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HealthThe World Health Organization has released "The Role of Parliaments and Parliamentarians in Strengthening Health Security Preparedness", an online training course. This essential resource aims to equip parliamentarians with the knowledge and tools necessary to enhance global health security efforts.See the Story
WHO launches unique training course to enable parliamentarians in global health security
World Health OrganizationThe World Health Organization (WHO) has prequalified the first hepatitis C virus (HCV) self-test which can provide a critical support in expanding access to testing and diagnosis, accelerating global efforts to eliminate hepatitis C.See the Story
WHO prequalifies the first self-test for hepatitis C virus
World Health OrganizationThe World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a comprehensive set of tobacco cessation interventions, including behavioural support delivered by health-care providers, digital cessation interventions and pharmacological treatments in a first guideline on tobacco cessation.The guideline focuses on helping the more than 750 million tobacco users who want to quit all forms of tobacco. The recommendations are relevant for all adults seeking to quit…See the Story
WHO releases first-ever clinical treatment guideline for tobacco cessation in adults
DiabetesPARIS – Nearly a third of all adults are not doing enough physical activity, posing a growing threat to health across the world, a major study said on Wednesday. More than 31 percent of adults — 1.8 billion people — did not get the recommended amount of physical exercise in 2022, an increase of five percentage points from 2010, according to a study by the World Health Organization and other researchers. “Physical inactivity is a silent threat to…See the Story
'Wake-up call': third of adults not doing enough physical activity
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World Health OrganizationOver three million deaths per year were attributable to alcohol consumption and drug use, a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) found. Of these deaths, 2.6 million were attributable to alcohol consumption, accounting for nearly five per cent of all deaths, with the highest numbers in the WHO European Region and African Region.See the Story
Over three million preventable deaths per year due to alcohol and drug use
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DiabetesThe World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday issued a medical product alert on the release of three batches of falsified semaglutides – brand name Ozempic – the type of medicines primarily used to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity in some countries.See the Story
UN health agency issues alert on falsified semaglutides used for diabetes treatment, weight loss
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World Health Organization · N'DjamenaThe World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Chad for having eliminated the gambiense form of human African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness, as a public health problem. It marks the first neglected tropical disease to be eliminated in the country.See the Story
Chad eliminates human African trypanosomiasis as a public health problem
Hamas · GazaThe World Health Organisation on June 14 decried an escalating health crisis in the occupied West Bank, where growing restrictions, violence and attacks on health infrastructure are increasingly obstructing access to care. In a statement, the UN health agency said it was calling “for the immediate and active protection of civilians and healthcare in the West Bank”. It noted that a spike in violence in the West Bank, including in East Jerusalem, since the war in Gaza erupted on Oct 7 had, by June 10, left 521 Palestinians dead, including 126 children.See the Story
WHO voices alarm at swelling West Bank health crisis
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