Noncommunicable diseases, such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease, are collectively responsible for over 70% of all deaths worldwide, or 41 million people. The rise of these diseases has been driven by five major risk factors: tobacco use, physical inactivity, the harmful use of alcohol,...
WHO is urging leaders attending the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to guarantee equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines and other life-saving tools; ensure the world is better prepared to respond to future pandemics; and renew efforts to achieve the Sustainable Developme...
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The World Is being Dragged Towards War And Western Weakness Is To BlameThis week's news so far has focused on the worsening situation in the middle east, as western leaders appear to be accepting that there was from day one no way Ukraine could win its war with Russia and that since US...
“These were the girls that the boys who fought in World War II and the Korean War came back to marry,” Meisel says. “It was about getting a little house in Levittown and bringing up their two or three kids. Both male and female pinup artists painted for that.” So Mozert, Ballan...
“Egypt’s journey from having one of the world’s highest rates of hepatitis C infection to being on the path to elimination in less than 10 years is nothing short of astounding,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “Egypt is an exa...
The World Health Organization (WHO) today listed two versions of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving the green light for these vaccines to be rolled out globally through COVAX. The vaccines are produced by AstraZeneca-SKBio (Republic of Korea) and ...
It is often said that he will train the bench and bring the World Cup to Argentina through him. His dream was to fulfill his unfulfilled wish for Messi through his grandson. When Maradona was brought to Kannur, I saw him face to face with death. The next morning, that is, the day ...
Despite the challenges posed by the current situation, WHO is working to ensure a supply of oxygen-related medical devices and trauma treatment supplies. To achieve this, WHO is actively looking at solutions to increase supplies that likely would include the importation of oxygen (liquid and cylind...