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WHO reports 780 Monkeypox cases outside Africa

Published on: June 6, 2022
16:58

Geneva, Jun 6 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday reported 780 cases of monkeypox outside of Africa, from 27 Member States across four WHO regions that are not endemic for monkeypox virus.

Nearly 200 cases of severe acute hepatitis reported in children- ECDC

Published on: April 26, 2022
17:22

Geneva, Apr 26 (Prensa Latina) Around 190 unexplained cases of severe acute hepatitis have been reported in children worldwide, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) reported on Tuesday.

WHO supports DRC after two Ebola deaths report

Published on: April 26, 2022
17:09

Geneva, Apr 26 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday expressed its support for the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following confirmation of two Ebola deaths in the last few hours.

WHO urges to speed up actions to protect human health

Published on: April 6, 2022
18:52

Geneva, Apr 6 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday issued a pressing call for accelerated action by leaders and all people to preserve and protect health and mitigate the climate crisis as part of an “Our planet, our health” campaign marking the organization’s founding day, which falls at a time of heightened conflict and fragility.

Cuba has Abdala vaccine dossier ready for WHO

Published on: April 4, 2022
09:03

Havana, Apr 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuba has the dossier of the Abdala (CIGB-66) Covid-19 vaccine, with which millions of people have been immunized to date, ready to be presented to the World Health Organization (WHO) and begin the process of international recognition.

WHO to launch new tool to track outbreaks in real time

Published on: March 25, 2022
17:27

Geneva, March 25 (Prensa Latina) The WHO's Go.Data tool to track virus outbreaks in real time will be universally available in 2022 as an open source product to be used by the largest number of countries.

Ethiopia increases humanitarian aid to Tigray’s regional state

Published on: March 18, 2022
07:57

Addis Ababa, Mar 18 (Prensa Latina) Ethiopia has increased the transfer of food and other products to Tigray to mitigate the humanitarian emergencies that millions of citizens in that regional state are currently suffering, according to the National Disaster Risk Management Commission.

WHO shows negative Covid-19 impact on Europe

Published on: March 10, 2022
16:05

Stockholm, March 10 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday laid stress on the coronavirus impact on European nations in its purpose of accomplishing sustainable development programs.

WHO calls on prioritization of monitoring SARS-CoV-2 in wildlife

Published on: March 7, 2022
14:43

Geneva, Mar 7 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday has called on the prioritization of monitoring SARS-CoV-2 infection in wildlife, in order to prevent the formation of animal reservoirs.

WHO releases new standard to tackle rising threat of hearing loss

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Published on: March 2, 2022
17:28

Washington, March 2 (Prensa Latina) In the WHO Region of the Americas, around 217 million people live with hearing loss i.e., 21,52% of the population. It is expected that by 2050, this number could rise to 322 million.

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