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WHO and Africa CDC Launch Joint Ebola Response Plan Amid Serious Local Challenges

Ebola

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention launched a joint continental preparedness response plan ...

Chemical Hazards Cause Most Foodborne Deaths

Public Health

Unsafe food causes 1.5 million deaths and 866 million illnesses each year – a burden similar to tuberculosis, according to World ...

WHO: Sharp Decline in Number of Suspected Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Cases as Numbers are Refined

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The World Health Organization’s estimate of the number of suspected, but as yet unconfirmed, cases of the deadly Ebola Bundibugyo virus ...

Five Years after Landmark Diabetes Initiative: Cause to Celebrate but Even More to Accomplish

Non-Communicable Diseases

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Ahead of the kick-off of the World Cup football tournament on Thursday, global health advocates are demanding that FIFA, the ...

08/06/2026

Non-Profit Malaria and Neglected Diseases R&D Groups Pool Resources Amid Shrinking Global Budgets

Three leading Geneva-based non-profit organisations involved in the research and development (R&D) of “effective, affordable, and life-saving medicines” are pooling ...

Congo Ebola Outbreak Now Third-Largest on Record as Suspected Cases Pass 1,000

A rare and deadly strain of the Ebola virus is spreading rapidly through a region of the Democratic Republic of ...

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Five Years after Landmark Diabetes Initiative: Cause to Celebrate but Even More to Accomplish

Non-Communicable Diseases

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