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Covid Still Kills 1,700 A Week Around World: WHO

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WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus sounded a warning on declining vaccine coverage. Geneva: Covid-19 is still killing around 1,700 people a week around the world, the World Health Organization said Thursday, as it urged at-risk populations to keep up with their vaccinations against the disease. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus sounded a warning on declining…

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Short-Term Exposure To Air Pollution Kills 33,000 Indians Annually: Report

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Delhi recorded the highest number of air pollution-related deaths in the study period (Representational) New Delhi: Nearly 33,000 deaths in 10 cities in India every year can be attributed to air pollution levels that are below India’s national clean air threshold. The report has been published in Lancet Planetary Health. India’s clean air norms are…

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Short-Term Exposure To Air Pollution Kills 33,000 Indians Annually: Report

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Delhi recorded the highest number of air pollution-related deaths in the study period (Representational) New Delhi: Nearly 33,000 deaths in 10 cities in India every year can be attributed to air pollution levels that are below India’s national clean air threshold. The report has been published in Lancet Planetary Health. India’s clean air norms are…

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How the World Health Organization could fight future pandemics

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) logo is seen near its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, February 2, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Health officials from the 194 member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) hope next week to complete more than two years of negotiations on new rules for responding to pandemics when they gather in Geneva. Negotiations go…

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Gaza’s Largest Al-Shifa Hospital An Empty Shell With Human Graves: WHO

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The WHO chief said its team had seen “at least five dead bodies during the mission”. Geneva: The World Health Organization said Saturday that Gaza’s largest hospital had been reduced to ashes by Israel’s latest siege, leaving an “empty shell” with many bodies. Israeli forces pulled out of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Monday…

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Gaza Newborns Dying Because Of Being Born Too Small: WHO

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On Monday, the Israeli army pulled out of Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital Newborn mortality is rising sharply in the Gaza Strip, with babies being born underweight, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, citing medics on the ground. “From different doctors, particularly in the maternity hospitals, they’re reporting that they’re seeing a big rise in children…

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Saima Wazed, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s daughter, nominated Regional Director of WHO

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Saima Wazed and Dr. Shambhu Acharya seen together at a meet in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s daughter, Saima Wazed, was on Wednesday nominated as the next Regional Director for the World Health Organization’s South-East Asia region. She defeated Shambu Acharya, a public health veteran from Nepal, in a…

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Forcing Gaza Patients To Evacuate Effectively “Death Sentence”: WHO

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WHO said lives of many critically ill patients now “hang in the balance”. (Representational) Geneva, Switzerland: The World Health Organization said Saturday that forcing thousands of hospital patients to evacuate to already overflowing hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip could be “tantamount to a death sentence”. Israel has warned Palestinians to evacuate northern Gaza ahead…

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Morning Digest | Army launches anti-militancy operation in Rajouri; INDIA bloc cites Bihar data to reiterate demand for caste census, and more

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An exchange of fire began in Rajouri’s Kalakote between hiding militants and security forces. File representative image | Photo Credit: PTI Jammu encounter: Army launches major anti-militancy operation in Rajouri An exchange of fire started on Monday night in Rajouri’s Kalakote between hiding militants and security forces, led by the Army who launched a major…

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WHO Recommends 2nd Malaria Vaccine For Children

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The new vaccine is developed by Britain’s Oxford University. (Representational) Geneva, Switzerland: The World Health Organization said Monday that its experts had recommended a second malaria vaccine for children, R21/Matrix-M, developed by Britain’s Oxford University. The R21/Matrix-M vaccine is manufactured by the Serum Institute of India and has already been approved for use in Burkina…

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