COVID disruptions led to 63,000 more malaria deaths: WHO | Health News
There were also 13 million additional infections globally – most of them in Africa – over two years, according to
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WHO to use ‘mpox’ instead of monkeypox to avoid stigma, racism | World Health Organization News
The World Health Organization (WHO) says it will start using “mpox”, a new preferred term for monkeypox, in a bid
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Measles an ‘imminent threat’ as children miss vaccination: WHO | Health News
COVID-19 pandemic has pushed vaccination rates for the highly the infectious disease to lowest level since 2008. Measles is at
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Armed gangs ‘terrorising’ Haiti as cholera spreads: UN official | Human Rights News
UN coordinator in Haiti says nearly 200 murders were recorded last month as cholera cases are now reported in eight
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Haiti, UN appeal for help as fears grow over cholera’s spread | Health News
The United Nations and authorities in Haiti have called for international assistance to respond to a deadly outbreak of cholera
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Sickness, death surpass official count in DRC monkeypox outbreak | Health
Yalolia, Democratic Republic of the Congo – At a village clinic in central Democratic Republic of the Congo, separated from
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Ethiopia’s Tigray runs out of medical supplies as malaria spreads | World Health Organization News
WHO says Tigray out of vaccines, antibiotics, and insulin as deaths from preventable diseases such as malaria rise. Ethiopia’s Tigray
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Ugandan gov’t under fire as Ebola outbreak spreads in Kampala | Ebola News
Kampala, Uganda – The Ugandan government is under pressure to bring an escalating Ebola outbreak under control, after the health minister
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WHO chief warns time running out to ‘prevent genocide’ in Tigray | Conflict News
Tedros says food and health care being used as weapons in his home region in northern Ethiopia. World Health Organization
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Lebanon warns deadly cholera outbreak ‘spreading rapidly’ | Health News
Lebanon has warned that a deadly cholera outbreak is “spreading rapidly”, with cases rising after the virulent disease spread from
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