European Medicines Agency: Link Between AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine & Rare Blood Clots – But ‘Benefits Far Outweigh Risks’ 07/04/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Following a second meeting of the EMA’s safety committee in as many weeks, the European Medicines Agency said that there appears to be a link between receipt of the AstraZeneca vaccine and very rare cases of blood clots being seen in some people – mainly younger women – within two weeks of their jab. The […] Continue reading -> In Israel’s ‘Living Laboratory’ – Vaccines Offer Hope At End Of Coronavirus Tunnel 12/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – One year after the COVID-19 global health emergency was termed a “pandemic” by the World Health Organization – new vaccines are showing their power and efficacy through sharp declines in case rates in Israel – as well as in the United Kingdom and the United States – the second and third countries in […] Continue reading -> Over 160,000 Deaths in Five Biggest Cities Linked to Air Pollution in 2020 19/02/2021 Disha Shetty Air pollution has been linked to the deaths of 160,000 people in the world’s five biggest cities in 2020, according a global report by Greenpeace Southeast Asia and IQAir, the world’s largest free air quality information platform. Of the five biggest cities, Delhi had the most deaths (54,000) due to PM2.5 air pollution in 2020 […] Continue reading -> Vaccine Bellweather – Israel Sees Light At End Of Pandemic Tunnel With Big Downturn In Over-60 IIlness 12/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher TEL AVIV- New data on over 500,000 Israelis who have been fully vaccinated with two Pfizer jabs shows the vaccine is 93% effective – with no deaths and only 4 severe cases for people who are a week or more after receiving the second dose. Out of the 523,000 fully vaccinated people studied, 544 were […] Continue reading -> Member States Raise Concerns About Sustainability Of Funding For Polio & Antimicrobial Resistance Efforts 26/01/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin COVID-19 has led to the suspension of polio campaigns in more than 30 countries, and has underscored the importance of the mission to eradicate it, tackle antimicrobial resistance, and ensure the timely sharing of pathogens, said WHO member states at Monday’s Executive Board session. Throughout the morning and afternoon sessions, member states reviewed and discussed […] Continue reading -> High Profile ‘Global Leaders Group’ To Tackle Worldwide Threat Of Drug Resistant Pathogens 20/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin In a bid to step up a battle against other emerging and untreatable pathogens that could wreak havoc on the world in ways similar to COVID-19, WHO on Friday announced the launch of a One Health Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). The group, led by the prime ministers of Bangladesh and Barbados, aims […] Continue reading -> The Pandemic Will End – But Tuberculosis, Tobacco and Air Pollution Will Continue To Steal Our Global Breath – Unless We Reimagine The Future 20/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The COVID-19 pandemic will end at some point. But TB, tobacco use, air pollution and other lung diseases will continue to “steal the breath and life of millions of people every year”, unless we reimagine the future, said WHO’s director-general Dr Tedros Adhanon Ghebreyesus, appearing at the opening of the 51st Union World Conference On […] Continue reading -> ‘Fall-Winter Surge’ – European Region Records 1,000 Deaths A Day From COVID-19; India’s Rising Case Numbers Catching Up To United States 15/10/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A significant surge in COVID-19 cases is currently taking place across Europe, something that Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, described as the “fall/winter surge” in a press briefing Thursday. Europe has reported its highest weekly number of COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with nearly 700,000 cases. Even though mortality rates […] Continue reading -> Urgent Action Needed To End Tuberculosis By 2030, Concludes WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Report 14/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The world must take urgent action to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, especially as the pandemic threatens to unwind hard-won progress made in past decades, concluded the WHO’s 2020 Global Tuberculosis Report on Wednesday. While the WHO European region is on track to achieve key 2020 targets, the rest of the world has […] Continue reading -> One In 10 European Schools Lack Basic Hand-Washing Facilities – Adding To COVID-19 Risks As Schools Reopen 21/07/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In past decades, Europe has achieved one of the world’s highest water and sanitation coverages, but it is often forgotten that one in ten schools in the 53 countries of WHO’s European region still lack basic hand washing facilities, leaving some 5 million pupils without access to soap and clean water. All in all, some 31 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
