Nearly 40 million children susceptible to measles due to COVID-19 disruptions
Pandemic-related disruptions caused 25 million boys and girls to miss their first dose of the measles vaccine last year, while
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Open Veins of Africa Bleeding Heavily
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Ndongo Samba Sylla (dakar and kuala lumpur) Tuesday, November 22, 2022 Inter Press Service DAKAR and
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US to Fight Sexual Abuse in International Organizations
by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, November 21, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Nov 21 (IPS) – The United States,
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WHO convenes experts to identify new pathogens that could spark pandemics
WHO is convening over 300 scientists who will consider the evidence on over 25 virus families and bacteria, as well
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First Person: Saving lives and preventing the spread of cholera in Haiti
A community health worker in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, has been describing how she is going door-to-door to raise awareness
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Peruvian Women Still Denied Their Right to Abortion
Yomira Cuadros faced motherhood at an early age, as well as the obstacles of a sexist society like Peru’s, regarding
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WHO unveils new strategy to tackle antimalarial drug resistance in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for a disproportionately high share of the global malaria burden, with around 96 per cent of all
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Score ‘triple billion’ health goals, ahead of World Cup kick-off: WHO
On Saturday, people all around the world are “Walking the Talk” to reach the goals: one billion more people benefitting
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UN’s game plan for sanitation for all
“SDG 6.2 is about ending open defecation and providing access to safe sanitation and hygiene, and it is the furthest off-track of
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Doses of Ebola candidate vaccines expected to be shipped to Uganda next week: WHO
Uganda is going through a major outbreak of the deadly disease, and there have been 141 confirmed cases to date,
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