How the pandemic changed the world of disease control for worse — and for better
Five years after the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, there has been progress — and backsliding in the ...
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WHO's Dr. Chan targets childhood obesity: “our children are getting fatter”
World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan voiced deep concern about the increase worldwide of childhood obesity, with numbers climbing fastest in developing countries.
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A look back at the early days of coronavirus spread
"It has not yet become a global health emergency. It may yet become one," World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said as Wuhan closed its city limits. Shoppers raced ...
Countries, global health groups band together as US aid gaps threaten lives
Governments and global health groups are working to try to fill the most urgent gaps in the fight against diseases after the ...
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World Health Organization warns of possible tuberculosis surge because of USAID cuts
The World Health Organization warned last week that the ... in the fight against TB is at risk,” Dr. Tereza Kasaeva, director of the WHO’s Global Programme on TB and Lung Health, said in ...
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Pandemic Center director offers advice for future pandemic preparedness
On Monday, the Director of the Pandemic Center Jennifer Nuzzo presented a lecture titled “Pandemic-Proofing the Future” at a ...
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Five years ago, WHO's pandemic call shook world into action
Five years ago on Tuesday, the World Health Organization announced Covid-19 had become a pandemic ... The 59-minute press ...
PAHO director underscores need to address public health challenges in the Caribbean
The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr Jarbas Barbosa, has underscored the need to address public ...
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Minister of State for International Cooperation meets WHO Regional Director for Eastern Mediterranean
Minister of State for International Cooperation HE Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad met today with the Regional Director ...