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22 Feb
I was just released from the hospital,” my mentee said to me as I called her last Monday to check in. She lives alone and she had fainted at home. Her brother found her in such a critical state and immediately rushed her to the hospital.
20 Feb
The World Health Organization said Tuesday it had transferred 32 patients out of the besieged Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza but feared for the patients and medics still inside. WHO staff said the scenes around the hospital in the southern city of Khan Yunis were "indescribable", while calling the conditions inside ripe for the spread…
20 Feb
The World Health Organization voiced alarm Tuesday at the rapid spread of measles, with more than 306,000 cases reported worldwide last year -- a 79-percent increase from 2022.
12 Feb
Year 2024 marks the final year of the World Cancer Day campaign ‘Close the Care Gap’. This annual global call to action unites humanity to prioritise life-saving cancer care and to eliminate health inequities.
12 Feb
AS the World Health Organisation (WHO) predicts a shortage of 10 million health workers by 2030, mostly in low-income countries, the Medical Rehabilitation Therapists (Registration) Board of Nigeria has lamented the increasing brain drain in the health sector.
9 Feb
Pressure is mounting on big tobacco firms to address health and environmental issues caused by tobacco use.
2 Feb
Global cancer cases are expected to rise by around 77 percent by the middle of the century, UN health authorities said on Thursday.
29 Jan
The World Health Organization said Monday that nearly half the world's population was now covered by solid rules limiting trans fat in foods and urged lagging countries to catch up.
29 Jan
…Advocates for clean, safe water Global lifestyle and wellness company, QNET, has said that proper hydration is essential for healthy living. The direct selling company also said that, water quality is very vital as inappropriately managed water and sanitation services expose individuals to health risks. QNET in a statement said: "As we step into 2024,…
25 Jan
To make sure that the world is prepared for the next pandemic, Disease X, which could be 20 times deadlier than COVID-19, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for a world pandemic treaty.
22 Jan
The head of the World Health Organization voiced fears Monday that countries will fail to strike a pandemic preparedness agreement by May, saying "future generations may not forgive us".
16 Jan
At least 1.4 million lives have been saved in Europe thanks to Covid vaccines, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, recalling that the virus was "here to stay". The WHO European region -- which covers 53 countries including those of Central Asia -- has registered more than 277.7 million cases of Covid-19 and more…
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