Browsing: World Health Organization

Bangladesh’s Directorate General of Health Services said the combined death toll tied to the country’s measles outbreak had risen to 415 by May 11, after six more children died in the previous 24 hours. The total includes 65 laboratory-confirmed measles deaths and

EuroWire, GENEVA: The World Health Organization said three people have died after a suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard the polar expedition vessel MV Hondius in the Atlantic, with one infection laboratory confirmed and five additional cases under investigation. The ship, operated by Oceanwide Expeditions,

KINSHASA: The Democratic Republic of the Congo has declared an end to the mpox outbreak that had remained under national emergency management for about two years, with Health Minister Roger Kamba saying the epidemic no longer met the threshold for that status. The

LYON: Nearly four in 10 cancer cases worldwide could be prevented by reducing exposure to known, modifiable risk factors, according to a new analysis from the World Health Organization and its cancer research agency released for World Cancer Day. The assessment estimated that

A new report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and its international partners has revealed that despite steady progress in expanding access to electricity, over 666 million people around the world still live without basic power. The report, published

The World Health Organization (WHO) has reaffirmed that the ongoing mpox outbreak remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), as defined under the International Health Regulations (IHR). WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issued the announcement following the

In an ironic twist of self-serving rhetoric, Jacek Olczak, CEO of tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI), has taken to the pulpit to preach the gospel of tobacco harm reduction. His earnest plea for governments worldwide to accelerate the end