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$29 billion a year by 2025 needed to get back on track to tackle AIDS, say UNAIDS

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UNAIDS adopted the new Global AIDS Strategy 2021–2026 during a special session, chaired by the Minister of Health of Namibia, held on 24 and 25 March 2021. The new #GlobalAIDSStrategy is here! The strategy aims to get every country and every community on-track to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. Find out more ?? — UNAIDS (@UNAIDS) March… Read More
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International equitable vaccine effort ships 32 million shots to 61 countries 

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At the beginning of the year, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had called for countries to work together, so that all States could begin vaccinating within the first 100 days of 2021.  “177 countries and economies have started vaccination”, he said at a regular press briefing, adding that with just 15 days left before the 100 days are up, 36… Read More
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Drug use among older persons a ‘hidden epidemic’, narcotics experts warn

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The independent expert body also highlighted the negative impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the global supply of medicines, and on the well-being of people with mental health and substance abuse disorders.  An ‘alarming trend’  “The pandemic has caused great harm to the health and the well-being of older people. However, there is also a hidden epidemic of drug… Read More
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Global COVID-19 infections rise for fourth consecutive week, deaths level off

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The number of new deaths from the coronavirus levelled off after a six-week decrease, with just over 60,000 new deaths reported. Europe and the Americas continued to account for nearly eight in 10 of all cases and deaths, while the only region to report a decline in fatalities was the Western Pacific, down nearly a third, compared to the previous… Read More
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Inequity of COVID-19 vaccines grows ‘more grotesque every day’ – WHO chief

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“In January, I said that the world was on the brink of a catastrophic moral failure unless urgent steps were taken to ensure equitable distribution of vaccines”, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists at a regular news briefing.  “Today, AstraZeneca announced positive results from a trial of the vaccine among 32,000+ people in ??… Read More
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Women ‘systematically excluded’ from COVID response, despite being worst affected 

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Women have suffered the worst impacts of COVID not only on the frontlines of healthcare, but also through the loss of jobs as the informal economy shrinks; an alarming spike in domestic violence; and the unpaid care burden that threatens to push 47 million additional women into extreme poverty, said a report published on Monday by UN Women, the UN… Read More
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1.4 million with tuberculosis, lost out on treatment during first year of COVID-19

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Latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO) from more than 80 countries, showed a reduction in treatment of 21 per cent in the first year of the pandemic, compared with 2019. “#Tuberculosis is preventable & treatable, but remains 1 of the ?’s top infectious killers because too many people go undiagnosed. Improved screening is essential to rapidly identify people… Read More
Health Advice Lifestyle 

New global breast cancer initiative highlights renewed commitment to improve survival

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A major new collaborative effort, the Global Breast Cancer Initiative, is being introduced today by the World Health Organization, with the objective of reducing global breast cancer mortality by 2.5% per year until 2040, thereby averting an estimated 2.5 million deaths.  In recognition of International Women’s Day, WHO is hosting an advocacy event “Hearing the call of women with breast… Read More
Health Advice Lifestyle 

Medical Product Alert N°1/2021: Falsified Vitamin A

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Falsified VITAMIN A (retinol) identified in WHO region of Africa Alert Summary This WHO Medical Product Alert refers to two falsified VITAMIN A (retinol) capsules identified in Chad and reported to WHO in November 2020. Laboratory analysis of recovered samples identified that both products are severely degraded and underdosed – containing less than the stated active ingredient. Both falsified products… Read More
Health Advice Lifestyle 

WHO signs MoU with Women in Global Health on International Women’s Day

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Women deliver health. Women comprise almost 70% of health and care workers globally. Yet, women are not equally represented in decision making positions. WHO has been working with partners to redress this gap and ensure that the women who are delivering health are included at all levels of decision making and leadership.   Today, March 8th, International Women’s Day with the… Read More
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