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WHO to request cholera vaccines for Haiti, expects further spread

The World Health Organization is setting up tents to treat cholera in Haiti and will also request a supply of oral vaccines against the disease that has unexpectedly returned to a country paralysed by a gang blockade, a WHO spokesperson said.

Reuters

People of colour far likelier to live in England’s very high air pollution areas

Study finds minority ethnic people make up nearly half of populations in areas with very high NO2 or PM2.5 levels

The Guardian - UK

KSrelief Supports COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign in Yemen

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has provided support for the national campaign for vaccination against coronavirus, implemented by the Yemeni Ministry of Public Health and Population, reported the Saudi Press Agency on Saturday. The campaign was carried out in 12 governorates between September 24 and 28…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Cholera outbreaks surging worldwide, fatality rates rising - WHO

Cholera cases have surged this year, especially in places of poverty and conflict, with outbreaks reported in 26 countries and fatality rates rising sharply, a World Health Organization official said on Friday.

Reuters

Skin whitening products remain popular in Cameroon despite risks

Yaounde (Cameroon) (AFP) - Wearing a large hat protecting her face from the sun's rays in Cameroon, 63-year-old Jeanne now bitterly regrets using skin whitening products after being diagnosed with skin cancer.

AFP

Obesity is on the rise among South African women -- a risk to maternal and child health

Obesity in adults has nearly tripled between 1975 and 2016 across the world. The World Health Organization estimated that by 2016, about 1.9 billion adults worldwide were overweight. More than 650 million of these adults were obese. These represent about 39% and 13% of the world’s adult population, respectively.

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Egypt Detects Second Monkeypox Case

Egypt has detected the second monkeypox case in the country in a citizen who had arrived from an Arab country on September 25, the health ministry said in statement on Tuesday. The ministry said the patient has been quarantined in an isolation hospital and all preventive and medical measures have…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Abortion in Kenya and Benin: medical safety isn't enough – women and girls need to feel safe socially too

Safe abortion and post abortion care are essential health services. But until the publication of the 2022 World Health Organization (WHO) abortion care guidelines there was a narrow definition of abortion safety. In previous WHO guidelines, medical safety was the guiding principle of safe abortion. Safety, according the WHO, referred…

The Conversation

Here to stay? China's cityscapes transformed by thousands of COVID test booths

A thousand days since the World Health Organization (WHO) was told of a "viral pneumonia" in central China, many countries have returned to pre-COVID-19 life. Not so China itself - in cities big or small, routine PCR testing is the new normal.

Reuters

Plan to recruit Nepal nurses for NHS puts them ‘at risk of exploitation’

Ministers accused of turning a blind eye to potential danger of abusive recruitment practices

The Guardian - UK

'Blood on your hands' if world steps back on tackling COVID now - WHO official

If rich nations think the pandemic is over, they should help lower-income countries reach that point too, a senior World Health Organization official told Reuters.

Reuters

WHO says pandemic isn’t done after Biden called it ‘over’ in US

The World Health Organization said the world isn’t at the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, just days after President Joe Biden declared it’s over in the United States.

Tribune News Service

Uganda declares Ebola outbreak after Sudan strain found

An outbreak of Ebola has been declared in Uganda after health authorities confirmed a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain, the health ministry and World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

Reuters

WHO Sends Supplies to Syria to Deal with Cholera Outbreak

A plane carrying medical supplies to deal with the spread of a deadly cholera outbreak in war-torn Syria landed in the capital of Damascus on Monday, the World Health Organization said, and another one will follow. Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO’s regional director, told The Associated Press in an interview during a…

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COVID-19 response is not ‘over’ even if Biden says pandemic is - Roll Call

His optimistic remarks about COVID-19 will not lead to any immediate change in the administration's public health posture.

AFP

China health chief tells public not to touch foreigners after first monkeypox case

Beijing (AFP) - A top Chinese health official has warned the public to avoid "skin-to-skin contact with foreigners" to prevent the spread of monkeypox after the country confirmed its first case.

WEKU

PHOTOS: The moms (and dads) of Ivory Coast are falling in love with kangaroo care

Can the warmth of a parent's chest be a boon to babies, especially premature births? In the 1970s, Colombian researchers found it did. The technique has gone global. Ivory Coast is the latest convert.

The Independent UK

WHO raises alarm on disease in flood-hit areas of Pakistan

The World Health Organization is raising the alarm about a “second disaster” in the wake of the deadly floods in Pakistan this summer, as doctors and medical workers on the ground race to battle outbreaks of waterborne and other diseases

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The WHO has advised against the use of two antibody therapies against COVID – here's what that means

New guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) strongly advises against using the antibody therapies sotrovimab and casirivimab-imdevimab to treat patients with COVID-19.

Bangkok Post

Breakthrough malaria shot needs more funding

It took scientists 30 years to create the first malaria vaccine, approved by the World Health Organization in 2021. A second, even better one is now almost ready to be deployed against the disease. Governments and philanthropies should be stepping up their funding to global health partners so they can…

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The WHO is weak, underfunded and was slow to deal with COVID-19: report

Although evidence on the virus was slow to arrive, the World Health Organization was too cautious in responding to it.

The Guardian - UK

End of Covid pandemic ‘in sight’, says World Health Organization

Global weekly deaths down to 11,118 on 5 September – the lowest level since March 2020

Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO: COVID End ‘in Sight,’ Deaths at Lowest since March 2020

The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday that the number of coronavirus deaths worldwide last week was the lowest reported in the pandemic since March 2020, marking what could be a turning point in the years-long global outbreak. At a press briefing in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom…

The Independent UK

WHO: COVID end 'in sight,' deaths at lowest since March 2020

The head of the World Health Organization says the number of coronavirus deaths last week was the lowest reported number in the pandemic since March 2020, marking what could be a turning point in the years-long global outbreak

AFP

End of Covid pandemic in sight: WHO

Geneva (AFP) - The number of newly reported Covid-19 cases has dropped dramatically, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, urging the world to seize the opportunity to end the pandemic.

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