Gaza: UN health agency urges rapid scale-up of medevacs as thousands remain in critical condition

This article is published in association with United Nations. More than 12,000 critically ill and injured patients, including at least 5,000 children, urgently need to be evacuated from Gaza, amid the crumbling health system, the UN World Health Organization (WHO)’s top official in the region said on Thursday. Speaking from Gaza, WHO Representative Rik Peeperkorn described […]

Mpox is still being transmitted across the world, says UN health agency

This article is published in association with United Nations. Mpox has been confirmed in Burundi, one of four countries in Eastern Africa where the disease has surfaced for the first time, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, as the continent’s top health body declared a public health emergency.  In an update, the WHO […]

UN health agency issues alert on falsified medicines used for diabetes treatment, weight loss

This article is published in association with United Nations. The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday issued a medical product alert on the release of three batches of falsified semaglutides – the type of medicines primarily used to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity in some countries. The spurious semaglutides – of a specific brand Ozempic […]

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