In Israel’s ‘Living Laboratory’ – Vaccines Offer Hope At End Of Coronavirus Tunnel 12/03/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – One year after the COVID-19 global health emergency was termed a “pandemic” by the World Health Organization – new vaccines are showing their power and efficacy through sharp declines in case rates in Israel – as well as in the United Kingdom and the United States – the second and third countries in […] Continue reading -> Over 160,000 Deaths in Five Biggest Cities Linked to Air Pollution in 2020 19/02/2021 Disha Shetty Air pollution has been linked to the deaths of 160,000 people in the world’s five biggest cities in 2020, according a global report by Greenpeace Southeast Asia and IQAir, the world’s largest free air quality information platform. Of the five biggest cities, Delhi had the most deaths (54,000) due to PM2.5 air pollution in 2020 […] Continue reading -> Vaccine Bellweather – Israel Sees Light At End Of Pandemic Tunnel With Big Downturn In Over-60 IIlness 12/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher TEL AVIV- New data on over 500,000 Israelis who have been fully vaccinated with two Pfizer jabs shows the vaccine is 93% effective – with no deaths and only 4 severe cases for people who are a week or more after receiving the second dose. Out of the 523,000 fully vaccinated people studied, 544 were […] Continue reading -> Member States Raise Concerns About Sustainability Of Funding For Polio & Antimicrobial Resistance Efforts 26/01/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin COVID-19 has led to the suspension of polio campaigns in more than 30 countries, and has underscored the importance of the mission to eradicate it, tackle antimicrobial resistance, and ensure the timely sharing of pathogens, said WHO member states at Monday’s Executive Board session. Throughout the morning and afternoon sessions, member states reviewed and discussed […] Continue reading -> High Profile ‘Global Leaders Group’ To Tackle Worldwide Threat Of Drug Resistant Pathogens 20/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin In a bid to step up a battle against other emerging and untreatable pathogens that could wreak havoc on the world in ways similar to COVID-19, WHO on Friday announced the launch of a One Health Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). The group, led by the prime ministers of Bangladesh and Barbados, aims […] Continue reading -> The Pandemic Will End – But Tuberculosis, Tobacco and Air Pollution Will Continue To Steal Our Global Breath – Unless We Reimagine The Future 20/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The COVID-19 pandemic will end at some point. But TB, tobacco use, air pollution and other lung diseases will continue to “steal the breath and life of millions of people every year”, unless we reimagine the future, said WHO’s director-general Dr Tedros Adhanon Ghebreyesus, appearing at the opening of the 51st Union World Conference On […] Continue reading -> ‘Fall-Winter Surge’ – European Region Records 1,000 Deaths A Day From COVID-19; India’s Rising Case Numbers Catching Up To United States 15/10/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A significant surge in COVID-19 cases is currently taking place across Europe, something that Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, described as the “fall/winter surge” in a press briefing Thursday. Europe has reported its highest weekly number of COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with nearly 700,000 cases. Even though mortality rates […] Continue reading -> Urgent Action Needed To End Tuberculosis By 2030, Concludes WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Report 14/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The world must take urgent action to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, especially as the pandemic threatens to unwind hard-won progress made in past decades, concluded the WHO’s 2020 Global Tuberculosis Report on Wednesday. While the WHO European region is on track to achieve key 2020 targets, the rest of the world has […] Continue reading -> One In 10 European Schools Lack Basic Hand-Washing Facilities – Adding To COVID-19 Risks As Schools Reopen 21/07/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In past decades, Europe has achieved one of the world’s highest water and sanitation coverages, but it is often forgotten that one in ten schools in the 53 countries of WHO’s European region still lack basic hand washing facilities, leaving some 5 million pupils without access to soap and clean water. All in all, some 31 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
Over 160,000 Deaths in Five Biggest Cities Linked to Air Pollution in 2020 19/02/2021 Disha Shetty Air pollution has been linked to the deaths of 160,000 people in the world’s five biggest cities in 2020, according a global report by Greenpeace Southeast Asia and IQAir, the world’s largest free air quality information platform. Of the five biggest cities, Delhi had the most deaths (54,000) due to PM2.5 air pollution in 2020 […] Continue reading -> Vaccine Bellweather – Israel Sees Light At End Of Pandemic Tunnel With Big Downturn In Over-60 IIlness 12/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher TEL AVIV- New data on over 500,000 Israelis who have been fully vaccinated with two Pfizer jabs shows the vaccine is 93% effective – with no deaths and only 4 severe cases for people who are a week or more after receiving the second dose. Out of the 523,000 fully vaccinated people studied, 544 were […] Continue reading -> Member States Raise Concerns About Sustainability Of Funding For Polio & Antimicrobial Resistance Efforts 26/01/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin COVID-19 has led to the suspension of polio campaigns in more than 30 countries, and has underscored the importance of the mission to eradicate it, tackle antimicrobial resistance, and ensure the timely sharing of pathogens, said WHO member states at Monday’s Executive Board session. Throughout the morning and afternoon sessions, member states reviewed and discussed […] Continue reading -> High Profile ‘Global Leaders Group’ To Tackle Worldwide Threat Of Drug Resistant Pathogens 20/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin In a bid to step up a battle against other emerging and untreatable pathogens that could wreak havoc on the world in ways similar to COVID-19, WHO on Friday announced the launch of a One