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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment. Older people, and those with underlying medical problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer are more likely to develop…
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To protect yourself and others against COVID-19, clean your hands frequently and thoroughly. Use alcohol-based hand sanitizer or wash your hands with soap and water. If you use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer, make sure you use and store it carefully. Here are some WHO-approved suidelines on the use of sanitizers: Keep alcohol-based hand sanitizers out…
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The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has warned that the “worst is yet to come” in the global battle against the coronavirus pandemic. Tedros also addressed accusations on the part of US President Donald Trump that the WHO has not been transparent about Covid-19 from the outset of the…
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The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has warned that the “worst is yet to come” in the global battle against the coronavirus pandemic. Tedros also addressed accusations on the part of US President Donald Trump that the WHO has not been transparent about Covid-19 from the outset of the…
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The United States president Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to freeze US funding to the World Health Organization, saying the international group had “missed the call” on the coronavirus pandemic. Trump also played down the release of January memos from a senior adviser that represented an early warning of a possible coronavirus pandemic, saying he had not…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has said the coronavirus outbreak has not reached the level of a pandemic but warned countries to step up preparations to deal with such a scenario, as new deaths and infections were reported in the Middle East and Europe. While the global health agency is very concerned about the spread of the virus…
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A Russian woman who escaped her coronavirus quarantine by climbing out of a hospital window has defended her decision, saying conditions in the facility were insanitary and she was only detained because of a bureaucratic error. The mother-of-two, from the central city of Samara, posted to Instagram to explain her actions after receiving public criticism.…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that “COVID-19” will now be the official name of the deadly virus from China, saying the disease represented a “very grave threat” for the world but there was a “realistic chance” of stopping it. “We now have a name for the disease and it’s ‘COVID-19’,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told…
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World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday there was no need for measures that “unnecessarily interfere with international travel and trade” in trying to halt the spread of a coronavirus that has killed 361 people in China. Image: Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus “We call on all…
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There are no major religious traditions that require child marriage. Yet child marriage persists, across many cultures and religions. But it would be wrong to say that child marriage warrants protection as a cultural or religious practice. Governments around the world have overwhelmingly, and independently, decided that child marriage is a grave violation of…
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Air pollution was the top global health threat identified by the World Health Organization. According to WHO, nine out of every 10 people face health challenges from pollution every day. The WHO identified the 10 biggest health threats of 2019 for the world population alongside climate change, noncommunicable diseases, flu pandemics and superbugs that are…
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The World Health Organization reports that over 82 million people around the world will most likely suffer dementia by 2030, and in the US, about 14 million people will fall ill with Alzheimer’s disease by 2050. Alzheimer’s, a leading cause of dementia, causes a slow but incremental decline in thinking skills. It has a direct…
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The Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday announced eleven Ebola cases, including two related deaths in the country’s northwest. According to the ministry of health, about 45 Ebola cases has been recorded as “suspected (10), probable (21) and confirmed (14).” The first death occurred in Bikoro, where the outbreak was announced last week. Another victim of…
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Ahead of May 5, the International Day for celebrating midwives, WHO’s Chief Nursing Officer, Elizabeth Iro, said communities everywhere were best served by letting health workers collaborate with mothers and their newborns in providing continued care as children develop. “This is based on research that demonstrates that not only is continuity of care preferred by women but also…
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Ahead of World AIDS Day, an event which is marked annually on 1 December, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has released new guidelines on HIV self-testing. This is expected to help millions of people know their HIV status and get treatment. On Tuesday, the world body released a statement which claims that nearly…
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