On 8 May 1980, the 33rd World Health Assembly officially declared: âThe world and all its peoples have won freedom from smallpox.â The declaration marked the end of a disease that had plagued humanity for at least 3 000 years, killing 300 million people in the 20th century alone.  It was ended, thanks to a…
WHO and the European Investment Bank enhance cooperation to support countries in addressing the health impact of COVID-19 The first phase will address urgent needs and strengthen primary health care in ten African countries Enhanced WHO-EIB partnership will scale up financing to assure the chain of essential supplies, including personal protective equipment, diagnostics and clinical…
A clearer picture of the global impact New research from the Global Maternal Sepsis Study (GLOSS), a major WHO/HRP initiative, shows that infection has a much larger impact on global maternal mortality and morbidity than previously thought. The results from GLOSS, published in The Lancet Global Health, are the first to provide data on frequency…
The average blog reader views 77% more pages than an average user, and believe it or not, those blog readers are likely to have an average income of $75,000 or more according to Clickz. Well that sounds like a great target audience, but with over 50 million blogs out there, how do you get your…
A new case of Ebola virus disease was confirmed today in the city of Beni in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). âWhile not welcome news, this is an event we anticipated. We kept response teams in Beni and other high risk areas for precisely this reason,â said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General.  …
SAN FRANCISCO: WhatsApp on Tuesday placed new limits on message forwarding as part of an effort to curb the spread of misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic. The new policy limits users to forwarding certain messages to one âchatâ at a time, aiming to limit the rapid propagation of content that is provocative but likely to…
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