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Health leaders call for greater investments in health; continued efforts and solidarity to combat pandemic in WHO South-East Asia Region

Bangkok, 9 September 2020The Seventy-third Regional Committee Session of WHO South-East Asia Region began today with health leaders emphasising on greater…

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Pandemic, essential health services to predominate discussions as Health Ministers of WHO South-East Asia Region meet this week

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Dengue control: three-year Indonesia trial shows promising results

7 September 2020, Geneva Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease that has rapidly spread in all regions of WHO in…

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WHO calls for global action on sepsis – cause of 1 in 5 deaths worldwide

8 September 2020 News release Geneva The World Health Organization’s first global report on sepsis finds that the effort to tackle millions of deaths…

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More than 3 billion people protected from harmful trans fat in their food

But, 11 out of 15 countries with the most coronary heart disease deaths due to trans fats have yet to…

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COVID-19 could reverse decades of progress toward eliminating preventable child deaths, agencies warn

9 September 2020 News release New York/Geneva With the number of under-five deaths at an all-time recorded low of 5.2 million in…

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Ninety Percent of countries report disruptions to essential health services since COVID-19 pandemic

The survey ‘Rapid assessment of continuity of essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic’, was conducted in 159 countries (all…

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Africa Kicks Out Wild Polio!

Africa eradicates wild poliovirus 25 August 2020: Brazzaville – The independent Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) for Polio Eradication officially declared…

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World Health Assembly adopts global strategy to accelerate cervical cancer elimination

19 August 2020: The World Health Assembly has adopted the global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer as…

admin Aug 21, 2020

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COVID-19 Emergency Committee highlights need for response efforts over long term

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