The sudden decline in funding is hitting the HIV response “like a shock wave,” said Winnie Byanyima, executive director of UNAIDS, adding…
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The UN food safety agency warns that recycled plastics and alternative packaging materials can help reduce waste, but only if recycling systems are…
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Independent studies by the agencies paint a picture of widening disparities that begin in childhood and continue into higher education, despite…
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The repatriation effort, coordinated by Spanish authorities with the support of the WHO, the European Union, the European Center for Disease…
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The ship arrived in the Canary Islands after weeks at sea in the center of an international public health response sparked by a hantavirus outbreak…
“During 1,534 days of war, Ukraine’s health system has come under repeated attacks,” he said. Every aspect of the system has been…
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The findings, published in the lanceta highly respected medical journal, are based on a large-scale evaluation of the RTS,S malaria vaccine…
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In a rare personal message to the island’s residents on Saturday, Dr Tedros confirmed that he would travel to Spanish territory to supervise…
“This is not COVID,” a WHO spokesperson told reporters at a briefing in Geneva, as the agency continues to coordinate the response to the deadly…
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Three people died and several more fell ill aboard the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius, prompting a major international public health response involving…
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