Topic: WHO
1.6 million fall ill, 420,000 die annually from contaminated food, warns UN on World Food Safety Day
Every day, some 1.6 million people worldwide fall ill from eating contaminated food, which kills 420,000 people each year, two UN agencies said on Tuesday.
1 in 3 children overweight in the European region: WHO report
A new World Health Organization (WHO) report on obesity levels in Europe released on Wednesday, shows that roughly one in three primary school-aged children is living with obesity or are overweight, and this is only set to rise further.
COVID-19 no longer a global health emergency, declares WHO
The head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has declared “with great hope” an end to COVID-19 as a public health emergency, stressing that it does not mean the disease is no longer a global threat.
WHO reveals one-third of prisoners in Europe suffer mental health disorders
One in three prisoners in Europe suffer from mental health disorders, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new report launched on Tuesday.
COVID-19 remains an international health threat: WHO
The head of the UN health agency, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Monday that COVID-19 is still a global health threat and that now is not the time to declare the pandemic over.
WHO calls for action to totally eliminate trans fat, ‘a toxic chemical that kills’
Despite recent progress towards eliminating trans fat from food, some five billion people remain unprotected from its harmful impacts, thus increasing their risk of heart disease and death, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
