Tag: World Health Organization
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Hepatitis viruses kill 3,500 people a day: WHO
More than 3,500 people die from hepatitis viruses every day and the global toll is rising, the World Health Organization warned on Tuesday, calling for swift action to fight the second-largest infectious killer. New data from 187 countries showed that the number of deaths from viral hepatitis rose to 1.3 million in 2022 from 1.1…
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More than half of world’s population could face measles outbreak by end of 2024: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that if urgent measures are not taken, more than half of the world’s countries may face a measles outbreak by the end of the year. During a press conference in Geneva, WHO said that many countries have not been vaccinating against measles this year.“What we are worried about…
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World must be ready to fight ‘disease X’ : WHO
Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom has said that Disease X is a global problem that we need to be prepared for. Addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the WHO head talked the next possible global epidemic, dubbed Disease X. The name was first added to the WHO…
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Children are being lured by e-cigarettes, World Health Organization warns
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that children around the world are being lured into using e-cigarettes through social media, leading to nicotine addiction. With more than 16,000 flavours of e-cigarettes available, WHO asserts urgent action to prevent children from becoming addicted to e-cigarettes. E-cigarettes are not helping in quitting smoking, and there is…
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World Health Organization’s annual report highlights growing threat of malaria due to climate change
World Health Organization (WHO) has released an annual malaria report which includes, for the first time, a dedicated chapter focused on the intersection of the disease with climate change. “We are at the crossroads of opportunities and challenges,” says the report. As described in the report, climate change is one of many threats to the…
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World Health Organization forms a commission to combat threat of ‘loneliness’
World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the formation of a ‘Commission on Social Connection’ to address loneliness as an impending threat to mental health around the world. This commission will comprise 11 members from around the world. The commission intends to boost social connection as a priority and promote solutions for the unique health threat.…
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We need to talk about depression and mental health…now
The recent tragic incident involving the son of a prominent religious scholar, Maulana Tariq Jamil, has once again brought the discussion of mental health to the forefront. The heartbreaking revelation that Asim Jamil, son of Maulana Tariq Jamil, couldn’t survive due to severe depression and eventually took his own life, highlights the urgent need to…
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Red alert: WHO, UNICEF say largest decline in childhood vaccinations in almost 30 years
The largest sustained decline in childhood vaccinations in approximately 30 years has been recorded in official data published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). According to WHO, 18 million children did not receive a single vaccine in 2021, which is the largest decline in 29 years,…
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New strain of Coronavirus detected in France, investigation underway
French scientists have identified a new variant of coronavirus with 46 mutations, named IHU or variant B.1.640.2. It infected 12 people in Southeast France. According to the hospital, IHU Mediterranee in Marseille, the strain of coronavirus was detected in early December in a traveller who returned to France from the African country, Cameroon who reportedly…
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Deadly Omicron-new variant of Covid, raises alarm
The new variant of the coronavirus was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) from South Africa on November 24. It was declared a new variant “of concern” and named it Omicron, reports the BBC. On Friday, this variant was identified as the B.1.1.529 infection which was collected from a specimen on November 9. The…