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Spread of polio still an international public health concern

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The opinion comes in a statement released on Tuesday following the latest meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) that provides technical advice on international public health emergencies.    “The Committee unanimously agreed that the risk of international spread of poliovirus remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) and recommended the extension of Temporary Recommendations for a further three months”, it said. … Read More
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World Braille Day marks key communication tool for millions

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It is estimated that approximately 2.2 billion people have a vision impairment or blindness, according to the Worth Health Organization (WHO), a billion of whom have either not had their condition addressed, or whose impairment could have been prevented. People with vision impairment are more likely than those without, to experience higher rates of poverty and disadvantage. Not meeting their… Read More
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Investing in health workers yields ‘triple dividend’, WHO chief says in New Year’s message

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“They are doing life-saving work every day, including during holidays when the rest of us are with our loved ones at home”, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), in his video message for the new year. “But the world needs to do a better job in supporting our health workers, paying them, training them and… Read More
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Year of the Nurse and the Midwife highlights ‘backbone’ of health systems

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For this reason, the UN agency and its partners will use the coming year to advocate for greater investment in these crucial health workers.  “Nurses and midwives are the backbone of every health system: in 2020 we’re calling on all countries to invest in nurses and midwives as part of their commitment to health for all,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO Director-General.  The International Year of the Nurse and… Read More
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New Year’s Day a reminder of need for action to prevent newborn deaths: UNICEF

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The agency believes 2020’s first baby will be born in Fiji and that globally, over half of all births on 1 January will take place in eight countries: India, China, Nigeria, Pakistan, Indonesia, the United States of America, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Ethiopia.  A warm cuddle against her mother’s skin can be life-saving for a premature baby. ‘Kangaroo… Read More
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Sub-Saharan Africa faces grave hunger challenges in 2020: UN food relief agency

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According to the WFP 2020 Global Hotspots Report, millions of people in Zimbabwe, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central Sahel region will require life-saving food assistance in the coming months – the sheer scale and complexity of which will stretch the UN food relief agency’s capacity to the limit and require generous donor support for a ramped-up… Read More
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Thursday’s Daily Brief: tobacco burn-out, cholera cases down, ‘shifting the needle’ on climate

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Time to ‘move the dial’ on climate ambition Six days after the originally scheduled closing of COP25, the head of UNFCCC, the UN body tasked with organising the climate conference, has released a statement  acknowledging that developed countries, particularly those responsible for the highest levels of harmful emissions, did not send a clear enough signal that they are ready to… Read More
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World Health Organization reports 60 per cent drop in cholera in 2018

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This points to what the UN agency described as “an encouraging trend” in prevention and control in major cholera hotspots such as Haiti, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).  “The decrease we are seeing in several major cholera-endemic countries demonstrates the increased engagement of countries in global efforts to slow and prevent cholera outbreaks and shows the vital role of… Read More
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UN health agency signals tobacco might be reaching burn-out among men

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“For the first time the number of tobacco users is declining worldwide”, Dr Ruediger Krech, Director of the Department of Health Promotion at the World Health Organization (WHO), told journalists on Wednesday in Geneva. For the first time the number of tobacco users is declining worldwide – WHO’s Dr Ruediger Krech In 2018, there were slightly more than a billion… Read More
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Low cost breast cancer medicine move good news for women: UN health agency

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The UN health agency has prequalified the biosimilar version of the medicine trastuzumab, which has shown high efficacy in curing early stage breast cancer and, in some cases, more advanced forms of the disease.  Nearly a third of the cost  Trastuzumab normally costs around $20,000 per course, putting it out of reach for many women and healthcare systems.   The biosimilar version, derived from biological sources, is around 65 per cent cheaper.   … Read More
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