On 8 July 2021, a Zika virus (ZIKV) infection was laboratory-confirmed in a resident of Kerala state, south-west India
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Sexual abuse and exploitation allegedly carried out by World Health Organization (WHO) staff during the UN health agency’s response to an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is “a sickening betrayal of the people we serve,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General said on Tuesday.
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WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus recognizes Mr Brown as a leader who can shape and drive a future of robust, equitable investment in global public health
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New hub’s mission is to provide the world with better data, analytics and decisions to detect and respond to health emergencies
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The next three months will be a critical period for stepping up global collective action against future pandemics, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, pointing to three major meetings on the international agenda.
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“There remains a shocking imbalance in the global distribution of covid-19 vaccines,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General at the recent International Forum on Vaccine Cooperation.
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Negotiations are underway to bring 500 metric tonnes of urgently needed medical supplies into Afghanistan, senior regional officials with the World Health Organization (WHO) said during an online briefing on Tuesday.
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“As humanitarian needs in Afghanistan increase, the abilities to respond to those needs are rapidly declining.
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WHO, its partners and donors continue to diversify the ways they collaborate in countries where support is most needed.
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Three new candidate drugs are being tested in the latest phase of global Solidarity clinical trials to find effective treatments against COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday.
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