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WHA Member States Approve Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy After Resolving Tech Transfer Debate
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (1593+ words) GENEVA " States approved the World Health Organization's (WHO) updated 10-year global action plan on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) on Friday after a months-long fight over how the world should share AMR-related medical technologies. The plan, which runs through 2036, is the first…...
WHO Member States Warn Of Acute Operational Risks Amidst Severe Budget Cuts
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (358+ words) Sweeping personnel cuts and a massive emergency funding shortfall trigger sharp warnings about acute WHO operational risks from member states and experts. Yet, diverging regional priorities complicate short-term and sustainable financing solutions. GENEVA "Member states sounded alarms over severe WHO…...
Attack On Ebola Hospital In Eastern Congo Echoes Past Violence Against Health Workers
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (1394+ words) An angry crowd set fire to Ebola isolation tents outside a hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Ituri province on Thursday after the family of a young man who died of the virus was refused permission to take…...
WHO To Convene Donor Conference On Gaza Rehabilitation
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (1093+ words) After hours of debate straddling Tuesday and Wednesday, World Health Organization member states approved two overlapping reports and resolutions on the situation in Israeli-occupied territories, calling on WHO to convene a donor conference on the rehabilitation of Gaza's health infrastructure…...
Liver Disease, Social Media Harms And 'Health Taxes' Dominate Non-Communicable Disease Debate
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (587+ words) Liver disease, social media harms and health taxes dominated the World Health Assembly's (WHA) discussion on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on Thursday. For the first time, countries resolved to include steatotic liver disease (SLD), which is closely linked to obesity and…...
EXCLUSIVE: World Health Assembly Declines To Recognize Argentina's Withdrawal From WHO
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (556+ words) After a full day of intense diplomatic debate, the World Health Assembly adopted a compromise text on Friday declining formal recognition of Argentina's withdrawal notification, and leaving the nation's legal status unresolved. GENEVA " Delegates at the Seventy-Ninth World Health Assembly…...
With 90% Of Time Spent Indoors, Children And Vulnerable Groups Face Little Protection Against Pathogens Or Pollutants
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (38+ words) Health Policy Watch Unhealthy indoor air threatens millions of lives. Public health advocates argue that investments in ventilation, air filtration, moni...
UN Backs Landmark ICJ Climate Crisis Ruling, Defying US And Petrostates
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (1256+ words) The UN General Assembly voted 141-8 to endorse a landmark International Court of Justice opinion finding that states are bound under international law to curb greenhouse gas emissions driving the climate crisis and protect states most affected by its fallout. "Climate…...
Restore Funds For Malaria, Africa Urges
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (621+ words) The African region made an impassioned appeal for global funding to be restored for malaria elimination at the World Health Assembly on Wednesday. Drastic aid cuts in the past 18 months, particularly by the United States, have had a dramatic effect…...
Polio Eradication Needs Political Commitment As Conflict Makes Vaccination 'Impossible' In Areas Like North Yemen
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (666+ words) The world is in the last stretch of polio eradication, but closing this gap will require political commitment, the World Health Organization (WHO) told member states at the ongoing 79th session of the World Health Assembly (WHA). Polio virus has shown…...
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