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GROUPS SAY TRUMP FAILING ON HIV FIGHT
Funding from the US has been critical to combatting HIV Aids globally, health experts and activists say... READ MORE›
APPLE (RED) RAISED THE EQUIVALENT OF 144 MILLION DAYS OF LIFESAVING AIDS MEDICATION IN 2017
In 2017 Apple's Product RED partnership has raised the equivalent of 144 million days of lifesaving AIDS medication... READ MORE›
IN CHINA, FREE FISH HEADS FOR LIFE FOR AN UNDERWATER RESCUER
Mr Liu rescued the occupants by pulling them out through the windows, Hangzhou Daily reported... READ MORE›
'MY EYES ARE BURNING': DELHI HOLDS HALF MARATHON DESPITE POLLUTION WARNING
The US embassy website on Sunday showed levels of the smallest and most harmful airborne pollutants hovered near 200... READ MORE›
'DON'T PANIC' SAYS INDIAN MINISTER AS SMOG CRISIS DEEPENS
Delhi is now the world's most polluted capital according to the WHO, with pollution levels that regularly exceed those of Beijing... READ MORE›
'DON'T PANIC' SAYS INDIAN MINISTER AS SMOG CRISIS DEEPENS
Delhi is now the world's most polluted capital according to the WHO, with pollution levels that regularly exceed those of Beijing... READ MORE›
UNITED AIRLINES HALTS FLIGHTS TO NEW DELHI ON POOR AIR QUALITY
Other airlines were still flying to the national capital and it was not clear if they will follow United Airlines' move to suspend flights... READ MORE›
DELHI BRINGS BACK CAR ROTA TO CURB SMOG
The government in the Indian capital, Delhi, has reintroduced car rationing to curb alarming levels of pollution... READ MORE›
WHAT'S PM 2.5 AND WHY IS NEW DELHI, LAHORE SMOG SO BAD?
In New Delhi, smog levels of PM 2.5, the particles most damaging to health, have reached 40 times the World Health Organization's safe limit... READ MORE›
INDIA'S CAPITAL IS STRUGGLING TO BREATHE AS POLLUTION LEVELS SOAR
The Indian Medical Association declared a public health emergency, warning people not to go out... READ MORE›
IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN 200 YEARS TO CLOSE THE WORKPLACE EQUALITY GAP. HERE'S WHY IT'S GETTING WORSE.
It may take women around the world more than two centuries to achieve workplace equality, according to a new report from the World Economic Forum... READ MORE›
ROBERT MUGABE SAYS HE 'WOULD HAVE REJECTED' CONTROVERSIAL WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ROLE IF ASKED
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus named Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador on Wednesday at a conference in Uruguay that both men were attending... READ MORE›
MOROCCO SENDS MEDICAL AID TO MADAGASCAR TO RELIEVE PLAGUE
Morocco said Sunday it will send emergency medical aid to Madagascar to relieve the pneumonic plague epidemic that hit the country... READ MORE›
WHO REMOVES MUGABE'S GOODWILL AMBASSADOR ROLE AFTER OUTCRY
President Robert Mugabe as WHO Goodwill Ambassador for NCDs in Africa... READ MORE›
ROBERT MUGABE REMOVED AS WHO GOODWILL AMBASSADOR AFTER OUTCRY
Over the last few days, I have reflected on my appointment of His Excellency President Robert Mugabe as WHO goodwill ambassador for NCDs in Africa... READ MORE›
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION STRIPS MUGABE OF GOODWILL AMBASSADOR ROLE
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been removed as goodwill ambassador by the World Health Organization WHO ... READ MORE›
WHO BOSS 'RETHINKING' MUGABE GOODWILL AMBASSADOR POST
After outcry, Tedros says he is 'rethinking' the appointment of Zimbabwe leader as goodwill envoy for UN health agency... READ MORE›
HIV IN RUSSIA: HATE, DISCRIMINATION LEAD TO RISE, EXPERTS SAY
Special envoy for HIV in eastern Europe, called the atmosphere for effective HIV prevention in Russia poisoned... READ MORE›
MUGABE NAMED AS GOODWILL AMBASSADOR BY WHO
The World Health Organization WHO has appointed President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe as a goodwill ambassador to help tackle non-communicable diseases... READ MORE›
ZIMBABWEAN ACTIVISTS CONDEMN 'ABSURD'A WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION HONOUR FOR ROBERT MUGABE
