News headlines for “Health Issues”, page 121
UN chief issues global ‘wake-up call’ on Day of Epidemic Preparedness
- UN News
Three years ago this month, the virus that causes COVID-19 was first detected, the UN chief reminded on Tuesday, the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness.
2022 Year In health: New Ebola and cholera outbreaks, mpox emergency, COVID-19 ‘not over’
- UN News
The UN warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a cause for global concern, and outbreaks of cholera, Ebola and Monkeypox (now renamed mpox) led to the mobilization of health and aid workers to contain life-threatening illnesses. The UN warned that the aim of eradicating HIV/AIDS by 2030 was under threat, but a new vaccine raised hopes that malaria can be beaten.
War, Famine, Disease, Disasters – 2022 – a Year Staring at Apocalypse
- Inter Press Service
TORONTO, Canada, Dec 23 (IPS) - A year that started with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and is ending with famine in Africa, while still spreading death and misery through an enduring pandemic and a deteriorating climate crisis -- 2022 has been an apocalyptic warning of the frailty of our planet and the woeful shortcomings of humankind.
Horn of Africa faces most severe drought in more than two generations – UNICEF
- UN News
The number of children suffering from dire drought conditions across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia has more than doubled in five months, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday.
Millions of Afghan children inoculated against measles, polio in 1st Statewide drive since 2021 transition
- UN News
Millions of Afghan children have been vaccinated during the first nationwide integrated measles and polio campaign in Afghanistan since the Taliban took power in August 2021, the UN health agency said on Thursday.
WHO outlines year of challenges, says more information needed to combat COVID in China
- UN News
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) expressed concern on Wednesday over the evolving COVID situation in China, as it continues to receive increasing reports of severe disease.
WHO revises recommendations on lifesaving HPV vaccine
- UN News
More girls could be getting the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, which protects against cervical cancer, following updated recommendations announced on Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Universal Health Coverage: Think of Health Workers, not just Health Services
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC/ CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA/ GENEVA, Dec 19 (IPS) - Health services don’t deliver themselves. It is the nurse who triages in the emergency department, the midwife who delivers babies and cares for mothers, the community health worker who gives babies vaccines, the care assistant who bathes someone at home, the surgeon who performs the operation, the anesthetist who blocks the pain, the pharmacist who matches the script to the medication, and the physiotherapist who restores movement.
Russia's LGBTQI 'Propaganda' Law Imperils HIV Prevention
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, Dec 16 (IPS) - A new law banning LGBTQI ‘propaganda’ in Russia will further stigmatise LGBTQI people in the country and could worsen what is already one of the world’s worst HIV/AIDS epidemics, critics have warned.
Global cholera surge likely accelerated by climate change, warns WHO
- UN News
Climate change has driven an “unprecedented” number of larger and more deadly cholera outbreaks around the world this year, the UN health agency, WHO, said on Friday.
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