who

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.

WHO supports fight against malaria outbreak in Haiti

Published on: April 14, 2024
13:08

Port-au-Prince, Apr 14 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) supports the fight against malaria in Haiti, where today there is fear that the disease could spread nationwide and to neighboring territories.

The health system in Gaza has been destroyed, WHO denounced

Published on: April 12, 2024
08:56

Ramallah, Apr 12 (Prensa Latina) The medical system of the Gaza Strip has been destroyed by the Israeli attacks, denounced the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in his account on X.

WHO coordinates global deployment of rapid cholera tests

Published on: April 6, 2024
01:00

Geneva, Apr 6 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) coordinated the global deployment of rapid diagnostic tests to boost the fight against cholera, with the first shipment arriving in Malawi on Friday.

Conflicts and climate crisis: hinder the right to health

Published on: April 5, 2024
16:41

Geneva, Apr 5 (Prensa Latina) Political inaction, conflicts, biases and the climate crisis are nowadays hindering the right of all people, wherever they are, to access quality health services.

NGOs urge WHO to include kidney disease in priority list

Published on: April 3, 2024
17:18

Washington, Apr 3 (Prensa Latina) Professional institutions working on kidney health urged the World Health Organization (WHO) to include this disease in the priority non-communicable diseases (NCDs) list, according to an article published in Nature Reviews Nephrology.

Clinical trial on polio in Cuba at the request of the WHO

Published on: March 28, 2024
10:39

Havana, Mar 28 (Prensa Latina) A new clinical trial on poliomyelitis began in Cuba at the request of the World Health Organization, since the country has no reported cases of poliomyelitis since its eradication, it was announced today.

WHO calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza due to humanitarian crisis

Published on: March 22, 2024
08:33

Ramallah, Mar 22 (Prensa Latina) A ceasefire and efforts to achieve lasting peace are the only solutions that can put an end to the sufferings that the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip have endured for a long time, the World Health Organization (WHO) stated.

Hunger kills more children in Gaza, WHO warns

Published on: March 20, 2024
11:16

Geneva, Mar 20 (Prensa Latina) The number of newborns and children on the verge of death is increasing due to hunger, caused by five months of intense bombings by Israel on Gaza, and constant denials of access to aid, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday.

Risk of disease outbreaks warned

Published on: March 19, 2024
10:38

London, Mar 19 (Prensa Latina) Global immunization declined during the Covid-19 pandemic, increasing the burden of disease and the risk of outbreaks, according to information published in The Lancet Global Health journal.

NEWS