Health Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). The group, led by the prime ministers of Bangladesh and Barbados, aims […] Continue reading -> The Pandemic Will End – But Tuberculosis, Tobacco and Air Pollution Will Continue To Steal Our Global Breath – Unless We Reimagine The Future 20/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The COVID-19 pandemic will end at some point. But TB, tobacco use, air pollution and other lung diseases will continue to “steal the breath and life of millions of people every year”, unless we reimagine the future, said WHO’s director-general Dr Tedros Adhanon Ghebreyesus, appearing at the opening of the 51st Union World Conference On […] Continue reading -> ‘Fall-Winter Surge’ – European Region Records 1,000 Deaths A Day From COVID-19; India’s Rising Case Numbers Catching Up To United States 15/10/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A significant surge in COVID-19 cases is currently taking place across Europe, something that Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, described as the “fall/winter surge” in a press briefing Thursday. Europe has reported its highest weekly number of COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with nearly 700,000 cases. Even though mortality rates […] Continue reading -> Urgent Action Needed To End Tuberculosis By 2030, Concludes WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Report 14/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The world must take urgent action to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, especially as the pandemic threatens to unwind hard-won progress made in past decades, concluded the WHO’s 2020 Global Tuberculosis Report on Wednesday. While the WHO European region is on track to achieve key 2020 targets, the rest of the world has […] Continue reading -> One In 10 European Schools Lack Basic Hand-Washing Facilities – Adding To COVID-19 Risks As Schools Reopen 21/07/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In past decades, Europe has achieved one of the world’s highest water and sanitation coverages, but it is often forgotten that one in ten schools in the 53 countries of WHO’s European region still lack basic hand washing facilities, leaving some 5 million pupils without access to soap and clean water. All in all, some 31 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
Vaccine Bellweather – Israel Sees Light At End Of Pandemic Tunnel With Big Downturn In Over-60 IIlness 12/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher TEL AVIV- New data on over 500,000 Israelis who have been fully vaccinated with two Pfizer jabs shows the vaccine is 93% effective – with no deaths and only 4 severe cases for people who are a week or more after receiving the second dose. Out of the 523,000 fully vaccinated people studied, 544 were […] Continue reading -> Member States Raise Concerns About Sustainability Of Funding For Polio & Antimicrobial Resistance Efforts 26/01/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin COVID-19 has led to the suspension of polio campaigns in more than 30 countries, and has underscored the importance of the mission to eradicate it, tackle antimicrobial resistance, and ensure the timely sharing of pathogens, said WHO member states at Monday’s Executive Board session. Throughout the morning and afternoon sessions, member states reviewed and discussed […] Continue reading -> High Profile ‘Global Leaders Group’ To Tackle Worldwide Threat Of Drug Resistant Pathogens 20/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin In a bid to step up a battle against other emerging and untreatable pathogens that could wreak havoc on the world in ways similar to COVID-19, WHO on Friday announced the launch of a One Health Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). The group, led by the prime ministers of Bangladesh and Barbados, aims […] Continue reading -> The Pandemic Will End – But Tuberculosis, Tobacco and Air Pollution Will Continue To Steal Our Global Breath – Unless We Reimagine The Future 20/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The COVID-19 pandemic will end at some point. But TB, tobacco use, air pollution and other lung diseases will continue to “steal the breath and life of millions of people every year”, unless we reimagine the future, said WHO’s director-general Dr Tedros Adhanon Ghebreyesus, appearing at the opening of the 51st Union World Conference On […] Continue reading -> ‘Fall-Winter Surge’ – European Region Records 1,000 Deaths A Day From COVID-19; India’s Rising Case Numbers Catching Up To United States 15/10/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A significant surge in COVID-19 cases is currently taking place across Europe, something that Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, described as the “fall/winter surge” in a press briefing Thursday. Europe has reported its highest weekly number of COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with nearly 700,000 cases. Even though mortality rates […] Continue reading -> Urgent Action Needed To End Tuberculosis By 2030, Concludes WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Report 14/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The world must take urgent action to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, especially as the pandemic threatens to unwind hard-won progress made in past decades, concluded the WHO’s 2020 Global Tuberculosis Report on Wednesday. While the WHO European region is on track to achieve key 2020 targets, the rest of the world has […] Continue reading -> One In 10 European Schools Lack Basic Hand-Washing Facilities – Adding To COVID-19 Risks As Schools Reopen 21/07/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In past decades, Europe has achieved one of the world’s highest water and sanitation coverages, but it is often forgotten that one in ten schools in the 53 countries of WHO’s European region still lack basic hand washing facilities, leaving some 5 million pupils without access to soap and clean water. All in all, some 31 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
