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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...
16 Dec 2022
Accelerated action needed to ensure safe drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene for all
14 December 2022 / News release Urgent action is needed globally and locally to achieve safe and sustainably managed water, sanitation and hygiene for all in order to prevent devastating impacts on th...
9 Dec 2022
WHO Member States agree to develop zero draft of legally binding pandemic accord in early 2023
7 December 2022 / News release / Geneva Member States of the World Health Organization today agreed to develop the first draft of a legally binding agreement designed to protect the world from ...
2 Dec 2022
WHO calls on the global community to equalize the HIV response
On 1 December, World AIDS Day 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on global leaders and citizens to boldly recognize and address the inequalities that are holding back progress in att...
25 Nov 2022
WHO to identify pathogens that could cause future outbreaks and pandemics
WHO is launching a global scientific process to update the list of priority pathogens—agents that can cause outbreaks or pandemics—to guide global investment, research and development (R&D), e...
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