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Dead and injured following attacks on Ebola responders in the Democratic Republic …
Two attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have killed 4 workers responding to the Ebola outbreak and injured 5 others.
Health in all policies: the case of air pollution, urban health and …
WHO concluded the successful Health in All Policies (HiAP) Workshop: The case of air pollution, urban health and sustainability. This was the 21st workshop in …
Major milestone for WHO-supported Ebola vaccine
The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes the European Medicines Agency (EMA) announcement recommending a conditional marketing authorization for the rVSV-ZEBOV-GP vaccine, which has been shown …
Universal Health Coverage Passes Key Global Milestone
The World Health Organization today welcomed a new Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Resolution on achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030. The resolution, adopted at the …
Multilateral agencies launch a joint plan to boost global health goals
Today at the United Nations General Assembly, 12 multilateral agencies launched a joint plan to better support countries over the next 10 years to accelerate …
Call for action to reduce the harmful use of alcohol
For the first time, delegations from all 193 Member States of World Health Organization (WHO) reached consensus at the World Health Assembly on a resolution …
Tropical Data: a WHO-led initiative to help national programmes collect and do …
Tropical Data, an initiative led by the World Health Organization, is being launched today. Tropical Data provides an end-to-end epidemiological survey support service – from …
WHO launches new report on the global tobacco epidemic
Many governments are making progress in the fight against tobacco, with 5 billion people today living in countries that have introduced smoking bans, graphic warnings …
World hunger is still not going down after three years and obesity …
An estimated 820 million people did not have enough to eat in 2018, up from 811 million in the previous year, which is the third …
WHO highlights devastating global impact of drowning
• Every hour, every day, more than 40 people lose their lives to drowning • 372 000 people drown each year, with those under 5 …
WHO updates personal protective equipment guidelines for Ebola response
As part of WHO’s commitment to safety and protection of healthcare workers and patients from transmission of Ebola virus disease, WHO has conducted a formal …
WHO recommends 29 ways to stop surgical infections and avoid superbugs
People preparing for surgery should always have a bath or shower but not be shaved, and antibiotics should only be used to prevent infections before …
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