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GENEVA, Switzerland  (AFP) — The World Health Organisation said Monday that the mpox virus epidemic remains an international health emergency with mor...
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Caribbean countries join in formally adopting Pandemic Agreement
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GENEVA, Switzerland (CMC) — Member states of the World Health Organization (WHO), including the Caribbean, Tuesday formally adopted by consensus the w...
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GENEVA, Switzerland — The WHO Pandemic Agreement, an accord designed to address the mistakes made in handling Covid-19, is being submitted for adoptio...
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Geneva, Switzerland (AFP)— Countries were on Tuesday painstakingly tweaking the text of a hoped-for landmark agreement on tackling future pandemics, a...
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WATCH: NWC refutes claims of contaminated water in Kingston and St Andrew
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – The National Water Commission (NWC) has reaffirmed the safety and quality of the water being supplied to Kingston and St Andrew, d...
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Following Trump, Argentina quits World Health Organization
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- Argentina said Wednesday it will quit the World Health Organization, following in the footsteps of Donald Trump's Uni...
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UN welcomes US aid freeze exemption for HIV treatment
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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The United Nations Wednesday welcomed an exemption for its emergency AIDS relief programme from the United States' foreig...
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WHO urges US to maintain support for HIV treatment programmes
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PAHO urges Caribbean countries to maintain Mpox surveillance, genomic sequencing
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WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – Following the detection of a Clade I variant case for the first time in the region, the Pan American Health Organiza...
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Incoming WHO Africa chief dies at 55
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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AFP) - The incoming World Health Organization's regional director for Africa, Faustine Ndugulile, died while receiving treatm...
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WHO keeps mpox at highest alert level
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WHO keeps mpox at highest alert level
November 22, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)— The World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday it had decided to keep its alert for the mpox epidemic at the highest level...
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DR Congo launches mpox vaccination drive, hoping to curb outbreak
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GOMA, DR Congo (AFP)— The Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicentre of an mpox epidemic, launched a vaccination campaign against the virus on Saturd...
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WHO launches plan to rein in ‘alarming’ dengue spread
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WHO launches plan to rein in ‘alarming’ dengue spread
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Haiti among countries reporting increased cases of Cholera
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GENEVA, Switzerland (CMC) — The World Health Organization (WHO) Wednesday said the number of deaths caused by cholera is on the rise globally with Hai...
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Africa to secure nearly a million mpox vaccines— health watchdog
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Africa to secure nearly a million mpox vaccines— health watchdog
August 28, 2024
BRAZZAVILLE, Congo (AFP)— The African Union's health watchdog on Wednesday said it was close to securing almost one million mpox vaccine doses, urging...
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WHO says droplets a ‘minor’ route of mpox transmission
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WHO says droplets a ‘minor’ route of mpox transmission
August 27, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)— The WHO on Tuesday said droplets were a minor route of transmission for mpox compared to physical contact, adding that more...
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Mpox disease presents hard-to-weigh risks
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Mpox disease presents hard-to-weigh risks
August 21, 2024
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Thailand reports suspected case of new mpox strain
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Thailand reports suspected case of new mpox strain
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BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP)— Thailand on Wednesday reported a suspected first case of the new more dangerous strain of mpox, which the World Health Organi...
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Mpox ‘not the new COVID’, says WHO
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Mpox ‘not the new COVID’, says WHO
August 20, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)— The mpox outbreak is not another COVID-19, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, because much is already known about ...
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WHO seeks mpox vaccine production surge
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WHO seeks mpox vaccine production surge
August 16, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged manufacturers to ramp up production of mpox vaccines to rein in the sp...
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WHO calls for cholera vaccine production boost
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WHO calls for cholera vaccine production boost
August 15, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday called for increased production of cholera vaccines, highlight...
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WHO declares mpox a global health emergency
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WHO declares mpox a global health emergency
August 14, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday declared the mpox surge in Africa was now a global public health emergenc...
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