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Tonnes of COVID-19 health care waste expose urgent need to improve waste management systems

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Tens of thousands of tonnes of extra medical waste from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has put tremendous strain on health care waste management systems around the world, threatening human and environmental health and exposing a dire need to improve waste management practices, according to a new WHO report. The WHO Global analysis of health care waste in the… Read More
Health Advice 

Pandemic is not over yet by a long shot: Deaths rose every week in 2022

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SHOBHA SHUKLA, BOBBY RAMAKANT – CNS Global health thought leader Dr Tim France rightly tweeted, “Here is the WHO stating explicitly what most people I know are saying to one another privately: Is not it really risky to lift all COVID-19 related measures now, with the virus still circulating in high levels? Clearly, in these global experts’ minds, the answer… Read More
Health Advice Lifestyle 

Celebrating 70 years of GISRS (the Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System)

Global Author
Founded in 1952, the Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System, or GISRS, is celebrating 70 years of success as a worldwide network founded to protect people from the threat of influenza, reviewing its added value to other respiratory virus threats including COVID-19, and setting its sights to the future. GISRS is a proven global network that has provided a first… Read More
Development Health Advice 

WHO alert over childhood cancer inequalities in Europe

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The new WHO report sets out for the first time the scale of childhood cancer inequalities in the European Region and examines the patterns that emerge at national and regional levels surrounding the disease. “Childhood cancer inequalities in the WHO European Region” was launched on International Childhood Cancer Day marked each 15 February, and it covers the experiences of both… Read More
Development Health Advice 

WHO lauds ‘historic initiative’ on vaccine equity underway in South Africa

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“I’ve just returned from South Africa yesterday, where I met with President Ramaphosa and saw first-hand the progress underway”, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the virtual COVID-19 Small Group Minister Meeting hosted by the US Department of State. “The commitment from the government and the private sector is real”.   I used the opportunity to also ask countries to:1️⃣… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Redefining life-long benefits of sexual health – WHO

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“This review provides a simple message: programmes which better reflect the reasons people have sex – including for pleasure – see better health outcomes”. The hope is that these results will galvanize the sexual and reproductive health and rights community, to promote services that educate and equip people to engage in sex that is safe, consensual, and pleasurable. Emerging interventions… Read More
Development Health Advice 

IAEA charts Amazon waters, boosting access to life-saving cancer screening

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Procured by the UN-backed International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the mammography units will triple the current capacity for such tests in the remote region. One of the ships, Soares de Meirelles, already started delivering services along the vital South American waterway, and will soon be joined by the second vessel, the Carlos Chagas.  Importance of screening In Brazil, breast cancer… Read More
Development Health Advice 

World leaders call for $23 billion to end pandemic this year

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The UN chief was among world leaders calling for $23 billion to support the ACT-Accelerator, the landmark collaboration that makes these goods accessible to everyone globally.  Ending this pandemic can be within reach. Recent progress in vaccine distribution shows how we can deliver when we act together, with the right resources. The ACT-Accelerator provides a credible, coordinated, and costed path… Read More
Development Health Advice 

WHO highlights benefits and dangers of artificial intelligence for older people

Global Author
In a new policy brief, Ageism in artificial intelligence for health, the agency presents legal, non-legal and technical measures that can be used to minimize the risk of exacerbating or introducing ageism through AI. Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing many fields, including public health and medicine for older people. The technology can help predict health risks and events, enable drug development, support the personalization of… Read More
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