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Category: Health
Vaccine inequity causes ‘dangerous divergence’ in COVID survival rates – UN agency heads |
Source link The heads of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, World Health Organization (WHO)…
African countries commit to ending all forms of polio |
Source link Vaccine-derived poliovirus is a weakened strain of the virus that has changed over time and behaves…
Coming months critical for future pandemic preparedness: WHO chief |
Source link Although the COVID-19 caseload stabilized last week, after nearly two months of increases, the level remains…
COVID, natural hazards and climate crisis in Asia and the Pacific expand ‘riskcape’ |
Source link In the Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2021, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific…
High blood pressure now more common in low and middle-income countries, new report finds |
Source link The study, which was co-led by Imperial College London, found that 82 per cent…
Afghanistan: Negotiations to bring in urgent medical supplies ongoing, says WHO |
Source link The items, which are stuck in Dubai, were due to enter the country this…
Bubonic plague putting young lives at risk in DR Congo: UNICEF |
Source link Poverty, conflict and displacement are contributing to the return of the centuries-old illness for…
First Person: Health workers in Afghanistan brave safety fears, to continue treating the sick |
Source link UN agencies have pledged to stay in the country, despite the recent takeover by…
COVID-19: Funding plea to combat Delta variant, call to suspend booster roll-out |
Source link International efforts to slow the COVID-19 Delta variant have been hampered by its particularly…