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WHO/UNAIDS launch new standards to improve adolescent care

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New Global standards for quality health-care services for adolescents developed by WHO and UNAIDS aim to help countries improve the quality of adolescent health care. Global standards for quality health-care services for adolescents Existing health services often fail the world’s adolescents (10-19-year-olds). Many adolescents who suffer from mental health disorders, substance use, poor nutrition, intentional injuries and chronic illness do… Read More
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WHO urges faster action to end lead exposure which kills 3.5 million annually

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The UN agency issued the call ahead of  International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, which runs from 18-26 October.  Although exposure is entirely preventable, fewer than half of countries had confirmed legally binding controls on paint containing lead, according to the agency’s latest global assessment.  ‘Stealing children’s potential’  The risks to children are particularly dangerous because their developing brains and nervous… Read More
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Witch hunt in Enugu: AfAW welcomes Medical Treatment of Victim and Police Investigation of Incident

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By Leo Igwe  The Advocacy for Alleged Witches, in collaboration with the Ministry for Gender and Women Affairs, is sponsoring a medical examination of the woman accused and abused for witchcraft in Enugu, southern Nigeria. This intervention underscores the group’s zero tolerance of witch hunts and its commitment to ending abuses linked to witchcraft beliefs and ritual attacks in Nigeria.… Read More
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WHO calls for urgent health action across the Eastern Mediterranean

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was speaking on Wednesday to health leaders and senior officials attending the WHO regional committee meeting underway in Cairo, Egypt.  “Over the past year, Member States have continued to advance the health and wellbeing of their people, often under the most difficult circumstances,” he said in remarks on the annual report for the region, which spans 22… Read More
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Health workers tackle taboos over drinking with new AI tool

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“Alcohol harm isn’t abstract,” said Dr. Carina Ferreira-Borges, the WHO Europe regional adviser on alcohol. “It can be heart and liver disease. It can be a baby exposed to alcohol before birth. It can be anxiety and depression. It can be a woman who develops breast cancer without ever being told alcohol was a risk.”  The launch highlighted the widespread lack… Read More
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Yemen: Houthi siege, cholera outbreak and aid cuts put civilians in the crosshairs

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Taiz, Yemen’s third largest city, has been a major battleground between the Iran-backed Houthis and the internationally recognised Saudi-backed Yemeni government since the start of the war in 2014.  The Houthis have besieged the city since 2015 but tightened their blockade at the start of this month when they took control of the last main road between Taiz and other… Read More
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General Assembly adopts pandemic declaration, but not by consensus

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The text was due to be approved by consensus at a high-level meeting on 25 September.  Objections from the United States and a few other States blocked that, pushing the issue back to the assembly. Read the full political declaration here. Chile’s representative summed up one prevailing view, saying that “no country, no matter how big it might be or how… Read More
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