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EU approves smallpox vaccine for use against monkeypox
On Saturday, the WHO declared the monkeypox outbreak, which has affected nearly 16,000 people in 72 countries, to be a global health emergency - the highest...
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Multi-sectoral response to zoonic diseases in Africa is needed - WHO
On Thursday, the global health body revealed that there had been a 63% rise in zoonotic diseases recorded in Africa over the past decade.
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WHO: Most sequenced monkeypox cases in Africa evolved from West African version
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday revealed that the continent has had more than 1,800 suspected monkeypox cases since the beginning of the year.
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WHO worried by global impact of US abortion ruling
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described the decision by the top US court to scrap half a century of constitutional protections for abortion rights as 'a setback'.
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Monkeypox outbreak tops 1,000 cases, WHO warns of 'real' risk
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the UN health agency was not recommending mass vaccination against the virus, and added that no deaths had been reported so far from the outbreaks.
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Conspiracy theories cloud pandemic treaty push
Although used to being in the crosshairs of conspiracy theorists especially over COVID-19, high-profile attempts in countries around the world to discredit the WHO's efforts are casting a shadow over talks in Geneva this week.
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Should South Africans be worried about a monkeypox outbreak?
John Perlman spoke to Professor Shabir Madhi about the virus and whether it is something we should be concerned about.
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What is monkeypox and should we be concerned?
In May 2022, cases of Monkeypox have been detected in various parts of Europe and North America, including, the UK, Portugal, Spain, Canada and the United States.
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SA set to miss malaria elimination deadline for second time
The World Health Organization on Monday said that progress in eradicating the disease had stalled in recent years, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
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WHO 'strongly recommends' Pfizer's COVID pill
US pharma giant Pfizer's combination of nirmatrelvir and ritonavir was the 'superior choice' of treatment for unvaccinated, elderly or immunocompromised people with COVID, the WHO's experts said in the BMJ medical journal.
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India slams WHO over report claiming 4 million COVID deaths
The New York Times reported last week that New Delhi had stalled the study's release after disputing that India's true fatality count was eight times higher than official figures.
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How drug companies are sidestepping the WHO’s technology transfer hub in Africa
The decisions by BioNTech and Moderna to invest in other vaccine sites in African and not assist the mRNA Technology Transfer Hub in South Africa will prolong the social and economic costs of the pandemic, says David Richard Walwyn.
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Two years on, WHO still stunned by world's lack of action to its COVID alert
The once-in-a-century pandemic has turned the world upside down, claiming more than six million lives and infecting at least 450 million people.
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WHO frustration two years on since pandemic declaration
The once-in-a-century pandemic has turned the world upside down, claiming more than six million lives and infecting at least 450 million people.
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WHO recommends Merck COVID pill for non-severe, at-risk patients
The pill, called molnupiravir and developed by US pharmaceutical Merck, is taken as soon as possible after COVID-19 symptoms develop and then for the following five days.
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Mask Pollution: A threat to the environment
The World Health Organization recently revealed that tens of thousands of extra medical waste from the response to the pandemic had put strain on waste management systems around the world. What has the impact been like here in Johannesburg?
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SA among 6 African countries to get own mRNA jab production
Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia were selected as the first recipients of technology from the WHO's global mRNA vaccine hub, in a push to ensure Africa can make its own jabs to fight the Covid and other diseases.
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Malawi declares polio outbreak
The Malawian health authorities have declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after a case was detected in the capital Lilongwe, the WHO said.
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WHO hails SA's scientific prowess in developing mRNA vaccine tech transfer hub
WHO head, Doctor Tedros Ghebreyesus is in South Africa and he's visiting vaccine research sites in Cape Town.