Zimbabwean human rights activists have accused the World Health Organization of hypocrisy after it appointed Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador... READ MORE›
WHO WORKS TO CONTAIN PLAGUE THAT HAS KILLED 94 ON MADAGASCAR
GENEVA - A plague epidemic has killed 94 people on the island of Madagascar and could spread further, the World Health Organization said on Friday... READ MORE›
WORLD POLLUTION KILLS MORE PEOPLE THAN WARS, DISASTERS OR HUNGER
One out of every 4 premature deaths in India in 2015, or some 2.5 million, was attributed to pollution, the study found... READ MORE›
US WITHDRAWS FROM UNESCO, ACCUSES THE ORGANISATION OF ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS
UNESCO, the cultural and educational agency of the United Nations, expressed regret over the United States' official decision to leave its organisation... READ MORE›
ZIKA VIRUS RESULTING IN MICROCEPHALY LIKELY MUTATED AROUND 2013, STUDY SAYS
The report in the U.S. journal Science explains for the first time how this once relatively harmless virus transformed into a global health threat... READ MORE›
STRESS AND SOCIAL MEDIA FUEL MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AMONG GIRLS
So many girls are now seeking help that NHS children and adolescent mental health services cannot cope, warned Dubicka... READ MORE›
HOUSE-CLEANING, WALKING TO WORK, STAVES OFF DEATH
The World Health Organization recommends at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity, or 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity per week... READ MORE›
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BILLIONAIRE BLOOMBERG TO FUND $5M PUBLIC HEALTH PROJECTS IN 40 CITIES WORLDWIDE
Exclusive Melbourne, Accra and Ulaanbaatar among cities to benefit from funding pledged by former New York mayor to tackle issues from air pollution to obesity... READ MORE›
AIR RAID HITS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN ALEPPO
An air raid has hit a children's hospital in Syria's rebel-held east Aleppo, forcing medical staff to evacuate patients, including several newborn babies still in incubators... READ MORE›
BILL GATES: BIOTERRORISM COULD KILL MORE THAN NUCLEAR WAR -- BUT NO ONE IS READY TO DEAL WITH IT
In his New England Journal of Medicine article, Gates said the United States's last epidemic simulation took place in 2001... READ MORE›
A YEAR LATER BRAZIL TOWN THAT SPAWNED ZIKA STRUGGLES WITHVIRUS
Prior to that, Paraiba state averaged five microcephaly births per year, but in November 2015, Campina Grande, Paraiba's second-largest city, recorded five cases alone... READ MORE›
ONCE TIME'S 'PERSON OF THE YEAR,' AN EBOLA FIGHTER DIES IN CHILDBIRTH DUE TO STIGMA OF VIRUS
More than 11,000 people died in the Ebola outbreak, although 17,000 who contracted the virus survived... READ MORE›
POLLUTION RESPONSIBLE FOR A QUARTER OF DEATHS OF YOUNG CHILDREN, SAYS WHO
It found that 300 million of these children live in areas with extreme air pollution, where toxic fumes are more than six times above the health guidelines... READ MORE›
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION DECLARES SRI LANKA MALARIA-FREE
The World Health Organisation has certified that Sri Lanka is a malaria-free nation, in what it called a truly remarkable achievement... READ MORE›
ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION 'THROUGH SEX' REPORTED IN US
A rare case of the Zika virus being transmitted through sex, not a mosquito bite, has been reported in the US... READ MORE›
LEAKED MAP REVEALS CHRONIC MERCURY EPIDEMIC IN PERU
Ask about the fish in restaurants in the centre of Puerto Maldonado, the biggest town in Peru's south-east Amazon, and you'll hear all kinds of things... READ MORE›
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION DECLARES ZIKA VIRUS PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
Zika alone would never be a public health emergency of international concern, he said... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS DIE DUE TO YEMEN AIRPORT CLOSURE
