The latest World Health Organisation (WHO) tobacco trends report revealing a global decline in tobacco use. With 1.25 billion adult tobacco users worldwide, the report shows a continued reduction in tobacco consumption rates since 2000. Successful cases include Brazil and […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that a case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers-CoV) had been identified in the capital of the UAE. The International Health Regulations National Focal Point (IHR NFP) of the UAE informed the UN organization […]
Dubai: The UAE has played a pivotal role in facilitating global aid to earthquake-hit Syria and Türkiye, as the natural disaster serves as a reminder for governments to boost their emergency response, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World […]
Geneva: Countries should consider giving a second Covid-19 vaccine booster to the elderly, pregnant women, health workers, people with weaker immune systems and those at higher risk of severe disease, as per World Health Organization (WHO) experts. Most Covid-19 vaccines […]
Geneva: The World Health Organisation (WHO) said in the past six weeks, the global weekly number of reported cases of COVID-19 has almost doubled and warned that deaths are also increasing, but for the moment, not as rapidly as cases. […]
Geneva: The World Health Organisation said the rapid spread of monkeypox across dozens of nations does not represent a global health emergency at this time. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described monkeypox as an evolving health threat, however, and urged […]
Geneva: The UN refugee agency has counted 100 million people worldwide who have been forced to flee their homes, the highest number of displaced people recorded since World War II, the German press agency (dpa) reported. The displacement of civilians […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it will rename the monkeypox virus, the move is the result of concerns raised by a group of international scientists about the virus strain name’s discriminatory nature. According to the global health body, […]
GENEVA: Over 1 billion people aged 12 to 35 years risk losing their hearing due to prolonged and excessive exposure to loud music and other recreational sounds. This can have devastating consequences for their physical and mental health, education, and […]
DUBAI: More than 1,500 people signed up to the first Walk the Talk event in the Middle East, held at Expo 2020 Dubai to launch a global 24-hour global walkathon in celebration of frontline healthcare workers and better health for […]
GENEVA / WASHINGTON: At its third meeting, the Multilateral Leaders Taskforce on COVID-19 (MLT) the heads of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, World Health Organization, and World Trade Organization met with the leaders of the African Vaccine Acquisition […]