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WHO sounds warning on Sudan health crisis

by Newsdesk-Top NewsWorld News29 December 202329 December 2023

Reading Time: 2 minutes Since the conflict broke out in April, the violence has killed more than 12,000 people, according to a conservative estimate by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project…reports Asian…

WHO @75

by Newsdesk-Top NewsWorldWorld News7 April 20237 April 2023

Reading Time: 2 minutes Despite the achievements, the WHO Chief said that the world is still faced with many old and new challenges, particularly vast inequities in access to health services…reports Asian Lite News…

WHO reiterates commitment to achieve world free of AIDS 

by Newsdesk-Top NewsWorld News1 December 20221 December 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutes WHO further called for actions by policymakers and leaders across the world to combat the disease…reports Asian Lite News On World AIDS Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reiterated its…

WHO declares monkeypox a global emergency

by Newsdesk-Top NewsWorld News24 July 202224 July 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutes WHO previously declared emergencies for public health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2014 West African Ebola outbreak, the Zika virus in Latin America in 2016 and the ongoing…

Monkeypox declared global health emergency

by Newsdesk-Top NewsHealthWorld23 July 202223 July 2022

Reading Time: < 1 minute Expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that now qualifies as a global emergency. The World Health Organisation on Saturday declared the monkeypox as public…

Covid-19 nowhere near over, warns WHO

by Newsdesk-Top NewsWorldWorld News13 July 202213 July 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes Last Friday, the WHO’s Emergency Committee concluded that the virus remains a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) and warned of several interlinked challenges….reports Asian Lite News The ongoing…

FIGHT AGAINST MALARIA

by NewsdeskAfrica NewsArab NewsHealth26 April 202226 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutes WHO says Malaria killed over 600,000 people in Africa last year. Malaria remains a significant public health and development challenge and in the last year, about 95% of the estimated…

 WHO Alerts African Nations

by Newsdesk-Top NewsAfrica NewsNews18 April 202218 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes WHO says Africa not yet out of Covid-19 despite decreasing infections African countries need to stay vigilant and weigh the risks before relaxing Covid-19 measures, despite the decreasing infections, warned…

Africa not yet out of Covid-19 despite decreasing infections: WHO

by NewsdeskAfrica NewsCOVID-19News15 April 202215 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes African countries need to stay vigilant and weigh the risks before relaxing Covid-19 measures, despite the decreasing infections, warned the World Health Organisation (WHO) in a statement, noting that the…

A third of world remains unvaccinated: WHO

by Newsdesk-Top NewsCOVID-19World News31 March 202231 March 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutes Besides continuing to respond to the pandemic, WHO is also putting in place new measures to help keep the world safe against future epidemics….reports Asian Lite News  Even as some…