health

IARC, PAHO launch 1st LatAm and Caribbean Code Against Cancer

Published on: October 17, 2023
16:44

Geneva, Oct 17 (Prensa Latina) The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) today launched the first edition of the Latin America and the Caribbean Code Against Cancer.

WHO launches new ScreenTB to detect and prevent Tuberculosis

Published on: October 16, 2023
16:57

Geneva, Oct 16 (Prensa Latina) WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Program is pleased to announce the update and release of ScreenTB (screentb.org) - a web-based tool designed to assist countries in prioritizing risk groups for screening, as well as in developing screening and prevention approaches tailored to country contexts.

New solidarity container from Spain to Cuba

Published on: October 16, 2023
11:54

Madrid, Oct 16 (Prensa Latina) School and medical supplies, equipment and 12.5 tons of powdered milk were loaded in a solidarity container in Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain, bound for Santiago de Cuba.

Italy: Weekly Covid-19 case toll dropped to 41,626

Published on: October 14, 2023
07:04

Rome, Oct 14 (Prensa Latina) 41,626 cases of Covid-19 were reported in Italy from October 5 to 11, showing a 5.7% decrease compared to 44,139 infections reported in previous week.

WHO launches the WHOeyes app on World Sight Day

Published on: October 12, 2023
15:58

Geneva, Oct 12 (Prensa Latina) To draw attention to blindness and vision impairment worldwide, every year on the second Thursday of October, World Sight Day is observed. For this year’s celebration, the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched “WHOeyes”, a free app for the general public to check how well they can see things close up and at a distance and learn how they can protect their eyes. The app checks visual acuity – a measure of how well the eye can distinguish shapes and details at a given distance and is the most common assessment of visual function.

WHO celebrates World Sight Day

Published on: October 12, 2023
12:46

Geneva, Oct 12 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday celebrates the World Sight Day to raise awareness about different types of visual affections and treatments, preventing patients from totally losing their ability to see.

WHO launches roadmap to fight off postpartum hemorrhage

Published on: October 11, 2023
17:32

Geneva, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) Severe bleeding after childbirth - postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) - is the leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide.

WHO commends Egypt for progress in eliminating hepatitis C

Published on: October 9, 2023
16:37

Geneva, Oct 9 (Prensa Latina) The Arab Republic of Egypt has become the first country to achieve the "gold tier” status on the path to elimination of hepatitis C as per WHO criteria. This means that Egypt has fulfilled WHO's programmatic coverage targets that will set the country up to achieve the reduced incidence and mortality targets of full elimination before 2030.

WHO launches new guidance for better quality in mental health care

Published on: October 9, 2023
16:26

Geneva, Oct 9 (Prensa Latina) Ahead of World Mental Health Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) are jointly launching new guidance, entitled “Mental health, human rights and legislation: guidance and practice”, to support countries to reform legislation in order to end human rights abuses and increase access to quality mental health care.

US attacks on Cuba condemned in Milan (+Photos)

Published on: October 7, 2023
11:18

Rome, Oct 7 (Prensa Latina) The terrorist attacks on Cuba in the United States were condemned, and the 43rd anniversary of the sabotage on a Cuban airliner, as a result of which 73 people were killed, was commemorated during an event in Milan, Italy.

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