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8 May 2023
WHO and tobacco control partners urge countries not to partner or work with the tobacco industry
WHO is concerned with continued attempts by the tobacco industry and its surrogates to further its interests to influence scientific research, public perception, policy-making, and the media; all aime...
26 Apr 2023
Focus on kidney health is key in fighting non-communicable diseases
The enormous negative impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on public health systems across the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region today is receiving much more attention on the policy agenda than it...
31 Mar 2023
Quadripartite call to action for One Health for a safer world
Recent international health emergencies such as Covid-19 pandemic, mpox, Ebola outbreaks, and continued threats of other zoonotic diseases, food safety, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) challenges, as w...
24 Mar 2023
Second high-level interregional meeting on the health of refugees and migrants
Amid the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes in the Syrian Arab Republic and Türkiye over a month ago, as well as the ongoing war in Ukraine now past its one-year mark, three WHO regional office...
17 Mar 2023
Statement on the update of WHO’s working definitions and tracking system for SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and variants of interest
WHO has updated its tracking system and working definitions for variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to better correspond to the current global variant landscape, to independently e...
10 Mar 2023
Impact of climate change on health in Kenya and possible way out
Climate change is the significant variation of average weather conditions becoming, for example, warmer, wetter, or drier over several decades or longer. Impacts related to climate change are becoming...
3 Mar 2023
Time is ripe period poverty and period shame in Kenya
Nominated Senator Gloria Orwoba unorthodox bid to raise awareness on the scourge of period shame and period poverty was the talk of the country on Valentine’s Day 2023. Orwoba caused a stir as she a...
17 Feb 2023
WHO calls for stern measures against exploitative advertisements by the formula milk industry.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has decried the surge in exploitative marketing tactics used by the formula milk industry and called for a clamp down on the industry. In a statement on 6th Febru...
3 Feb 2023
African leaders unite in pledge to end AIDS in children
News Release Ministers and representatives from twelve African countries have committed themselves, and laid out their plans, to end AIDS in children by 2030. International partners have...
27 Jan 2023
Misuse and abuse of controlled substance: Measures for a drug-free future
A controlled substance is generally a drug or chemical whose manufacture, possession, or use is regulated by a government, such as illicitly used drugs or prescription medications that are designated ...
20 Jan 2023
How well do development partners work together and follow country priorities to achieve the health SDGs?
Views from national governments and relevant authorities 52 national governments and relevant authorities provided their views on how well multilateral agencies and other development partners align to...
13 Jan 2023
Urgent action needed as acute malnutrition threatens the lives of millions of vulnerable children
12 January 2023/ News release United Nations agencies are calling for urgent action to protect the most vulnerable children in the 15 countries hardest hit by an unprecedented food and nutrition crisi...
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