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WHO raises concerns over health workforce challenges across Europe

WHO Europe said there was a ‘ticking time bomb’ due to workforce issues across the region.

The Independent UK

As monkeypox drops in the West, still no vaccines for Africa

The outbreak of monkeypox is subsiding in Europe and parts of North America

The Independent UK

Health groups call for global fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty

WHO and almost 200 other health associations urge governments around world to halt ‘environmental vandalism’

The Guardian - UK

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Protecting children or policing gender?

Laws on genital mutilation, gender affirmation and cosmetic genital surgery are at odds, even though they have many similarities.

360info

Pakistan floods: A health crisis of epic proportions

With 33 million people affected by flooding, increased risks of waterborne diseases and disrupted access to healthcare.

Al Jazeera

Recurrent dengue increases risk of complication by 50%, says expert and stresses on IgG test

Recurrent dengue increases the risk of complications by 50%, says Dr Nihar Parekh, Pediatrician and recommends having three important tests in order to confirm the severity and intensity of the infection.

The Times of India

WHO sees October COVID surge in Ukraine, cites polio concerns

The World Health Organisation expects a rise in COVID-19 in Ukraine to peak in October, possibly bringing hospitals close to their capacity threshold, WHO's director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.

Reuters

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Superbugs are a "second punch" after pandemic

There was a 15% rise in drug-resistant infections in hospitalized patients from 2019 to 2020.

Axios

WHO launches drive to fight bacterial meningitis in Africa

The World Health Organization says it is launching a $1.5 billion campaign, hopefully including a new vaccine, to eliminate outbreaks of bacterial meningitis across Africa by 2030

The Independent UK

Blue Plaque unveiled at the site of Newcastle's legendary former Club a'Gogo

The Club a'Gogo located on the second floor of Newcastle's Handyside Arcade attracted some of popular music's biggest up-and-coming acts between 1962 and 1968

Chronicle Live

Malaria booster vaccine could cut deaths in children, study suggests

The WHO estimates that malaria caused more than 640,000 deaths in 2020

The Independent UK

Egypt Detects its First Monkeypox Case

Egypt has detected the first monkeypox case in the country, an Egyptian man who has a residency in a European country, the health ministry said in statement on Wednesday. "The first case of monkeypox has been detected in Egypt.

Asharq Al-Awsat

New malaria vaccine comes a step closer as experts say it’s ‘the best yet’

Chance to eradicate diseases such as malaria could be lost and UK innovation squandered if global health investment is cut, jab co-creator tells PM

The Guardian - UK

Malaria booster vaccine shows durable efficacy, study suggests

The WHO estimates that malaria caused more than 640,000 deaths in 2020.

The Independent UK

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Breakthrough malaria vaccine which is 'best yet' could prevent millions of deaths

Toddlers who received the final booster of the R21/Matrix-M vaccine had at least 75% protection, offering hope to half the world’s population who live in areas at risk of malaria

Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO: COVID Cases Drop Everywhere, but Pandemic Not Over

The number of new coronavirus cases fell everywhere in the world last week by about 12%, according to the World Health Organization's latest weekly review of the pandemic issued Wednesday. The UN health agency reported that there were just under 4.2 million new infections last week and about 13,700 deaths…

The Independent UK

WHO: COVID cases drop everywhere, but pandemic not over

The World Health Organization says the number of new coronavirus cases fell everywhere in the world last week by about 12%

Al Jazeera

Drought and hunger in Somalia, Ethiopia and region: What to know

Millions of people are facing food shortages due to the worst drought in 40 years and rising global food costs.

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The Hindu

Over 1,000 frontline maternal care workers to be trained in Karnataka

Training is to provide quality healthcare to pregnant women, mothers, and new-born babies

The Independent UK

What is ‘virginity testing’ and why is it going viral on TikTok?

More than 20 countries worldwide continue to harbour the harmful custom in some form

Radio France Internationale

India develops indigenous cervical cancer vaccine to save millions of lives

India's homegrown cervical cancer shot, announced on Thursday, will be made available first to the country's poorest before being exported to other countries in need.

Irish Mirror

Three dead from mysterious virus outbreak as WHO on alert

All three people who died had other health conditions.

The Hindu

New sub-lineages of monkeypox virus emerge

Despite a slow decline in cases globally, monkeypox cases continue to rise rapidly in Latin America

Radio France Internationale

Experts optimistic as monkeypox infections slow in Europe, US

More than 50,000 monkeypox cases have been recorded in the global outbreak, World Health Organization figures show – though transmission is slowing in Europe and the United States.

Dynamite News

Pakistan: Major health risks unfolding amid floods

According to a preliminary assessment conducted by WHO and humanitarian partners, the current level of devastation is much more severe than that caused by floods in Pakistan in previous years, including those that devastated the country in 2010," said Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari. Read further on Dynamite News:

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