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Five Hotspot Countries Are Key to Reducing Vehicle Pollution
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New research shows how 310 premature deaths and 230 new children’s asthma cases can be prevented every day over the next 15 ...
Global Temperatures Expected to Remain at Record Levels Over Next Five Years
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Global temperatures are expected to remain near record levels over the next five years, and there is an 80% chance that ...
BREAKING – WHO Climate Change and Health Action Plan Approved after Saudi-led Effort to Shelve it Fails  
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A new WHO Climate Change and Health Action plan was approved by a key World Health Assembly (WHA) Committee Tuesday evening ...
WHO’s Big Push to Integrate Traditional Medicine into Global Healthcare Framework
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The World Health Assembly delivered a landmark victory for traditional medicine and indigenous cultures Monday evening, approving a strategy that calls ...
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Chikwe Ihekweazu: Why Global Health Needs More African Leadership
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Flavoured Tobacco Products Fuelling ‘New Wave’ of Tobacco Addiction, Warns WHO
As the world observes ‘No Tobacco Day’, the World Health Organization (WHO) has called on governments to ban all flavours ...
30/05/2025
Africa CDC Appeals for More Mpox Vaccines, as Ethiopia Reports first cases
Africa needs 6.4 million mpox vaccines in the next few months to address the outbreak, which is now concentrated in ...
29/05/2025
Update Planned for 10-Year-Old Global Antimicrobial Resistance Plan
From hospitals facing up to 80% antibiotic resistance to gonorrhoea that is resistant to almost all treatment, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) ...
27/05/2025
Chikwe Ihekweazu: Why Global Health Needs More African Leadership
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New WHO Regional Director Nominated by African Member States
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WHO’s Samira Asma Reportedly Leaving Tedros’ Leadership Team – UNAIDS Scraps Merger Plan
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Africa
Eastern Mediterranean
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Latin America & Caribbean
North America
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Western Pacific
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BREAKING – WHO Climate Change and Health Action Plan Approved after Saudi-led Effort to Shelve it Fails  
Analysis
Cross-Border Collaboration Gains Political Traction as Africa Targets Visceral Leishmaniasis Elimination
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New WHO Regional Director Nominated by African Member States
Africa
WHO’s Samira Asma Reportedly Leaving Tedros’ Leadership Team – UNAIDS Scraps Merger Plan
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