WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the Israeli military had entered the UN agency's staff residence, forced women and children to evacuate on foot, and handcuffed, stripped and interrogated male staff at gunpoint.
IPC, WHO to promote diversity and equity in health and sports
The two partners will collaborate to improve global access to quality rehabilitation and assistive technology for the disabled
UN warns of ‘perfect storm’ as childhood vaccination plummets
A full 23 million children missed out on basic childhood vaccines last year, as routine health services were hit by the pandemic
China’s 70-year effort makes it malaria-free
China becomes the 40th territory certified malaria-free by WHO For four consecutive years, no case was reported GENEVA: China was certified as malaria-free on Wednesday by the World Health Organization, following a 70-year effort to eradicate the mosquito-borne disease. The country reported 30 million cases of the infectious disease annually...
Distribution, delivery may pose a challenge to G7 vaccine pledge: WEF Digital Editor
Vaccine manufacturing, patent protection, surplus doses disposal, cold storage needs a challenge So far, only slightly more than one in five people worldwide estimated to have had at least a single dose An additional 870 million Covid-19 doses promised by the G7 have been hailed as a "big help" by...
WHO urges joint effort to provide vaccines, health supplies
The WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All calls for joint effort to provide therapeutics, diagnostics, and other essential health supplies Calls for the re-imagining of health innovations to meet challenges The WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All has made an impassioned appeal to...
E-commerce spurs sales in postnatal health market: FMI study
The global postnatal health supplements market is forecast to expand at 7 percent CAGRÂ between 2021 and 2031 According to the WHO, more than 50,000 women in the US experienced severe birth defects in 2015 The global postnatal health supplements market is forecast to expand at 7 percent CAGRÂ between...$50-billion global plan mooted to deal with pandemic, drive recovery
$50 billion needed to enhance manufacturing capacity, supply, trade flows, and delivery Governments urged to act or risk continued waves, explosive outbreaks of COVID-19 The heads of the world’s predominant global financing, health and trade agencies have united to urge government leaders to urgently finance a new $50 billion...
UAE urges smokers to quit after WHO warning
The UAE has also imposed a selective tax on tobacco and its derivatives by 50 – 75 %Doctors call for global action against climate-linked health risks
The list of ailments people suffer from climate change is getting longer every day: Doctors The risks posed by climate change could dwarf that of any single disease, warned WHO chief Hundreds of health workers marched to the World Health Organization on Saturday demanding that authorities in all countries recognize...
Smokers are up to 50 percent more likely to die from Covid: WHO
The UN health agency’s 'Commit to Quit’ tobacco campaign has made resources from its Quitting Toolkit freely available to more than a billion tobacco users
