Vaccination
WTO seeks shot in the arm with COVID jab IP idea
The WTO's search for a role in fighting the pandemic sharpened up on Monday as ministers seek a compromise to lift intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines.
Jun 13, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Over 70% of people infected with coronavirus in China recovered: WHO
The World Health Organization said Monday that more than 70 percent of those infected with the new coronavirus in China have recovered, adding that the country was "bringing its epidemic under control".
Mar 9, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO says virus at 'decisive point' as world battles spread
The World Health Organization declared Thursday that the new coronavirus epidemic was at a "decisive point" as countries across the globe battled to contain the deadly outbreak.
Feb 27, 2020
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Health
Poor sanitation kills 2.7 mn people a year, UN reports
Improving sanitation and building more toilets could save millions of lives around the world and would remove an important source of inequality, the UN said Friday ahead of World Toilet Day.
Nov 16, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO hails big gains in anti-malaria fight
The World Health Organisation heralded major gains Tuesday in the fight against malaria, one of the developing world's biggest killers, but warned universal access to treatment remains elusive.
Apr 24, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Migration officials say cholera in Haiti on rise
(AP)—The world's largest agency that deals with global migration says cholera is again on the rise in Haiti.
Nov 16, 2012
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Health
Passive smoking under fire when Swiss head to the polls
Switzerland is deeply divided ahead of a vote Sunday on whether to beef up a ban on smoking in indoor workplaces and public spaces, with supporters stressing the health benefits of less second-hand smoke and opponents decrying ...
Sep 20, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
World experts race to deploy experimental Ebola drugs (Update)
World health experts met in Geneva on Thursday for urgent talks on fast-tracking experimental drugs as doctors in the worst-hit countries pleaded to be given the serums.
Sep 4, 2014
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Health
1,000 women a day die in childbirth, says MSF
About 1000 women die each day in childbirth or from preventable complications related to pregnancy, humanitarian group Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) said Thursday.
Mar 8, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO says global COVID cases, deaths declined again last week
The World Health Organization says that the number of reported new COVID-19 cases worldwide decreased by nearly a quarter last week, continuing a decline since the end of March.
Apr 21, 2022
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