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WHO Chief Says We Are ‘Increasingly Blind’ on COVID Transmission

The head of the World Health Organization on Tuesday urged countries to maintain surveillance of coronavirus infections, saying the world was "blind" to how the virus is spreading because of falling testing rates. "As many countries reduce testing, WHO is receiving less and less information about transmission and sequencing," Director-General…

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KSrelief Signs Agreements to Offer Medical, Shelter Assistance for Ukrainian Refugees in Neighboring Countries

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) signed on Monday two cooperation agreements with the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNHCR to offer medical and shelter assistance for Ukrainian refugees in neighboring countries, mainly Poland, reported the Saudi Press Agency. KSrelief Assistant Supervisor General for Operations and Programs…

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Ebola alert: Second patient dies in days - WHO warns 'time is NOT on our side'

Genetic testing showed an infection confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo last week was a new "spillover event", a transmission from an infected animal, and not linked to the last outbreak, the World Health Organization said

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Ebola hits Democratic Republic of Congo, again

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s health authorities have declared a new Ebola virus outbreak in Equateur Province on Monday - its third since 2018. With help from the World Health Organization, it has identified more than 100 contact cases.

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One child dies amid mysterious hepatitis outbreak, says World Health Organization

17 children have required liver transplants as a result of the hepatitis cases, says WHO

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Child dies of hepatitis as 114 cases of mysterious strain found in UK

Most of the hepatitis cases in children have been found in the UK.

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How to design a pandemic fund

With over two-thirds of the African continent still unvaccinated against Covid-19, it is clear that the global pandemic preparedness and response (PPR) regime remains seriously underfunded and lacking in resilient, effective delivery systems. While the World Health Organization's Access to Covid-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A) has helped to address the gross…

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World Health Organization (WHO) monitoring hepatitis surge affecting children in Tayside

Public Health Scotland (PHS) chiefs were also made aware of the cases of hepatitis – an inflammation of the liver – identified in children aged between one and five years old who have been admitted to hospital across the central belt

Daily Record

WHO 'Strongly Recommends' Pfizer's Covid Pill

The World Health Organization said Friday it "strongly recommended" Pfizer's Covid-19 antiviral pill Paxlovid for patients with milder forms of the disease who were still at a high risk of hospitalization. However the UN agency warned it was "extremely concerned" that the inequality in access seen with Covid vaccines would…

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Taliban Allow Girl Kept Chained Up In Cage For Years In Kandahar To Be Freed For Treatment Abroad

Bibi Asiyeh, 18, has reportedly been kept in a cage for years by her father in Kandahar.

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WHO says global COVID cases, deaths declined again last week

The World Health Organization says that the number of reported new COVID-19 cases worldwide decreased by nearly a quarter last week

The Independent UK

COVID-19 is on the decline in Latin America and the Caribbean, but remains a threat

While COVID-19 deaths and infections in the Americas region over the past week are at the lowest levels since the pandemic began two years ago, the World Health Organization’s regional arm warned Wednesday that countries should not think the pandemic is over.

Miami Herald

Face of Sweden’s virus strategy doesn't get WHO job

Sweden’s former chief epidemiologist who was considered the architect of Swedish pandemic approach, which avoided lockdowns but saw the Scandinavian country earn one of the world’s highest per capita COVID-19 death rates, isn’t going to work for the World Health Organization after all

The Independent UK

WHO funding plan watered down after U.S. calls for reform - draft document

A planned funding overhaul aimed at strengthening the World Health Organization (WHO) has been partly watered down, according to an internal document seen by Reuters, after pressure from the United States and other donor countries.

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The Valneva COVID vaccine has been approved for use in the UK – here's what the evidence says

The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved a new COVID vaccine. VLA2001 is manufactured by French pharmaceutical company Valneva for use in the UK and was approved on April 14 for use in adults between the ages of 18 and 50 for first and second doses.

The Independent UK

WHO: COVID cases, deaths in Africa drop to lowest levels yet

The World Health Organization says the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in Africa have dropped to their lowest levels since the pandemic began, marking the longest decline yet seen in the disease

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WHO chief: World treats crises differently depending on race

Referencing the Tigray crisis, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says world ‘is not treating the human race the same way’.

The Independent UK

WHO chief: Focus on Ukraine shows bias against Black lives

The head of the World Health Organization slammed the global community for its almost singular focus on the war in Ukraine, arguing that crises elsewhere, including in his home country of Ethiopia, are not being given equal consideration possibly because the people suffering are not white

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WHO: COVID Cases and Deaths Fall for 3rd Consecutive Week

The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported to the World Health Organization fell for a third consecutive week, a trend likely helped by the dismantling of testing and surveillance programs. In its latest weekly report on the pandemic, issued late Tuesday, the UN health agency said the more…

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WHO: COVID cases and deaths fall for 3rd consecutive week

The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported to the World Health Organization has fallen for a third consecutive week

Inverse

Why did the CDC get so much about Covid-19 wrong?

In this edition of Inverse Daily, find out about the consequences of the CDC and the WHO's initial Covid-19 messaging, an interstellar meteor dividing the science community, and more.

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WHO tracking ‘a few dozen’ cases of two new COVID-19 variants

The World Health Organization is keeping an eye on two new strains of COVID-19 that have popped up around the world.

Radio France Internationale

WHO to set up global centre for traditional medicine in India’s Gujarat

The World Health Organization will set up a global hub for traditional medicine to provide affordable healthcare solutions and research as well as reliable evidence that alternative healing is based on science and not fiction.

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Kenya puts in place tougher labelling for baby foods, bottles, teats and pacifiers

The Kenyan government has provided more stringent measures for the labelling of feeding bottle, teat and pacifier packages. It wants the labels of these products to include a warning that their use can have negative effects on breastfeeding.

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Egypt Receives 1.5 Million COVID Vaccine Doses from US

Egypt has received 1.5 million doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine donated by the US government. Acting Health Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar said Egypt received 1,501,110 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses gifted by the US and delivered through the COVAX initiative and in cooperation with the Vaccine Alliance (GAVI). The new batch…

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