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Time to get off the couch, WHO warns, as 500 million risk developing chronic illness
Physical activity improves overall well-being. Almost 500 million people will develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes or other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) attributable to physical inactivity, between…
EU strengthens partnership with WHO to boost local manufacturing and access to vaccines, medicines and health technologies in Africa
The Commission and the World Health Organization (WHO) are strengthening their partnership to improve equitable access to safe, effective, and quality-assured vaccines, medicines and health…
Korona paransi pääkaupunkiseudun ilmanlaatua vuonna 2021 − WHO:n uudet ohjearvot ylittyvät silti
Pääkaupunkiseudun ilmanlaatu näyttäytyi viime vuonna jo tavanomaisempana kuin vuonna 2020, jolloin ilmansaasteiden pitoisuudet olivat poikkeuksellisen matalia. Koronapandemiasta aiheutunut liikennemäärien vähentyminen näkyi HSY:n mittausten mukaan edelleen…
Korona paransi pääkaupunkiseudun ilmanlaatua vuonna 2021 − WHO:n uudet ohjearvot ylittyvät silti
Pääkaupunkiseudun ilmanlaatu näyttäytyi viime vuonna jo tavanomaisempana kuin vuonna 2020, jolloin ilmansaasteiden pitoisuudet olivat poikkeuksellisen matalia. Koronapandemiasta aiheutunut liikennemäärien vähentyminen näkyi HSY:n mittausten mukaan edelleen…
WHO recommends two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended on Thursday two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19, one for patients with critical diseaseand one for…
WHO: 2022 can mark the end of COVID’s acute stage
The UN health agency chief expressed optimism during a press briefing on Wednesday that 2022 maybe the year the world ends the acute stage of…
WHO updates guidelines on COVID-related organ inflammation in children
Children who have developed organ inflammation linked to COVID-19 infection should be given steroid treatment in hospital, the World Health Organization, (WHO), said on Tuesday….
WHO establishes new scientific group to study COVID origins, prevent future pandemics
The proposed members of the WHO Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO) were selected for their expertise in areas such as…
WHO establishes new scientific group to study COVID origins, prevent future pandemics
] The proposed members of the WHO Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO) were selected for their expertise in areas such…
700-plus healthcare workers and patients killed in attacks on facilities: WHO
More than 700 healthcare workers and patients have died, and more than 2,000 have been injured in attacks on health facilities since December 2017,…
Soaring e-waste affects the health of millions of children, WHO warns
Effective and binding action is urgently required to protect the millions of children, adolescents and expectant mothers worldwide whose health is jeopardized by…
Early-warning ‘pandemic hub’ plan unveiled by WHO’s Tedros and Germany’s Merkel
An international hub for pandemic control is to open in Berlin to ensure better preparedness and transparency in the fight against likely future global health…
WHO welcomes Sweden’s announcement to share COVID-19 vaccine doses with COVAX
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed the Government of Sweden’s announcement today (3rd May) to share 1 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine with…
Affordability of WASH must be defined and tracked if 2030 Global Goals are to be met: new report
Universal access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, a human right enshrined in the 2030 Global Goals, can only be reached if countries monitor…
Fair Pricing Forum ends with good intentions and new undertakings from WHO
The third WHO Fair Pricing Forum on reaching fairer prices of medicines and health tools ended on Thursday 22 April after six days of intense…
Vaccine equity the ‘challenge of our time’, WHO chief declares, as governments call for solidarity, sharing
With the number of new COVID-19 cases nearly doubling over the past two months, approaching the highest infection rate the world has seen during the…
WHO and partners urge countries to halt sales of wild mammals at food markets
The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners have called for countries to suspend sales of live wild mammals in traditional food markets, also known as…
COVID-19 origins report inconclusive: We must ‘leave no stone unturned’ – WHO chief
The report from a team of international scientists assembled by the World Health Organization (WHO) to examine how COVID-19 first spread to humans was published…
New global breast cancer initiative highlights renewed commitment to improve survival
A major new collaborative effort, the Global Breast Cancer Initiative, is being introduced today by the World Health Organization, with the objective of reducing global…
WHO calls for urgent action to ramp up production of COVID-19 vaccines for all
Urgent action is needed to increase production of COVID-19 vaccines that will be distributed through the global initiative making these medicines accessible by all countries,…
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