How the pandemic changed the world of disease control for worse — and for better
Five years after the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, there has been progress — and backsliding in the ...
World Health Organization announces cost cutting after US withdraws funding
A staff memo has revealed the latest in a series of cost-cutting measures at the UN agency since Donald Trump's decision to with the US from the organisation.
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World News in Brief: Syria families executed, Duterte arrested on ICC warrant, Sudan’s healthcare collapse
Days of violence against Syria’s mainly ethnic Alawite communities have included the summary execution of entire families, ...
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Benevis Report Details Bidirectional Relationship Between Oral and Mental Health in Support of World Oral Health Day
Poor dental health can negatively affect mental health, and poor mental health can lead to the neglect of oral health, ...
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Sudan: 200 Health Facilities Out of Action in El Fasher, North Darfur - OCHA
More than 200 health facilities in the North Darfur capital El Fasher are not functioning, and that there is an acute ...
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UN Drug Commission Votes to Ban Cannabis Compound Under International Treaty
The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) has voted to ban the marijuana component hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) ...
Santa Clara County Public Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody, who led pandemic response, to retire after 26 years
Five years after the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic, Dr. Sara Cody — the Santa ...
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Puerto Río Haina becomes first port to issue health certificates
The Ministry of Public Health announced that Puerto Río Haina is the first port in the Dominican Republic authorized to issue ...
From staff cuts to aid reductions, UN humanitarian agencies scramble in wake of US funding freeze
Trump administration freezes on U.S. foreign aid have led many United Nations organizations to cut staff, budgets and ...
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Local researchers on how COVID-19 affects people 5 years later
Researchers predict an office space crisis in some cities will get worse, as it takes ten years for office leases to turnover. Clemson University researchers used data from the American Time Use ...
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Is UN in Danger of Losing its Battle for Gender Equality?
The Trump administration’s decision to abandon DEI—diversity, equity and inclusion— which was aimed at promoting fair treatment in the work place, is having its repercussions at the United Nations.