Citing UN figures, the NRC estimated that 7,000 Yemenis went abroad from Sanaa annually for medical treatment before the conflict... READ MORE›
DEPRESSION IS LEADING CAUSE OF DISABILITY WORLDWIDE, SAYS WHO STUDY
And early identification and treatment of depression is a very effective means of decreasing death by suicide, Saxena said... READ MORE›
TEXAS REPORTS FIRST CASE IN THE USA OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED ZIKA VIRUS
Texas health officials reported the first case of sexual transmission of the Zika virus in the USA on Tuesday... READ MORE›
HEADING TO VENICE? DON'T FORGET YOUR POLLUTION MASK
Every day five or six of the world's largest cruise ships chug into the heart of the ancient city, which hosts the Mediterranean's largest cruise terminal... READ MORE›
AIDS EPIDEMIC: FOR 1ST TIME, OVER HALF TAKING HIV DRUGS
For 1st time, over half of people with HIV having treatment... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | HOW WAR BROUGHT CHOLERA AND POLIO BACK TO THE MIDDLE EAST
A child receives treatment at a hospital amid a serious cholera outbreak in Sanaa, Yemen's capital, on June 14... READ MORE›
BRAZIL ENDS STATE OF EMERGENCY OVER ZIKA VIRUS
Brazil has declared an end to its public health emergency over the Zika virus, 18 months after a surge in cases drew headlines around the world... READ MORE›
THE BRITON VYING TO BECOME THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL DOCTOR
David Nabarro has called himself 'a doer who delivers', but what can he do to cure the World Health Organisation's many ills?... READ MORE›
AID GROUPS AIM TO PUT MENTAL HEALTH ON WORLD AGENDA
Good mental health care is scarce in many parts of the United States, but it is nonexistent in most of the world... READ MORE›
CHOLERA DEATH TOLL IN YEMEN REACHES AT LEAST 180, RED CROSS SAYS
A man infected with cholera lies in bed at a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen, on May 12, 2017... READ MORE›
WORLD OVERLOOKS ETHIOPIA DROUGHT CRISIS THAT IS LEAVING MILLIONS HUNGRY
This year, the food program will help more than 2A million children, pregnant women and breast-feeding mothersA sufferingA fromA moderate acute malnutrition... READ MORE›
ZIKA VIRUS PREGNANCY CASE CONFIRMED IN SPAIN
Spain has confirmed that a pregnant woman has been diagnosed with the Zika virus... READ MORE›
ZIKA VIRUS LIKELY TO SPREAD ACROSS ASIA, SAYS WHO
Infections of the Zika virus are highly likely to keep spreading across Asia and the Pacific, the World Health Organization WHO warns... READ MORE›
TWO BILLION CHILDREN BREATHE BAD AIR
While reducing outdoor air pollution is the longer term goal, immediate steps can be taken to reduce indoor air pollution... READ MORE›
SUGARY DRINK TAXES COULD BE THREATENED BY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, EXPERTS SAY
Taxes on sugary drinks had a banner year in the US, with six new laws passed across the US... READ MORE›
ZIKA VIRUS IS NO LONGER A GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCY, UN HEALTH AGENCY SAYS
If anything, this has been escalated in importance by becoming activities that will be continued in the long-term in the World Health Organization, he said... READ MORE›
CLIMATE CHANGE MAY HAVE HELPED SPREAD ZIKA VIRUS ACCORDING TO WHO SCIENTISTS
As climate change reaches almost every corner of the Earth's ecology, different diseases could be unleashed... READ MORE›
IRAQIS WHO FLED ISIS NOW HAVE ANOTHER THING TO FEAR
Iraqi refugees forced to flee ISIS now have another thing to fear losing aid-agency health services due to a massive shortfall in international funding... READ MORE›
WORLD BANK ISSUES WARNING ON STUNTING IN CHILDREN, BUT POINTS TO PERU'S SUCCESS
Peru succeeds at tackling stunting while World Bank chief threatens to expose countries that fail to, and why the world is falling behind on health goals... READ MORE›
ETHIOPIA'S TEDROS ELECTED FIRST AFRICAN DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF WHO
A former health minister at the voting ground has tweeted that Tedros got votes that passed the over 66 percent required to be declared the winner... READ MORE›