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World News in Brief: Vaccine ‘patches’ trial shows promise, lowering catheter infection risk, Guantanamo detainee facing revictimisation

Thu, 05/09/2024 - 08:00
Few enjoy having injections and if you have children, you probably like them even less when it’s time for their mandated vaccine shots.
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No sign yet of H5N1 bird flu spreading between humans, says WHO chief

Wed, 05/08/2024 - 08:00
The H5N1 avian influenza virus has so far shown no signs of adapting to allow human-to-human transmission, the UN health agency said on Wednesday, urging continued surveillance.
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Patients in Rafah ‘afraid to seek services’, WHO reports

Tue, 05/07/2024 - 08:00
The World Health Organization (WHO) has taken “crucial steps” in the event of a large-scale Israeli military operation in Rafah, Dr. Ahmed Dahir, team lead of its office in Gaza, told UN News on Tuesday.
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Peace or war, midwives keep delivering

Sun, 05/05/2024 - 08:00
Millions of lives each year rely on the expertise and care of midwives and yet a global shortage is squeezing the profession like never before, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency UNPFA said on Sunday, marking the International Day of the Midwife. 
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First Person: Women in Madagascar too ashamed to seek help giving birth

Sun, 05/05/2024 - 08:00
Some of the poorest women in an underdeveloped region south of Madagascar are “too ashamed” to seek the maternal health services they need, according to a midwife working in a health centre supported by United Nations agencies, but that may be about to change.
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Europe: Report highlights direct link between pandemic and childhood obesity

Wed, 05/01/2024 - 08:00
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased obesity in school-aged children in Europe, the World Health Organization (WHO) office for the region said in a new report issued on Wednesday, sounding the alarm for action. 
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‘Just in case’ antibiotics widely overused during COVID-19, says UN health agency

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 08:00
Antibiotics saw “extensive overuse” globally among hospitalised COVID-19 patients during the pandemic without improving clinical outcomes, while also potentially increasing the already serious and growing threat of antimicrobial resistance from "superbugs", the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
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Gender therapy review reveals devastating impacts on teens

Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
A top Human Rights Council-appointed expert has welcomed the decision by all health authorities in the United Kingdom to halt the routine use of puberty-blockers offered to children as part of gender transition services, amid a sharp increase more widely in the number of teenage girls seeking such treatment and concerns that it might disrupt brain development.
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Teen alcohol and nicotine use in Europe is up, WHO urges preventive measures

Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
Smoking and drinking is on the rise among teenagers in Europe, Central Asia and Canada, and girls now match or even exceed boys when it comes to substance use, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new report on Thursday.
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New global campaign boosts lifesaving vaccines

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
Two UN agencies alongside the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the global vaccine alliance Gavi launched on Wednesday a campaign to scale up programmes to save lives, marking the start of World Immunisation Week, celebrated annually during the last week of April.
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Latest hunger data spotlights extent of famine risk in Gaza, Sudan and beyond

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
Dangerous levels of acute hunger affected a staggering 281.6 million people last year – the fifth year in a row that food insecurity has worsened – heightening growing fears of famine and “widespread death” from Gaza to Sudan and beyond, UN agencies warned on Wednesday.
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Heatwave deaths increased across almost all Europe in 2023, says UN weather agency

Mon, 04/22/2024 - 08:00
Climate change shocks caused record levels of disruption and misery for millions in Europe in 2023 with widespread flooding and severe heatwaves – a new normal which countries must adapt to as a priority, the UN weather agency said on Monday. 
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Pandemic experts express concern over avian influenza spread to humans

Thu, 04/18/2024 - 08:00
The ongoing global spread of “bird flu” infections to mammals including humans is a significant public health concern, senior UN medics said on Thursday, as they announced new measures to tackle airborne diseases.
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Violations of women’s reproductive health rights trigger rise in preventable deaths

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 08:00
African women are 130 times more likely to die due to pregnancy or childbirth complications than women in Europe and Northern America, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA) said in a new report published on Wednesday.
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Nigeria first country to introduce ‘revolutionary’ meningitis vaccine

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 08:00
Nigeria has become the first country to roll out a “revolutionary” five-in-one vaccine against meningitis, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement on Friday.  
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Hepatitis killing thousands daily, WHO warns in new report

Tue, 04/09/2024 - 08:00
The number of lives lost due to viral hepatitis infections is increasing and already accounts for 3,500 deaths daily, according to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO) released on Tuesday.
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Mother makes 200km emergency trip across rural Madagascar to save baby

Sat, 04/06/2024 - 08:00
A young mother in Madagascar has been describing how she was forced to make a 200km emergency journey on challenging rural roads to a specialist regional hospital after she experienced difficulties giving birth at home.
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Gaza: ‘Systematic dismantling of healthcare must end’ says WHO

Sat, 04/06/2024 - 08:00
With the largest hospital in Gaza largely destroyed and out of action, access to healthcare has now become “totally inadequate” following six months of brutal fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants, said the World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday.
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World News in Brief: Security Council condemns DR Congo attacks, cholera testing breakthrough, ‘my health, my right’ campaign

Fri, 04/05/2024 - 08:00
The UN Security Council on Friday strongly condemned the latest rise in attacks by the M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s restive east, which has undermined security and exacerbated an already dire humanitarian situation.
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Sudan: Aid lifeline reaches Darfur region in bid to avert ‘hunger catastrophe’

Fri, 04/05/2024 - 08:00
Two aid convoys carrying lifesaving supplies have reached Sudan’s Darfurs for the first time in months, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday, as humanitarians try to avert a “hunger catastrophe”, after nearly a year of heavy fighting.
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