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WEB23 September 2024. Joint News Release. WHO and multilateral development banks kick off US$ 1.5 billion primary health financing platform with new funds and launch of first investment plans in 15 countries. 23 September 2024. News release. Boosting digital health can help prevent millions of deaths from noncommunicable diseases. 23 September 2024.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) news - World Health …
WEBNews – Here you can find all news releases, statements and speeches about the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Multi-country monkeypox outbreak in non-endemic countries
WEBMay 21, 2022 — A person of any age presenting in a monkeypox non-endemic country [2] with an unexplained acute rash. AND. One or more of the following signs or symptoms, since 15 March 2022: Headache. Acute onset of fever (>38.5 o C), Lymphadenopathy (swollen lymph nodes) Myalgia (muscle and body aches) Back pain.
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WEBSep 4, 2024 — WHO Bioinformatics Workshop to Strengthen the Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS) in Collaboration with GISAID and WHO Collaborating Centre for Influenza in Australia. 28 September 2024 09:00 – 17:00 AET. World Rabies Day.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - World Health Organization (WHO)
WEBApr 26, 2024 — Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Most people infected with the virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment. However, some will become seriously ill and require medical attention. Older people and those with …
WHO Member States agree way forward to conclude Pandemic …
WEBMay 28, 2024 — WHO Member States agreed to continue to work during the World Health Assembly, which ends on 1 June, with the aim to: finalize the package of amendments to the IHR (2005) agree the timing, format and process to conclude the pandemic agreement. During today’s session, the WHA first considered agenda item 13.4 on the draft …
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WEBSep 19, 2024 — WHO at UNGA: Call for urgent, high-level action to address global scourge of antimicrobial resistance. 17 September 2024. News release. “Get it right, make it safe!”: WHO highlights safe diagnosis during global campaign for patient safety. 13 …
Fake news: What it is, and how to spot it | World Economic Forum
WEBMar 6, 2019 — One of the central challenges of fake news is that it places the onus to verify stories on the reader, who could be a person without the time, energy or resources to do so. You’re the detective now. Image: IFLA. 2016 marked a turning point for awareness as Oxford Dictionaries said its Word of the Year was “post-truth”, defined as ...
WHO highlights urgent need to transform mental health and …
WEBJun 17, 2022 — The World Health Organization today released its largest review of world mental health since the turn of the century. The detailed work provides a blueprint for governments, academics, health professionals, civil society and others with an ambition to support the world in transforming mental health. In 2019, nearly a billion people – …
Climate change: Land degradation and desertification
WEBOct 26, 2020 — It is also caused by human activities that pollute or degrade the quality of soils and land utility. It negatively affects food production, livelihoods, and the production and provision of other ecosystem goods and services. Desertification is a form of land degradation by which fertile land becomes desert.
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