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WHO warns of health crisis ‘unfolding in real time’ across Middle East
Hostilities should halt and healthcare facilities must be treated as ‘safe havens’, WHO’s regional chief has s…
- Afghanistan, Gaza, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, Sudan, US-Israel war on Iran, World Health Organization, World news
WHO warns of health crisis ‘unfolding in real time’ across Middle East
Hostilities should halt and healthcare facilities must be treated as ‘safe havens’, WHO’s regional chief has s…
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Sir Nick White obituary
Distinguished clinician and scientist who was a leading figure in the treatment of malaria worlwideThe idea th…
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‘A potential treasure trove’: World Health Organization to explore benefits of traditional medicines
UN body to study possibility of integrating centuries-old practices into mainstream healthcareFrom herbalists …
- Global development, Global health, Health, India, Infant and child mortality, Kashmir, Maternal health, Maternal mortality, Mongolia, Pastoralism, Society, South and Central Asia, United Nations, Women, World Health Organization, World news
Born in the forest: the women giving birth alone in the Kashmiri mountains
Far from hospitals, nomadic Gujjar women routinely go into labour – and die – on their herder communities’ lon…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Global health, Health, Infant and child mortality, Infectious diseases, Malaria, Malnutrition, Polio, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Trump administration, US foreign policy, USAid, Women, World Health Organization, World news
Millions of Afghans lose access to healthcare services as USAID cuts shut clinics
Fears of surge in malnutrition, measles, malaria and polio as 206 World Health Organization facilities forced …
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Uncharted territory for the WHO if Trump withdraws US membership
WHO is ‘critical in protecting US business interests’, says CEO of firm that may see lean years if Trump carri…
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WHO implores China to finally share Covid origins data, five years on
‘This is a moral and scientific imperative,’ World Health Organization says in statement marking five years si…
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Taliban’s curbs on women add to risk of polio outbreak, health officials warn
Regime suspends polio campaign across Afghanistan over security concerns and women’s role in vaccination drive…
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BAT subsidiary lobbies Pakistan to allow export of cigarettes to Sudan
Exclusive: critics say British American Tobacco’s plan to ‘flood a country in crisis with cheap cigarettes’ is…
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Global eradication of polio ‘tantalisingly close’ with UK urged to keep up funding
After no reported cases of wild polio for 19 weeks, vaccination efforts boosted at last endemic spots in Pakis…
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Respiratory infection clusters in China not caused by novel virus, says health ministry
Data has been supplied to World Health Organization and China says flu and other known pathogens are culpritsA…
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China supplies data to WHO about clusters of respiratory illness
Epidemiologists say wave in north, particularly among children, may be partly caused by ‘immunity debt’Chinese…
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China fuels global surge in mpox cases as LGBTQ+ stigma hampers response
WHO says China facing ‘sustained community transmission’ of virus first detected as imported case last yearChi…
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Outcry as World Health Assembly locks out Taiwan under pressure from China
Taipei criticises ‘unfair and unjust’ decision to deny observer status despite support from US, UK, France and…