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WHO hopes to start Gaza polio vaccination second round on Oct 14

GENEVA, Oct 4: The World Health Organization said on Friday it hopes to give hundreds of thousands of children in ...

WHO launches plan to rein in 'alarming' dengue spread

GENEVA, Oct 3: The World Health Organization announced Thursday a global plan to battle dengue and other diseases carried by ...

Gaza polio vaccination drive a ‘massive success’: WHO

GENEVA, Sept 13: The WHO chief hailed Friday the success of the first phase of a giant polio vaccination campaign ...

Mpox vaccine access set to speed up as WHO approves first jab

GENEVA, Sept 13: The WHO said Friday it had for the first time prequalified an mpox vaccine -- a move ...

At least quarter of Gaza wounded have ‘life-changing injuries’: WHO

GENEVA, Sept 12: The World Health Organization said Thursday that at least a quarter of those hurt in the war ...

Air pollution shortens life expectancy in BD by average 4.8yrs: WHO

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Bangladesh is the world's most polluted country, the particulate air pollution (PM2.5) shortens the average Bangladeshi resident's life expectancy by ...

Air pollution shortens life expectancy in Bangladesh by average 4.8 yrs: WHO

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Bangladesh is the world's most polluted country and fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) shortens the average Bangladeshi resident's life expectancy ...

Pox 'not the Covid', says WHO

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The mpox outbreak is not another Covid-19, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, because much is already known about the ...

WHO’s warning on Mpox outbreak

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Dear SirOn Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised the alarm on the escalating mpox outbreak in Africa, declaring it ...

WHO declares mpox a global health emergency

GENEVA, Aug 15: The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the mpox surge in Africa a global public health emergency, ...

Olympics sees 40-plus Covid cases as global figuresrise: WHO

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More than 40 athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics have tested positive for Covid-19 highlighting a new global rise in ...

Heat claims 175,000 lives a year in Europe: WHO

COPENHAGEN, Aug 2: Heat kills over 175,000 people a year in Europe, where temperatures are rising quicker than the rest ...

WHO chief says Polio detected in Gaza, appeals for action

BRUSSELS, July 31: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that polio had been detected in ...

Coronavirus still kills 1,700 per week worldwide, says WHO

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Covid-19 is still killing around 1,700 people a week around the world, the World Health Organization said Thursday, as it ...

Fuel shortages catastrophic for devastated health services in Gaza: WHO

GENEVA, July 5: The World Health Organization chief has warned that a dire lack of fuel could have a "catastrophic" ...

Fuel shortages 'catastrophic' for devastated health services in Gaza: WHO

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The World Health Organization chief has warned that a dire lack of fuel in the Gaza Strip could have a ...

Most patients have fled European Gaza Hospital: WHO

GENEVA, July 3: Almost all the patients in the European Gaza Hospital and the Red Cross field hospital decided to ...

Israel pause in Gaza had no impact on aid supplies: WHO

GENEVA, June 21: A daily "pause" the Israeli military declared in Gaza to facilitate aid flows has had no impact ...

WHO alerts on falsified medicines used for diabetes treatment, weight loss

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The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a medical product alert on falsified semaglutides, the type of medicines that are used ...

WHO confirms 1st fatal human case of bird flu

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The World Health Organization said on Wednesday a death was caused by the first laboratory-confirmed human case of infection with ...

WHO says no medical supplies received in Gaza for 10 days

GENEVA, May 17: The World Health Organization said Friday that it has received no medical supplies in the Gaza Strip ...

Rafah's hospitals will run out of fuel in 3 days: WHO

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The World Health Organization (WHO) says it has only three days of fuel for its medical operations in southern Gaza, ...

‘Slightly’ more food available in Gaza but famine still looms: WHO

GENEVA, May 3: The availability of food in the Gaza Strip has very slightly improved, though the risk of famine ...

WHO approves simpler cholera vaccine

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced Friday it had approved a new, simpler version of an existing oral cholera vaccine, ...

H5N1 strain of bird flu found in milk: WHO

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The H5N1 bird flu virus strain has been detected in very high concentrations in raw milk from infected animals, the ...

After Covid, WHO defines disease spread 'through air'

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) and around 500 experts have agreed for the first time on what it means for ...

WHO warns of falsified cough syrup ingredients seized in Pakistan

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The World Health Organization issued an alert on Monday warning drugmakers of five contaminated batches of propylene glycol, an ingredient ...

Hepatitis viruses kill 3,500 people a day: WHO

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More than 3,500 people die from hepatitis viruses every day and the global toll is rising, the World Health Organization ...

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WHO reports sharp rise in newborn deaths in Gaza

GENEVA: Newborn mortality is rising sharply in the Gaza Strip, with babies being born underweight, the World Health Organization said ...

WHO says 9,000 patients need emergency evacuation from Gaza

GENEVA, Mar 30: Some 9,000 patients in the Gaza Strip require evacuation for emergency care, with the war-torn Palestinian territory ...