Marburg Virus Alert: WHO’s Tedros Advises Against Travel Restrictions in Tanzania
UN News The head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has advised against travel restrictions linked to the Marburg virus outbreak in Tanzania. WHO […]
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Unstable Healthcare System and Escalating Crisis: The Taliban Are an Obstacle to Health Services
Hasht-e-Subh The World Health Organization (WHO) has published a report stating that restrictions imposed by the Taliban have hindered thousands of women from accessing healthcare, […]
New Round of Talks on Global Plastic Pollution Treaty Under Way in Nairobi
© UNEP Dandora landfill in Nairobi, Kenya, where much of the waste in the landfill is plastic (file photo). UNNEWS Negotiators from around the world […]
UN and partners visit severely damaged Jenin Refugee Camp
© UNRWA/Tareq Shalash The two-day Israeli military operation, which included airstrikes in this densely populated community, caused the worst level of destruction in more than […]
Mpox public health emergency declared over
© WHO/Khaled Mostafa A doctor looks at an image of a Mpox lesion on his computer screen at a sexual health clinic in Lisbon, Portugal. […]
WHO chief declares end to COVID-19 as a global health emergency
© WHO/Michael Duff Nurses work at a mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Rofunta, Sierra Leone, in December 2022. UN NEWS The head of the UN […]
Omicron Still Dominates Globally
Omicron and its descendent lineages are still the dominant COVID 19 variant globally but have declined in relative prevalence, according to the World Health Organization. […]
WHO Assesses new viruses and highlights critical importance of sharing sequences
© UNICEF/Delil Souleiman A mother in Raqqa city, Syria, collects medicine for her children suffering with diarrhoea and also receives instructions on how to sterilize […]
Motorbike ambulance saves mothers and babies in Kenya
© UNFPA/Luis Tato The motorcycle ambulance has significantly reduced the time required to deliver essential and urgent medical assistance to local communities. UN News The […]
New Omicron variant more transmissible
Monica Sharik, a vaccinator at Dusten Kura Gwari, Chanchagi LGA WHO Image UN News Officials with the World Health Organization (WHO) say a new Omicron […]