A new philanthropic project hopes to invest $100 million in 10 countries, mostly in Africa, by 2030 to support 200,000 community health workers, who serve as a critical bridge to treatment for people with limited access to ...
Aug 8, 2022
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Record levels of obesity and physical inactivity among children mean they are set to bear the brunt of poorer health effects from rising global temperatures—that's the stark warning in a new comprehensive review of current ...
Aug 5, 2022
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Africa recorded a ten-year growth in its healthy life expectancy from 2000 to 2019, the World Health Organization Africa office said Thursday, exceeding the global average and progress seen in any other region over the same ...
Aug 4, 2022
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Botswana has become the second nation in the world, after Eswatini, to reach a landmark UN goal towards eradicating AIDS, researchers said Wednesday, in what health experts hailed as "stellar results".
Jul 27, 2022
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A new COVID variant has recently been detected in several countries including the UK, US, India, Australia and Germany.
Jul 22, 2022
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A case series which is the result of an international collaboration across 16 countries is published today (21 July 2022) in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). The study identifies new clinical symptoms of monkeypox ...
Jul 21, 2022
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Local government spending cuts are associated with worse multimorbidity and health-related quality of life according to a study by University of Manchester health economists.
Jun 23, 2022
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The World Health Organization convenes its emergency committee Thursday to consider if the spiraling outbreak of monkeypox warrants being declared a global emergency. But some experts say the WHO's decision to act only after ...
Jun 23, 2022
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Monkeypox may soon have a new name after scientists called for a change to dispel stereotypes of Africa being seen as a crucible of disease.
Jun 22, 2022
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How well did our political institutions manage the COVID-19 pandemic, and are they prepared to handle future threats to the public? A research team led by faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York hopes ...
Jun 16, 2022
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