthy nati
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Approximately 16 billion vaccine doses, worth USD 141 billion, were supplied in 2021, almost three times the 2019 market volume (5.8 billion) and nearly three-and-a-half times the 2019 market value (USD 38 billion). The increase was primarily driven by COVID-19 vaccines, showing the incredib
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Health must be front, centre in COP27 climate change talks: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
WHO believes the conference must conclude with progress on the four key goals of mitigation, adaptation, financing and collaboration to tackle the climate crisis.
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WHO expresses concern over wave of diseases, deaths post floods in Pakista
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 18 (ANI): The World Health Organization on Saturday expressed deep concerns about the potential for a "second disaster in Pakistan: a wave of diseases and deaths" following the unprecedented floods caused by climate change, that have engulfed over 1,500 lives
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COVID deaths lowest since March 2020, end of pandemic in sight: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 15 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Wednesday said that the number of weekly reported deaths from COVID-19 last week plunged to its lowest since March 2020 and added that the end of the pandemic is now in sight.
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After six months of war, Ukraine's life-saving health system prepares for
Updated : 3 years, 9 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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Indonesia announces its first case of Monkeypox
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], August 20 (ANI): Amid a global rise in Monkeypox cases, Indonesia announced its first case of the viral disease on Saturday.
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We cannot pretend COVID-19 is not here, says WHO Chief
Updated : 3 years, 9 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, 9 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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