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Montevideo, April 20th 2024 - 05:59 UTC

Tag: health

  • Saturday, October 5th 2019 - 09:10 UTC

    WHO and FIFA agree to promote healthy life-styles through football globally

    WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and FIFA President Gianni Infantino signed the memorandum of understanding in Geneva

    The World Health Organization (WHO) and football’s world governing body, FIFA, agreed on Friday a four-year collaboration to promote healthy lifestyles through football globally. WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and FIFA President Gianni Infantino signed the memorandum of understanding at WHO’s Geneva-based headquarters.
“WHO is excited to be working with FIFA. Half the world watched the 2018 World Cup. This means there’s huge potential for us to team up to reach billions of people with information to help them live longer healthier lives,” said Dr Tedros.

  • Tuesday, August 27th 2019 - 08:59 UTC

    Venezuelan migrants will be provided with a regional vaccination card

    More than 4 million Venezuelans have fled an economic and political crisis in their home country that has caused widespread shortages of food and medicine.

    Venezuelan migrants will be provided with a regional vaccination card beginning in October, health officials from 10 countries agreed on Monday in an effort to ensure they receive needed vaccines and are not given double doses. More than 4 million Venezuelans have fled an economic and political crisis in their home country that has caused widespread shortages of food and medicine.

  • Thursday, August 22nd 2019 - 08:36 UTC

    In peak tourist season Spain issues international alert on the country's listerosis outbreak

    
Amid concerns over possible infection among the more than 80 million tourists who visit Spain annually, the ministry said it was checking another 523 suspected cases

    Spain's health ministry issued an international alert over the country's biggest-ever listeriosis outbreak on Wednesday as the number of people affected rose to 150, including one fatality.

  • Wednesday, July 3rd 2019 - 09:00 UTC

    Obesity could be the cause of many types of cancer, more than smoking

    Cancer Research UK said four common cancers: bowel, kidney, ovarian and liver, are more likely to have been caused by being overweight than by smoking tobacco.

    
Obesity is more likely the cause in some types of cancer than smoking, according to the findings of a study released by a cancer research organization on Wednesday. According to Cancer Research UK, four common cancers – bowel, kidney, ovarian and liver – are more likely to have been caused by being overweight than by smoking tobacco.

  • Tuesday, June 18th 2019 - 08:45 UTC

    Billions suffer from poor access to water, sanitation and hygiene, says Unicef and WHO report

    The report reveals that 1.8 billion people have gained access to basic drinking water services since 2000, but there are vast inequalities in the accessibility

    Billions of people around the world are continuing to suffer from poor access to water, sanitation and hygiene, according to a new report by UNICEF and the World Health Organization. Some 2.2 billion people around the world do not have safely managed* drinking water services, 4.2 billion people do not have safely managed sanitation services, and 3 billion lack basic** hand-washing facilities.

  • Friday, May 31st 2019 - 09:39 UTC

    World No Tobacco Day: the damage tobacco causes to lung health

    WHO is calling on countries and partners to increase action to protect people from exposure to tobacco.

    On World No Tobacco Day (31 May), the World Health Organization is highlighting the damage tobacco causes to lung health: over 40% of all tobacco-related deaths are from lung diseases like cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and tuberculosis. WHO is calling on countries and partners to increase action to protect people from exposure to tobacco.

  • Thursday, May 9th 2019 - 08:46 UTC

    WHO welcomes Food & Beverage lobby commitment to eliminate trans fat by 2023

    WHO Director-General Dr Tedros met with IFBA representatives to discuss actions to eliminate industrial trans fats, and reduce salt, sugar and saturated fats in foods

    The World Health Organization has welcomed the commitment by the International Food and Beverage Alliance (IFBA) to align with the WHO target to eliminate industrially produced trans fat from the global food supply by 2023.

  • Wednesday, May 8th 2019 - 08:25 UTC

    “Eat, smoke, drink and be merry” recommends Norwegian health minister

    Sylvi Listhaug said smokers were made to feel like pariahs. A populist politician with anti-immigration views, she was appointed as new health minister on Friday

    Norway's newly appointed health minister has caused controversy by saying people should be allowed to eat, smoke and drink “as much as they want”. Sylvi Listhaug also said smokers were made to feel like pariahs.

  • Tuesday, April 30th 2019 - 08:45 UTC

    US measles cases increasing among unvaccinated children and adults

    Officials said the increase in cases is the largest since 1994, including 78 reported in the past week. There have been no deaths reported as as result of the outbreak.

    American health officials report that more than 700 people have been infected by measles this year, marking a 25-year high for the infectious disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday that cases had been recorded in 22 states and were mostly affecting unvaccinated children.

  • Friday, April 26th 2019 - 09:03 UTC

    Two Los Angeles universities on quarantine following measles outbreaks

    
The quarantine affects the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA)

    
A United States nationwide measles outbreak has led health officials to quarantine dozens of people at two Los Angeles universities, officials said on Thursday. The quarantine affects the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) and comes as the United States battles the highest number of measles cases since the country declared the virus eliminated in 2000.