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UNAIDS has welcomed Wednesday鈥檚 emergency waiver from the United States Secretary of State that will allow the continuation of life-saving HIV treatment funded by the US across 55 countries worldwide.
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As UN agencies reported 鈥渞elative calm鈥� on Wednesday in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), humanitarians warned that the chaos caused by advancing M23 rebel forces could fuel a region-wide health emergency.
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The country of Georgia has been certified malaria-free following a nearly century-long fight to combat the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday.
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When the plague, cholera and yellow fever rippled deadly waves across a newly industrialised and interconnected world in the mid-19th century, taking a global approach to health became an imperative. Doctors, scientists, presidents and prime ministers urgently convened the International Sanitary Conference in Paris in 1851, a precursor to what is now the largest of its kind: the World Health Organization, known as WHO.
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The world is facing an extraordinary convergence of crises that has left 305 million people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.
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Social media posts inciting hate and division have 鈥渞eal world consequences鈥� and there is a responsibility to regulate content, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, insisted on Friday, following Meta鈥檚 decision to end its fact-checking programme in the United States.
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A day after the United States reported its first human death from avian flu, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) insisted on Tuesday that the risk to the wider population remains 鈥渓ow鈥�.
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In northeast Syria, UN teams pressed ahead with a lifesaving cholera vaccine campaign in Al Hol detention camp complex on Friday, despite rumours of attacks by ISIL extremists and uncertainty across the war-torn country, following the overthrow of the Assad regime.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) this week reflected on COVID-19, and ongoing efforts to understand the disease, five years after its emergence.
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Israel鈥檚 pattern of deadly attacks on and near hospitals in Gaza, and associated combat, have pushed the healthcare system to the brink of total collapse, with catastrophic effect on Palestinians鈥� access to health and medical care, the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) said on Tuesday.
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The last major functioning health facility in northern Gaza, Kamal Adwan Hospital, is now out of service, putting the lives of the 75,000 Palestinians remaining in the area at risk, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Friday.
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Health challenges in northwest Syria have escalated due to harsh winter conditions, exacerbating the vulnerability of displaced populations, the UN World Health Organization (WHO)-led Health Cluster reported on Friday.
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In a message commemorating Friday鈥檚 International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, UN Secretary-General Ant贸nio Guterres urged all nations to invest in resilience and equity to make a healthier and safer world for all.
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The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday launched a $56.4 million flash appeal to address urgent health needs in Syria, where years of conflict have cripped the healthcare system.
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Yemen has reported the highest global burden of cholera, with nearly 250,000 suspected cases and 861 associated deaths as of 1 December, accounting for 35 per cent of worldwide cholera cases and 18 per cent of related deaths this year, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
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Nearly one million Gazans risk spending winter without adequate shelter as UN agencies struggle to provide cold weather assistance, amid ongoing Israeli bombardment, repeated evacuation orders and restrictions on aid deliveries, they warned on Wednesday.
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Avian influenza has caused the deaths of more than 300 million birds worldwide and the virus 鈥渋s increasingly crossing species barriers鈥�, according to UN health officers.
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Coinciding with Universal Health Coverage Day on Thursday the World Health Organization (WHO) released its 2024 Global Health Expenditure Report, revealing troubling declines in government health spending.
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The UN human rights chief has called on leaders and international stakeholders to radically rethink global drug policy, stating that the decades-long 鈥淲ar on Drugs鈥� approach has 鈥渄estroyed countless lives and damaged entire communities鈥�.
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A potentially 鈥済roundbreaking鈥� new test for tuberculosis (TB) has been endorsed by the UN World Health Organization (WHO) as part of continuing efforts to eradicate one of the planet's leading infectious killers.
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