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Egypt has detected the second monkeypox case in the country in a citizen who had arrived from an Arab country on September 25, the health ministry said in statement on Tuesday. The ministry said the patient has been quarantined in an isolation hospital and all preventive and medical measures have…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yoga at work recommended to improve employee mental health

Global health leaders have set out steps to improve employee mental health.

The Independent UK

DRC declares end to latest Ebola virus outbreak

The country’s 15th outbreak comes to an end as neighbouring Uganda races to tackle virus outbreak of its own.

Al Jazeera

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Abortion in Kenya and Benin: medical safety isn't enough – women and girls need to feel safe socially too

Safe abortion and post abortion care are essential health services. But until the publication of the 2022 World Health Organization (WHO) abortion care guidelines there was a narrow definition of abortion safety. In previous WHO guidelines, medical safety was the guiding principle of safe abortion. Safety, according the WHO, referred…

The Conversation

‘Silence is the crime’: Patrice Evra on surviving abuse and his work with the WHO

Last year, the former Manchester United and France footballer revealed the sexual abuse he experienced at 13. Now, he is determined to help protect children worldwide

The Guardian - UK

The high price of sodium

To raise awareness and encourage manufacturers to reduce salt and sodium in food products, the Thai Health Promotion Foundation (Thai Health) organised a forum titled "Reducing Salt/Sodium Consumption In Thailand" at the Thai Health office. At the forum, Dr Chantana Ungchusak, chairman of the board of healthy food planning, said…

Bangkok Post

We were on a global panel looking at the staggering costs of COVID – 17.7 million deaths and counting. Here are 11 ways to stop history repeating itself

The report highlights that the pandemic has reversed progress made towards the UN Sustainable Development goals in many countries.

The Hindu

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Here to stay? China's cityscapes transformed by thousands of COVID test booths

A thousand days since the World Health Organization (WHO) was told of a "viral pneumonia" in central China, many countries have returned to pre-COVID-19 life. Not so China itself - in cities big or small, routine PCR testing is the new normal.

Reuters

How to prevent another pandemic

A report shows what steps can be taken to prevent a new pandemic

Salon

Plan to recruit Nepal nurses for NHS puts them ‘at risk of exploitation’

Ministers accused of turning a blind eye to potential danger of abusive recruitment practices

The Guardian - UK

Ebola outbreak in Uganda: the health system has never been better prepared

An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus was announced by Uganda’s ministry of health on 21 September 2022. Uganda has had at least six previous episodes of Ebola in 2000 (224 dead), 2007 (37 dead), 2011 (1 dead), two events in 2012 (21 dead) and 2019 (4 dead). The recently…

The Conversation

WHO cautions against unsafe medication practices

Targeted efforts on to reduce such practices and errors, says WHO Regional Director for Southeast Asia

The Hindu

Harry Styles, Other Stars Raising Cash for WHO in Ukraine

British music stars Harry Styles and Ed Sheeran, US basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal and other celebrities will donate personal objects for a campaign launched Saturday to support healthcare in Ukraine. Seven months into Russia's war, the WHO Foundation -- an independent organization that works to raise funds to support the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Uganda confirms three more Ebola deaths

Health ministry also says four more infections confirmed in past 24 hours in outbreak detected in Mubende district.

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Rajiv Bahl, M Srinivas appointed heads of ICMR, AIIMS

Dr Rajiv Bahl has been appointed for a term of three years and Dr Srinivas has been appointed for a term of five years

Reuters

'Blood on your hands' if world steps back on tackling COVID now - WHO official

If rich nations think the pandemic is over, they should help lower-income countries reach that point too, a senior World Health Organization official told Reuters.

The Independent UK

Air pollution ‘causes brain damage raising risk of depression and autism in children’, new study shows

Research from Rotterdam found those who grew up around busy roads had abnormal white matter

Tribune News Service

WHO says pandemic isn’t done after Biden called it ‘over’ in US

The World Health Organization said the world isn’t at the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, just days after President Joe Biden declared it’s over in the United States.

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BF.7: The next major COVID strain?

New COVID variants BF.7 and BA.2.75.2 are edging out BA.5 for supremacy. Will the new vaccine boosters be enough?

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When the Auf Wiedersehen, Pet star and the lead singer of The Who teamed up

Stars of music and comedy, including Jimmy Nail and Roger Daltrey, performed at The Sage Gateshead in support of the Teenage Cancer Trust on this night 15 years ago

The Independent UK

Secret vaccinations help Zimbabwe mothers protect children

Church members in Zimbabwe are getting their children vaccinated against measles in secret amid a deadly outbreak

Dynamite News

Every 2 seconds, 1 person under 70 dies of noncommunicable diseases in world: WHO report

Diseases relating to the heart, cancer, diabetes and respiratory diseases claim the lives of every one person every two seconds under the age of 70, a World Health Organisation report has said. Read more on Dynamite News:

The Conversation

COVID pandemic created immunisation gaps in Africa. Over half a million children are at risk

The COVID pandemic exposed the fault lines in health systems and national routine immunisation programmes around the world.

The Hindu

Watch | Can the Covid-19 pandemic end soon?

A video on the present global situation with Covid-19 and the WHO’s guidelines to countries

The Guardian - UK

Non-communicable diseases kill a person under 70 every two seconds, says WHO

Chronic and mainly preventable diseases such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease outstripping infectious diseases due to inaction

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