Member States Raise Concerns About Sustainability Of Funding For Polio & Antimicrobial Resistance Efforts 26/01/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin COVID-19 has led to the suspension of polio campaigns in more than 30 countries, and has underscored the importance of the mission to eradicate it, tackle antimicrobial resistance, and ensure the timely sharing of pathogens, said WHO member states at Monday’s Executive Board session. Throughout the morning and afternoon sessions, member states reviewed and discussed […] Continue reading -> High Profile ‘Global Leaders Group’ To Tackle Worldwide Threat Of Drug Resistant Pathogens 20/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin In a bid to step up a battle against other emerging and untreatable pathogens that could wreak havoc on the world in ways similar to COVID-19, WHO on Friday announced the launch of a One Health Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). The group, led by the prime ministers of Bangladesh and Barbados, aims […] Continue reading -> The Pandemic Will End – But Tuberculosis, Tobacco and Air Pollution Will Continue To Steal Our Global Breath – Unless We Reimagine The Future 20/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The COVID-19 pandemic will end at some point. But TB, tobacco use, air pollution and other lung diseases will continue to “steal the breath and life of millions of people every year”, unless we reimagine the future, said WHO’s director-general Dr Tedros Adhanon Ghebreyesus, appearing at the opening of the 51st Union World Conference On […] Continue reading -> ‘Fall-Winter Surge’ – European Region Records 1,000 Deaths A Day From COVID-19; India’s Rising Case Numbers Catching Up To United States 15/10/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A significant surge in COVID-19 cases is currently taking place across Europe, something that Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, described as the “fall/winter surge” in a press briefing Thursday. Europe has reported its highest weekly number of COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with nearly 700,000 cases. Even though mortality rates […] Continue reading -> Urgent Action Needed To End Tuberculosis By 2030, Concludes WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Report 14/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The world must take urgent action to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, especially as the pandemic threatens to unwind hard-won progress made in past decades, concluded the WHO’s 2020 Global Tuberculosis Report on Wednesday. While the WHO European region is on track to achieve key 2020 targets, the rest of the world has […] Continue reading -> One In 10 European Schools Lack Basic Hand-Washing Facilities – Adding To COVID-19 Risks As Schools Reopen 21/07/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In past decades, Europe has achieved one of the world’s highest water and sanitation coverages, but it is often forgotten that one in ten schools in the 53 countries of WHO’s European region still lack basic hand washing facilities, leaving some 5 million pupils without access to soap and clean water. All in all, some 31 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
High Profile ‘Global Leaders Group’ To Tackle Worldwide Threat Of Drug Resistant Pathogens 20/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin In a bid to step up a battle against other emerging and untreatable pathogens that could wreak havoc on the world in ways similar to COVID-19, WHO on Friday announced the launch of a One Health Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). The group, led by the prime ministers of Bangladesh and Barbados, aims […] Continue reading -> The Pandemic Will End – But Tuberculosis, Tobacco and Air Pollution Will Continue To Steal Our Global Breath – Unless We Reimagine The Future 20/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The COVID-19 pandemic will end at some point. But TB, tobacco use, air pollution and other lung diseases will continue to “steal the breath and life of millions of people every year”, unless we reimagine the future, said WHO’s director-general Dr Tedros Adhanon Ghebreyesus, appearing at the opening of the 51st Union World Conference On […] Continue reading -> ‘Fall-Winter Surge’ – European Region Records 1,000 Deaths A Day From COVID-19; India’s Rising Case Numbers Catching Up To United States 15/10/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A significant surge in COVID-19 cases is currently taking place across Europe, something that Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, described as the “fall/winter surge” in a press briefing Thursday. Europe has reported its highest weekly number of COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with nearly 700,000 cases. Even though mortality rates […] Continue reading -> Urgent Action Needed To End Tuberculosis By 2030, Concludes WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Report 14/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The world must take urgent action to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, especially as the pandemic threatens to unwind hard-won progress made in past decades, concluded the WHO’s 2020 Global Tuberculosis Report on Wednesday. While the WHO European region is on track to achieve key 2020 targets, the rest of the world has […] Continue reading -> One In 10 European Schools Lack Basic Hand-Washing Facilities – Adding To COVID-19 Risks As Schools Reopen 21/07/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In past decades, Europe has achieved one of the world’s highest water and sanitation coverages, but it is often forgotten that one in ten schools in the 53 countries of WHO’s European region still lack basic hand washing facilities, leaving some 5 million pupils without access to soap and clean water. All in all, some 31 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
