WHO prioritizes access to diabetes and cancer treatments in new Essential Medicines Lists
WHO today published the new edition of its Model Lists of Essential Medicines and Essential Medicines for Children, which include ...
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Africa will not be able to reach the 60 % target by the end of the year — John Nkengasong, Africa-CDC director,
Following a two-day meeting with partners from COVAX and Africa on the vaccination situation on the continent, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, ...
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Leaders Make Urgent Call To Accelerate Vaccination Globally And In Africa
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and a group of global health leaders today issued an urgent call for vaccine equity ...
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Access to controlled medicines in humanitarian emergencies remains constrained
Recognizing World Humanitarian Day 2021, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) ...
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Germany open hub for pandemic and epidemic intelligence in Berlin –WHO
To better prepare and protect the world from global disease threats, H.E. German Federal Chancellor Dr Angela Merkel and Dr ...
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WHO releases new compendium of innovative health technologies for COVID-19 and other priority diseases
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for innovative health technologies that can help countries improve health outcomes by providing ...
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Covid-19: Joint Statement from Unitaid and the World Health Organization
WHO and Unitaid are concerned by Roche’s statement on August 17, warning of a global shortage of tocilizumab (brand name Actemra/RoActemra), ...
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WHO Statement on advancing the next series of studies to find the origins of SARS-CoV-2
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, WHO has been working with Member States and the scientific community to better ...
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WHO’s Solidarity clinical trial enters a new phase with three new candidate drugs
These therapies - artesunate, imatinib and infliximab – were selected by an independent expert panel for their potential in reducing ...
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Guinea has confirmed a case of Marburg disease –WHO
Guinea has confirmed a case of Marburg disease, the World Health Organization said on Monday, the first recorded in West ...
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