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Covid-19 may become just like flu, says WHO chief

Published on: March 17, 2023
17:40

Geneva, Mar 17 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said the Covid-19 pandemic could settle down this year to a point where it poses a threat similar to flu.

Eye exam is key to prevent Glaucoma – WHO

Published on: March 12, 2023
08:27

Geneva, Mar 12 (Prensa Latina) World Glaucoma Day is celebrated on Sunday under the international health authorities´ recommendation people should have an eye exam to avoid Glaucoma.

129,000 facing starvation, epidemic outbreaks in Horn of Africa – WHO

Published on: March 10, 2023
18:12

Geneva, Mar 10 (Prensa Latina) About 48 million people in the Greater Horn -Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda - are presently facing crisis levels of food insecurity, six million of them are in famine emergency levels, in addition to facing up epidemic outbreaks, WHO warned Friday.

A woman dies every 2 minutes during pregnancy or childbirth – UN

Published on: February 23, 2023
16:52

Geneva, Feb 23 (Prensa Latina) Maternal health setbacks in many parts of the world have contributed to the worrying finding that a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth around every two minutes, UN agencies said on Thursday.

WHO warns of serious neurological sequelae of encephalitis

Published on: February 22, 2023
17:51

Geneva, Feb 22 (Prensa Latina) With a high mortality rate ranging 5 to 20% of cases, encephalitis is currently considered as a disease with serious neurological sequelae, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported.

Mpox is still considered a public health emergency – WHO

Published on: February 15, 2023
16:55

Geneva, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) WHO warned Wednesday that despite progress made for global response to the multinational mpox outbreak, it is still a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated.

WHO calls to avoid loss of future generation in Syria

Published on: February 15, 2023
16:12

Geneva, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) WHO´s Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean region Ahmed Al Mandhari on Wednesday called for help to avoid the loss of future generation among young Syrians given multiple crises affecting the country.

Concern over outbreak of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea

Published on: February 15, 2023
00:15

Malabo, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) An outbreak of Marburg virus in an Equatorial Guinean district has killed nine people so far, according to official figures, and has activated the alarm in the World Health Organization (WHO).

Türkiye: Death toll climbs to over 29,500

Published on: February 12, 2023
12:23

Ankara, Feb 12 (Prensa Latina) Death toll from the earthquakes hit the southeast of Türkiye jumped to 29,605, while the number of injured exceeded 80,000, Türkiye's Emergency Management Agency reported Sunday.

WHO chief arrives in earthquake-stricken Syria

Published on: February 12, 2023
07:44

Damascus, Feb 12 (Prensa Latina) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), has just arrived in Aleppo, one of the four Syrian provinces devastated by the earthquake that struck this Arab nation last Monday.

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