The Pandemic Will End – But Tuberculosis, Tobacco and Air Pollution Will Continue To Steal Our Global Breath – Unless We Reimagine The Future 20/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The COVID-19 pandemic will end at some point. But TB, tobacco use, air pollution and other lung diseases will continue to “steal the breath and life of millions of people every year”, unless we reimagine the future, said WHO’s director-general Dr Tedros Adhanon Ghebreyesus, appearing at the opening of the 51st Union World Conference On […] Continue reading -> ‘Fall-Winter Surge’ – European Region Records 1,000 Deaths A Day From COVID-19; India’s Rising Case Numbers Catching Up To United States 15/10/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A significant surge in COVID-19 cases is currently taking place across Europe, something that Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, described as the “fall/winter surge” in a press briefing Thursday. Europe has reported its highest weekly number of COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with nearly 700,000 cases. Even though mortality rates […] Continue reading -> Urgent Action Needed To End Tuberculosis By 2030, Concludes WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Report 14/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The world must take urgent action to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, especially as the pandemic threatens to unwind hard-won progress made in past decades, concluded the WHO’s 2020 Global Tuberculosis Report on Wednesday. While the WHO European region is on track to achieve key 2020 targets, the rest of the world has […] Continue reading -> One In 10 European Schools Lack Basic Hand-Washing Facilities – Adding To COVID-19 Risks As Schools Reopen 21/07/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In past decades, Europe has achieved one of the world’s highest water and sanitation coverages, but it is often forgotten that one in ten schools in the 53 countries of WHO’s European region still lack basic hand washing facilities, leaving some 5 million pupils without access to soap and clean water. All in all, some 31 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
‘Fall-Winter Surge’ – European Region Records 1,000 Deaths A Day From COVID-19; India’s Rising Case Numbers Catching Up To United States 15/10/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A significant surge in COVID-19 cases is currently taking place across Europe, something that Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, described as the “fall/winter surge” in a press briefing Thursday. Europe has reported its highest weekly number of COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with nearly 700,000 cases. Even though mortality rates […] Continue reading -> Urgent Action Needed To End Tuberculosis By 2030, Concludes WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Report 14/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The world must take urgent action to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, especially as the pandemic threatens to unwind hard-won progress made in past decades, concluded the WHO’s 2020 Global Tuberculosis Report on Wednesday. While the WHO European region is on track to achieve key 2020 targets, the rest of the world has […] Continue reading -> One In 10 European Schools Lack Basic Hand-Washing Facilities – Adding To COVID-19 Risks As Schools Reopen 21/07/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In past decades, Europe has achieved one of the world’s highest water and sanitation coverages, but it is often forgotten that one in ten schools in the 53 countries of WHO’s European region still lack basic hand washing facilities, leaving some 5 million pupils without access to soap and clean water. All in all, some 31 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
Urgent Action Needed To End Tuberculosis By 2030, Concludes WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Report 14/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The world must take urgent action to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, especially as the pandemic threatens to unwind hard-won progress made in past decades, concluded the WHO’s 2020 Global Tuberculosis Report on Wednesday. While the WHO European region is on track to achieve key 2020 targets, the rest of the world has […] Continue reading -> One In 10 European Schools Lack Basic Hand-Washing Facilities – Adding To COVID-19 Risks As Schools Reopen 21/07/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In past decades, Europe has achieved one of the world’s highest water and sanitation coverages, but it is often forgotten that one in ten schools in the 53 countries of WHO’s European region still lack basic hand washing facilities, leaving some 5 million pupils without access to soap and clean water. All in all, some 31 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
One In 10 European Schools Lack Basic Hand-Washing Facilities – Adding To COVID-19 Risks As Schools Reopen 21/07/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In past decades, Europe has achieved one of the world’s highest water and sanitation coverages, but it is often forgotten that one in ten schools in the 53 countries of WHO’s European region still lack basic hand washing facilities, leaving some 5 million pupils without access to soap and clean water. All in all, some 31 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts