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WHO declares mpox public health emergency of international concern
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared mpox a “public health emergency of international concern”. The declaration comes a day after the ...COVID-19 still kills 1,700 persons a week – WHO
COVID-19 is still killing around 1,700 people a week around the world, the World Health Organization said Thursday, as it urged at-risk ...WHO announces global cholera resurgence, says 194,897 cases recorded in five months
The World Health Organisation says there has been a resurgence of cholera worldwide. In a statement on Thursday, the WHO said in ...WHO confirms first fatal case of human H5N2 bird flu in Mexico
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Mexico has reported the first-ever laboratory-confirmed human case of the H5N2 avian influenza (bird flu). Bird ...Nigeria first country to roll out new meningitis vaccine – WHO
Nigeria has become the first country in the world to roll out a new meningitis vaccine (called Men5CV) recommended by the World ...WHO ‘monitoring’ new COVID variant detected in three countries
The World Health Organisation says it is closely monitoring BA.2.86, a new variant of COVID-19, detected in Israel, Denmark and the United ...WHO to declare sweetener used in Diet Coke a possible carcinogen – Report
The International Agency for Research on Cancer is set to declare aspartame, one of the most common artificial sweeteners, a possible carcinogen. ...WHO declares end to mpox as global health emergency
The World Health Organisation on Thursday declared that the multi-country outbreak of the mpox virus, which began around a year ago, was ...COVID no longer global health emergency, WHO declares
The World Health Organisation has declared that COVID-19 is no longer a global health emergency. The organisation on January 20, 2020, had ...55 countries facing serious health worker shortages – WHO
The World Health Organisation has said no less than 55 countries are struggling with serious health worker shortages as they continue to ...
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