Health is the essential underpinning of productive, resilient and stable economies – WHO DG
The DG of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has described health as the essential underpinning of ...
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COVID-19: Over 160,000 cases now confirmed daily
More than 10.3 million cases of COVID-19 have now been reported to WHO, and more than 506,000 deaths. For the ...
WHO and Madagascar agree on clinical trials for COVID Organics
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the government of Madagascar have reached a compromise on the country's rumored cure for ...
How Trump’s decision to freeze WHO funds could impact Africa
Following its concerns about the handling of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the President Donald ...
How to maintain essential health services during COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is straining health systems worldwide. The rapidly increasing demand on health facilities and health care workers threatens ...
20 new confirmed cases of Ebola reported in DR Congo
In the past week, from 21 to 27 October, 20 new confirmed Ebola virus disease (EVD) cases were reported from ...
30% of patients with tuberculosis are not receiving drugs – report
While more people received life-saving treatment for tuberculosis (TB) in 2018 than ever before, gaps still remain according to the ...
Malaria vaccine launched in Kenya
Kenya has officially launched the world’s first malaria vaccine today in Homa Bay County, western Kenya. The malaria vaccine pilot ...
There is a new WHO-preferred treatment option for HIV
Based on new evidence assessing benefits and risks, the World Health Organization today officially recommended the use of the HIV ...
What is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern?
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on 17 July 2019 officially declared the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo a Public Health ...
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