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Cervical Cancer Elimination efforts. Image credit: Unsplash/National Cancer Institute As world leaders arrive in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the G20 Summit this weekend, the city’s iconic Christ the Redeemer …
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#Obesity, #WHO, #Obese, #Health, #USA, #America, #Overweight A new study estimates that over 260 million people in the USA will be either obese or overweight by 2050. Over the past three decades, there has been a …
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#WHO, #Vaccine, #Pathogens The World Health Organization has listed 17 pathogens as a priority to develop a new vaccine. The WHO-study is the first global effort to systematically prioritize endemic pathogens based …
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#Pakistan, #Lahore, #AirPollution, #AQI, #Delhi, #WHO IBNS-CMEDIA: Pakistan’s Lahore has become the world’s most polluted city with an Air Quality Index of 1,900 on Sunday, which is its highest ever, media reports said. The worsening …
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As part of ongoing efforts to enhance quality-assured testing options, the World Health Organization (WHO) has listed two additional mpox in vitro diagnostics under its Emergency Use Listing (EUL) procedure. …
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#WHO, #Mpox In October 2024, WHO and partners, in collaboration with Member States, activated the Global Health Emergency Corps (GHEC) for the first time to provide support to countries facing mpox …
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#TB, #WHO, #WHOReport, #TBDeaths, #COVID19, #InfectiousDisease The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday published a new report on tuberculosis revealing that approximately 8.2 million people were newly diagnosed with TB in 2023 – the highest …
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#WHO, #Polio Countries facing conflict, natural disasters and humanitarian crises are struggling to provide routine childhood immunisations leaving many children vulnerable to the resurgence of polio, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) …
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#WHO, #SaudiArabia, #Pilgrimage, #Hajj, #HajjPilgrims The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced a new milestone digital health collaboration recently to expand the Hajj health card initiative to support the …
Read More #Mpox, #MpoxDiagnosis, #WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday that it has approved the first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use, which will boost diagnostic capacity in countries facing outbreaks …
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