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WHO chief calls for protecting health of all peoples

Published on: May 27, 2024
18:34

Geneva, May 27 (Prensa Latina) WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday harped on the pressing need to promote and protect the health of all peoples in an increasingly complex and unequal world.

Cuba attends 77th World Health Assembly

Published on: May 27, 2024
12:57

Havana, May 27 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is participating in the 77th World Health Assembly (WHA), which began in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday and will close on June 1.

WHO warns of increase in sexually transmitted infections

Published on: May 21, 2024
16:05

Geneva, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Global HIV, viral hepatitis epidemics and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as syphilis and gonorrhea continue to pose significant public health challenges, causing 2.5 million deaths each year, according to a new WHO report.

WHO urges European nations to ban high-salt foods

Published on: May 15, 2024
17:52

Geneva, May 15 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday urged European countries to set legal limits on the amount of salt in manufactured foods, restaurants and canteens in a suite of recommendations to stop excessive intake and cut rates of heart diseases, which could save nearly 900,000 lives.

Syria and WHO review cooperation programs in health sector

Published on: May 13, 2024
12:42

Damascus, May 13 (Prensa Latina) Syrian Prime Minister Hussein Arnous and the regional director of the World Health Organization (WHO) for the Eastern Mediterranean, Hanan Balkhi, met on Monday to review the ways to improve cooperation in health care.

WHO launches global guidelines on catheter use

Published on: May 9, 2024
17:59

Geneva, May 9 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday launched the first global guidelines to prevent the occurrence of bloodstream and other infections caused by use of catheters placed in minor blood vessels during medical procedures.

WHO worries about bird flu notwithstanding low global health risk

Published on: May 2, 2024
20:03

Geneva, May 2 (Prensa Latina) WHO sustained on Thursday that the global health risk level of bird flu at a low level, but it admitted concern over the growing spread of its incidence due to climate change, among other reasons.

WHO concerned about healthcare access in Haiti

Published on: April 29, 2024
16:16

Port-au-Prince, Apr 29 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday expressed deep concern about Haitians´ access to health care centers in the midst of rising violence situation the Caribbean nation is presently experiencing.

Global vaccination saved 154M lives in past 50 years – WHO

Published on: April 24, 2024
16:17

Geneva, Apr 24 (Prensa Latina) In the past 50 years global immunization has saved 154 million people, equivalent to six lives every minute, and most of them were babies, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported Wednesday.

WHO: New strategy to boost stalled crackdown on malaria

Published on: April 23, 2024
16:56

Geneva, Apr 23 (Prensa Latina) The WHO Global Malaria Program published on Tuesday a new operational strategy outlining priorities and activities to help change trends in this deadly disease.

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