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Stories from the UN Archive: Hollywood greats campaign against malaria and polio

Frank Sinatra and Edward G. Robinson were two of the 20th century’s biggest stars of the stage and screen, and when it came to the World Health Organization’s campaign to tackle two of the biggest killers of the post-war era, they answered the call. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/3I0Gs61 via IFTTT

WHO and partners deliver aid to two Gaza hospitals in high-risk missions

The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners delivered fuel and other essential supplies to two hospitals in northern and southern Gaza this week, the UN agency reported on Wednesday. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/YNsMpgf via IFTTT

‘Act on the lessons of COVID-19’, Guterres says on Epidemic Preparedness Day 

The world must prepare for the next pandemic and act on lessons learned from COVID-19, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a message on Wednesday to mark the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/ZjSTaDi via IFTTT

2023 marked by achievements and avoidable suffering: WHO chief

The past year saw significant milestones and challenges in global public health but also immense and avoidable suffering, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/V1U5HCL via IFTTT

Dengue spike fuels concerns of public health threat in previously untouched countries: WHO

This year's surprising spike in dengue infections globally represents a potentially high public health threat, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.  from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/Q23Ice4 via IFTTT

World News in Brief: Latest Sudan fighting displaces thousands, second malaria vaccine, Russian dissidents ‘disappeared’

The latest surge in fighting in Sudan has displaced up to 300,000 people as conflict spread to the country’s second largest city, Wad Madani, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Thursday.  from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/WBbw1XD via IFTTT

COVID-19: WHO designates JN.1 ‘variant of interest’ amid sharp rise in global spread

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is continuously monitoring the global spread of JN.1, a COVID-19 variant of interest, adding that current vaccines continue to offer protection against severe disease and death from this and other variants in circulation. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/5tCJNIs via IFTTT

UN workers delivering aid to Gaza hospital describe ‘bloodbath’ in overflowing emergency department

UN workers delivering medical supplies to the Al-Shifa Hospital in north Gaza on 16 December have described the emergency department as a “bloodbath”, with hundreds of injured people inside, and a constant flow of new patients. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/zK06bTt via IFTTT

World News in Brief: End e-cigarette boom urges WHO, measles surge in Europe, Central Asia; crisis for kids in Lebanon

E-cigarettes, which pose serious health risks, are being “aggressively marketed” to young people and in large parts of the world there are no rules in place to protect children from their harmful effects, UN health agency WHO warned on Thursday. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/mNFU1Mw via IFTTT

World News in Brief: Investing in primary healthcare, record hunger in West and Central Africa, UNICEF emergency appeal

Half of the world’s population is not fully covered by essential health services and two billion people are impoverished because they must cover medical bills out-of-pocket. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/TQ3py4X via IFTTT

Do’s and don’ts for tackling chronic back pain

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday released its first-ever guidelines on managing chronic low back pain - the leading cause of disability worldwide, that effects an astonishing one in 13 of us. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/zpetNnM via IFTTT

World News in Brief: Russia’s LGBT ban condemned, unprecedented Africa malnutrition crisis, health after childbirth

UN independent human rights experts on Thursday raised concerns about the “dangerous precedent and far-reaching negative consequences” of Russia’s Supreme Court decision declaring the “international LGBT movement and its structural units” as “extremist”. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/M2QO4HV via IFTTT

COP28: The climate crisis is also a health crisis

Health has made it to the agenda of a UN climate conference, and health advocates at COP28 in Dubai on Sunday said the topic was long overdue for discussion because climate inaction is costing lives and impacting health every single day. from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/s9riHDt via IFTTT

Tackling health impacts of climate change and scaling up digital climate action in the spotlight at COP28

Delegates at COP28 in Dubai on Saturday called for stronger and more resilient global health systems, which are indispensable to protecting populations from the negative impacts of climate change on health.  from UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://ift.tt/z5qeVJU via IFTTT