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Generations of Damage: WHO Warns of Middle East Health Collapse Amid Funding Shortfall
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has only mobilised 37% of the funds it needs for the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO) amid ...
WHO Contractor Killed in Gaza by Israeli Fire in Murky Circumstances 
Humanitarian Crises
The World Health Organization said it was “investigating” the circumstances around the Israeli shooting of a WHO contractor driving a vehicle ...
Drastic UK Aid Cuts Hit Fragile African Health Systems
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Sweeping UK aid cuts have drastically reduced direct bilateral funding to African countries, posing a severe threat to the continent’s most ...
War in Iran Threatens Helium Supplies for the World’s MRI Machines
Health Systems
The gas that keeps hospital MRI scanners running has been caught in the crossfire of the war in Iran, raising the ...
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Brain Matters: Equity in the Age of Cognitive Health
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Smaller Pharma Companies to Bear Brunt of Trump’s 100% Medicine Tariff
Smaller pharmaceutical companies and those outside countries with trade deals with the US will bear the brunt of President Donald ...
07/04/2026
Vaping Likely to Cause Lung and Oral Cancer
Vaping is likely to cause oral and lung cancer, according to a comprehensive review of over 100 studies of the ...
01/04/2026
New Open Source AI Platform Aims to Accelerate Malaria Drug Discovery
Scientists working on new malaria drugs now have access to an open-access artificial intelligence (AI)-powered platform  aimed at accelerating drug ...
31/03/2026
Brain Matters: Equity in the Age of Cognitive Health
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Available Cervical Cancer Vaccines Fail to Cover the HPV 35 Genotype Common in Africa
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Africa’s Health Systems Must Confront Climate Change as a Critical Health Crisis
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Climate Change is Exacerbating Africa’s Health Challenges
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Eastern Mediterranean
Europe
Latin America & Caribbean
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South-East Asia
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New Open Source AI Platform Aims to Accelerate Malaria Drug Discovery
Medical Innovation
Available Cervical Cancer Vaccines Fail to Cover the HPV 35 Genotype Common in Africa
Sexual & Reproductive Health
Africa’s Health Systems Must Confront Climate Change as a Critical Health Crisis
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Climate Change is Exacerbating Africa’s Health Challenges
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