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WHO Launches Initiative To Raise $1 Trillion Through Higher ‘Sin Taxes’ on Tobacco, Alcohol and Sugary Drinks
Non-Communicable Diseases
Low-income countries could confront the massive health finance crisis they are facing after the withdrawal of most US-based aid through a ...
The UN’s NCD Declaration Overlooks a Preventable Killer: Air Pollution
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Air pollution is barely acknowledged in the draft political declaration for the upcoming fourth UN High-Level Meeting on Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) ...
USAID Formally Shut Down – Days After Scientists Warn Closure Will Kill 2.4 Million People Every Year
Humanitarian Crises
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the official end of USAID, eliminating the world’s largest humanitarian aid agency just days ...
MAHA Says Its Focus Is Chronic Diseases – Kennedy and Trump Actions Show Otherwise
Health Systems
Since Robert F. Kennedy Jr suspended an independent presidential run to back Donald Trump’s bid for the White House, his laser-focus ...
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Linking Climate and Weather Data with Health: WMO-WHO Initiative Aims to Reach 80 Countries 
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Mike Ryan Steps Down as WHO Emergency Chief After Eight Years
Dr Mike Ryan, director of the World Health Organization’s emergency response division, held his final press conference Friday in Geneva ...
27/06/2025
World is Off Track to Achieve Universal Energy Access by 2030
While almost 92% of the world’s population now has basic access to electricity – an improvement since 2022 – over ...
25/06/2025
WHO Deplores Iranian Attack on Major Israeli Hospital – ‘Peace is Best Medicine’
The World Health Organization decried Thursday’s direct hit by Iran on one of Israel’s largest hospitals, Soroka Medical Center, which ...
19/06/2025
Linking Climate and Weather Data with Health: WMO-WHO Initiative Aims to Reach 80 Countries 
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WHO Launches Initiative To Raise $1 Trillion Through Higher ‘Sin Taxes’ on Tobacco, Alcohol and Sugary Drinks
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Time for Africa to Replace the Curative Consumption Trap with Health Production Model
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BREAKING – WHO Climate Change and Health Action Plan Approved after Saudi-led Effort to Shelve it Fails  
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Cross-Border Collaboration Gains Political Traction as Africa Targets Visceral Leishmaniasis Elimination
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Africa
Eastern Mediterranean
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Latin America & Caribbean
North America
South-East Asia
Western Pacific
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WHO Launches Initiative To Raise $1 Trillion Through Higher ‘Sin Taxes’ on Tobacco, Alcohol and Sugary Drinks
Non-Communicable Diseases
Time for Africa to Replace the Curative Consumption Trap with Health Production Model
Inside View
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
Briefs
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