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WHO reports 71 per cent rise in cholera deaths last year

Wednesday, September 04, 2024 - 6:00 AM

The number of deaths caused by cholera is on the rise, according to global cholera statistics for 2023 published by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday.

New WHO guidance takes aim at ‘antibiotic pollution’ from manufacturing labs

Tuesday, September 03, 2024 - 6:00 AM

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday issued its first-ever guidance aimed at curbing antibiotic pollution from manufacturing.

WHO guidance takes aim at ‘antibiotic pollution’ from manufacturing labs

Tuesday, September 03, 2024 - 6:00 AM

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday issued its first-ever guidance aimed at curbing antibiotic pollution from manufacturing.

Gaza: UN humanitarians ahead of polio vaccination target

Tuesday, September 03, 2024 - 6:00 AM

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that 161,030 children under 10 have been vaccinated in central Gaza during the first two days of the UN-led mass vaccination campaign, surpassing the initial target of 156,000. The figure amounts

‘Major milestone’ immunization campaign begins in DPR Korea

Tuesday, September 03, 2024 - 6:00 AM

More than 800,000 children and 120,000 pregnant women will be vaccinated in a nationwide campaign launched on Monday by the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) with the support of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

Between fear and hope, Gazans parents line up in their thousands to protect their children from polio

Monday, September 02, 2024 - 6:00 AM

If the UN-led polio vaccination campaign currently underway in Gaza is to be successful in halting the spread of a virus that has resurfaced in the Strip after 25 years, 90 per cent of children under the age of 10 need to be inoculated. UN News

Between fear and hope, Gazans line up in their thousands to protect their children from polio

Monday, September 02, 2024 - 6:00 AM

If the UN-led polio vaccination campaign currently underway in Gaza is to be successful in halting the spread of a virus that has resurfaced in the Strip after 25 years, 90 per cent of children under the age of 10 need to be inoculated. UN News

UN officials repeat calls for peace as Gaza polio vaccinations gets underway

Sunday, September 01, 2024 - 6:00 AM

The first phase of a UN-led polio vaccination campaign has begun in the middle areas of Gaza. The operation aims to inoculate 600,000 children in the coming days.

Humanitarian pauses in Gaza pave way for polio vaccinations

Friday, August 30, 2024 - 6:00 AM

UN aid teams have reached a tentative agreement with parties involved in the war in Gaza for humanitarian pauses to allow 640,000 children to be vaccinated amid an outbreak of the virus, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

Level of unprotected teenage sex ‘worryingly high’, WHO finds

Thursday, August 29, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Condom use among sexually active adolescents has declined significantly since 2014, with rates of unprotected sex worryingly high, according to a new report from the World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Europe.