Thursday, March 28, 2024

Topic: WHO

Rapid decline in public health conditions in Afghanistan: WHO

Healthcare provision is deteriorating fast in Afghanistan, the UN health agency warned on Wednesday, with cases of measles and diarrhoea shooting up, and polio becoming a “major risk”.

WHO updates Air Quality Guidelines, aims to save millions of lives

The World Health Organization on Wednesday updated its guidelines on air quality for the first time in over 15 years. WHO Global Air Quality Guidelines (AQGs) provide...

World without COVID-19 will not be possible until everyone gets equal access to vaccines

Health leaders agree that a world without COVID-19 will not be possible until everyone has equal access to vaccines.

WHO monitoring new coronavirus variant named ‘Mu’

The World Health Organization said that it has identified a new variant of the virus known as “Mu”

Coming months critical for future pandemic preparedness: WHO chief

The next three months will be a critical period for stepping up global collective action against future pandemics.

WHO calls for moratorium on COVID-19 booster jabs

The head of the UN health organization called on Wednesday for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine boosters until “at least the end of September” to enable the world’s most vulnerable people to be inoculated.