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Global Decline in Tobacco use: WHO report highlights progress and challenges

The Brew News Team   Wed 17 Jan 2024    

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 […]

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New case of Mers virus confirmed in Al Ain, UAE

The Brew News Team   Wed 26 Jul 2023    

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 […]

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World Government Summit 2023: WHO chief praises UAE’s aid efforts

Brew Admin   Wed 15 Feb 2023    

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 […]

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WHO experts back second Covid booster for most at risk

Brew Admin   Sat 20 Aug 2022    

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 […]

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WHO warns of the rise of COVID-19 cases due to the transmissible Omicron variant

Brew Admin   Thu 21 Jul 2022    

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. […]

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WHO says Monkeypox is not a global health emergency at the moment

Brew Admin   Sun 26 Jun 2022    

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 […]

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UNHCR records 100 million refugees worldwide

Brew Admin   Thu 16 Jun 2022    

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 […]

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WHO to change Monkeypox virus name amid concerns raised by scientists

Brew Admin   Thu 16 Jun 2022    

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, […]

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WHO’s Make Listening Safe initiative to tackle the rising threat of hearing loss

Brew Admin   Thu 03 Mar 2022    

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 […]

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Expo 2020 Dubai’s Walk the Talk — Walking towards better health

Brew Admin   Mon 13 Dec 2021    

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 […]

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IMF, WB, WHO, WTO concerned over ‘vaccine inequity’

Brew Admin   Sat 28 Aug 2021    

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 […]

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