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WHO Welcomes Japanโ€™s US $240,000 Humanitarian Aid to Support Life-Saving Health Services in Afghanistan

Japan has provided US$240,000 in humanitarian funding to WHO to support essential…

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WHO launches new cancer control planning course

In support of cancer control efforts in countries around the world, theย WHO…

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WHO warns of dangerous escalation of attacks on health care in Sudan

Attacks on health care in Sudan are becoming deadlier and more widespread,…

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WHO expert groupโ€™s new analysis reaffirms there is no link between vaccines and autism

New analysis from a WHO global expert committee on vaccine safety has…

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WHO issues global guideline on the use of GLP-1 medicines in treating obesity

To address the growing global health challenge of obesity, which affects more…

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Pakistan launches nationwide measles-rubella vaccination campaign to protect 34 million children

The Government of Pakistanโ€™s Federal Directorate for Immunization (FDI), in partnership with…

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Zimbabwe strengthens integrated cancer services to improve womenโ€™s health

Zimbabwe is intensifying efforts to improve the prevention, early detection and treatment…

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More countries report rising levels of drug-resistant gonorrhoea, warns WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that gonorrhoea, a sexually transmitted infection,…

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World marks cervical cancer elimination day as countries accelerate action

November 17 marks the World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day โ€“ mandated by…

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Egypt becomes the seventh country in the Eastern Mediterranean Region to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Egypt has successfully eliminated trachoma…

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