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Nearly 42,000 people in Gaza are living with life-changing injuries from the ongoing conflict 鈥� including more than 10,000 children 鈥� as the health system collapses under relentless strain, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday.
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Immunisation experts at the UN World Health Organization (WHO) have warned that global protection against preventable diseases is under threat, in part because of an 鈥渋nformation and trust crisis鈥� regarding vaccines.
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Doctors in Gaza are warning of a surge in respiratory illnesses as families 鈥� cut off from basic supplies 鈥� burn plastic and cardboard to cook and keep warm. They say the outbreak will worsen unless life-saving medicines, fuel and food are allowed into the devastated territory.
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Faced with a deadly outbreak of cholera and a lack of sanitation infrastructure, one Haitian mother sparked a community movement that has transformed her neighbourhood 鈥� and saved multiple lives.
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World leaders have thrown their weight behind the first-ever United Nations global political declaration tackling noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health together.
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For the first time, mental health is the focus of an official meeting of the General Assembly on Thursday, with world leaders expected to agree on a set of principles designed to drive global action to help alleviate the symptoms of those living with a complex variety of disorders.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) stressed on Wednesday that there is no conclusive scientific evidence linking the use of paracetamol 鈥� also known as acetaminophen 鈥� during pregnancy, with autism spectrum disorder.
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The UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, has confirmed that between 11 and 16 September, 12 of its premises in Gaza City were hit directly or indirectly, amid intensifying Israeli military activity there.
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The UN World Health Organization (WHO) issued a warning on Wednesday that southern and eastern European countries are losing large numbers of doctors and nurses who are leaving to work abroad.
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The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) called on Monday for countries to overcome the remaining obstacles to concluding the global pandemic treaty.
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School meals are a crucial way out of poverty into 鈥渁 new world of learning and opportunity,鈥� according to the World Food Programme (WFP) executive director Cindy McCain.
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More than 720,000 people commit suicide every year and many more attempt it. Now the head of the UN鈥檚 World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for 鈥渟hifting the narrative鈥� on the issue 鈥渢o challenge harmful myths, reduce stigma and foster compassionate conversations.鈥�
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For the first time in history, obesity has surpassed those underweight as the most common form of malnutrition among school-age children and adolescents worldwide, UNICEF revealed in a new report on Tuesday.
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The first jolt threw Dr. Abdul Mateen Sahak out of bed. The second sent him to his phone. It was right before midnight, last Sunday, and the steep, mountainous valleys of eastern Afghanistan had just been hit by a powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake, closely followed by the first of many aftershocks.
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As billions continue to breathe polluted air that causes more than 4.5 million premature deaths every year, UN climate experts on Friday highlighted how damaging microscopic smoke particles from wildfires play their part, travelling halfway across the world.
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Nearly four years into Russia鈥檚 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and 11 years since conflict began, the toll on mental health across the country is severe.
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More than a billion people worldwide are living with mental health conditions, according to new data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday.
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Extreme heat is fast becoming one of the biggest threats to workers鈥� health and livelihoods, the World Health Organization (WHO) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Friday.
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Over half of all children under-18 worldwide continue to experience corporal punishment on an annual basis, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Nepal has eliminated rubella as a public health problem, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Monday, hailing the breakthrough as a 鈥渞emarkable achievement鈥�.
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