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New York: Mental health support must be included in national responses to climate change, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new policy brief, launched on Friday at the Stockholm+50 environmental summit. more
Canada: 77 fresh Monkeypox cases registered

Ottawa/UNI/Sputnik: A total of 77 cases of monkeypox infection have been confirmed in Canada after the province of Quebec reported 71 cases, the Quebec Health Ministry said.

Africa: Dramatic drop forecast in COVID deaths, but no time to ‘sit back and relax'

COVID-19 deaths in Africa are forecast to decrease by 94 per cent this year compared to last year the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.

Monkeypox transmission may have gone undetected ‘for some time’

New York: Thirty non-endemic countries have reported more than 550 confirmed cases of monkeypox, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.

At least 643 cases of Monkeypox detected across 26 non-endemic states, says WHO

Geneva/UNI/Sputnik: At least 643 monkeypox cases in humans have been registered in 26 non-endemic countries by early June, Emerging Diseases and Zoonoses Lead at the World Health Organiza ...

Spain confirms 12 new monkeypox cases

Madrid/UNI/Xinhua: The Spanish Ministry of Health confirmed 12 new monkeypox cases, raising the total caseload to 132.Spain, followed by Britain, becomes the country with the most detecte ...

WHO cautions monkeypox spread may not be contained

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently not confident that the spread of monkeypox can be completely contained, Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, said.

WHO upgrades global monkeypox threat to 'moderate'

Washington: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday announced that it has decided to upgrade the threat from monkeypox to the world to 'moderate' from 'low', as the ...

Chile: Apology for sterilizing HIV-positive women in moment of ‘reproductive justice’

New York: The head of the UN agency leading the fight against HIV/AIDS, welcomed on Friday a public apology from Chile on a landmark case of involuntary sterilization of women living with ...

Tedros re-elected to lead the World Health Organization

New York: The Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, re-elected Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to serve a second five-year term as Director-General of the world&rsqu ...