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Nafis Sadik: UN activist who championed women’s reproductive rights

Driven by her mantra that ‘Women being harmed is our business’, the Pakistani doctor’s campaigning angered the Vatican and brought death threats from Muslim fundamentalists

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2022

WHO: Time for Covid Reality Check after 1 Mn Deaths this Year

The World Health Organization's Covid chief said Friday it was time for a reality check on the virus after the millionth death from the disease this year. Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO's technical lead Covid-19, said the toll was "heartbreaking" because the tests, treatments, vaccines and public health measures to…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 27, 2022

Tigray war: ‘I can’t help my starving family’, says Ethiopian World Health Organisation boss

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns Tigrayan relatives are ‘completely sealed off’ by civil war

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2022

Dave Wintour obituary

Other lives: Bass guitarist who played with a formidable list of rock and pop artists

The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2022

WHO chief laments fate of 'starving' relatives in Tigray

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has made a passionate appeal for his embattled home region of Tigray in Ethiopia

The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2022

Cardiff's loved and lost music venues and the big names who played them including Amy Winehouse and Elton John

Cardiff with its rich history as a music city has lost quite a few venues

Wales Online · Aug 25, 2022

Ramdev deceptively sold Coronil as a Covid cure. Guess who enabled him?

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Newslaundry · Aug 25, 2022

WHO: Monkeypox cases drop 21%, reversing month-long increase

The number of monkeypox cases reported globally dropped by 21% in the last week, reversing a month-long trend of rising infections in a possible sign the outbreak may be starting to decline in Europe, according to an report issued by the World Health Organization on Thursday

The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2022

Togo achieves ‘major feat’ of eliminating four neglected tropical diseases

WHO hails west African country as first in world to stamp out Guinea worm, lymphatic filariasis, sleeping sickness and trachoma

The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2022

COVID-19 cases and deaths drop worldwide, though WHO warns decline in surveillance could be factor

Confirmed coronavirus cases fell by 15% worldwide over the past week and new infections declined by 9%, the World Health Organization said Wednesday in its weekly assessment of the state of the pandemic.

Tribune News Service · Aug 25, 2022