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Rash of child deaths in Gambia linked to cough syrups made in India -WHO

The deaths of dozens of young children in Gambia from acute kidney injuries may be linked to contaminated cough and cold syrups made by an Indian drug manufacturer, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Oct 5, 2022

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 · Oct 4, 2022

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 · Oct 4, 2022

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 · Sep 27, 2022

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 · Sep 26, 2022

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 · Sep 25, 2022

'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 · Sep 23, 2022

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 · Sep 22, 2022

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 · Sep 20, 2022

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 20, 2022