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After successfully focusing on malaria prevention for children under 5, Uganda’s Health Ministry has decided to extend the intervention to children up to age 10
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The US was the only country to vote against the “agreed conclusions” on women's rights at the @UN_CSW, rejecting measures to deepen justice for gender-based violence.
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📊 The US achieved #measles elimination in 2000 — but that status may now be at risk.

The @WHO says a key review of the country’s elimination status has been postponed until November to allow more comprehensive epidemiological analysis.

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🏜️Climate change is reshaping disease patterns.

In Western Kenya, floods & rising temperatures are driving a surge in schistosomiasis & other parasitic infections as contaminated water & snail habitats expand.

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