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Unsafe food causes 600 million cases of illnesses, 4,20,000 deaths annually: WHO chief

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World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. File photograph | Photo Credit: Reuters WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday, September 20, 2024, highlighted the critical role of food regulators in combating unsafe food, which causes 600 million cases of foodborne diseases and 4,20,000 deaths annually. In a video message to the second Global Food…

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Climate change will escalate child health crisis due to malnutrition: Bill Gates

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Bill Gates, co-chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. File photograph | Photo Credit: Reuters Malnutrition is the world’s worst child health crisis and climate change will only make things more severe, according to Microsoft-co-founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates. Between now and 2050, 40 million more children will have stunted growth and 28 million more…

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