Tag: World Health Organization (WHO)

• Friday, April 12th 2024 - 22:20 UTC

  Brazil accounts for nearly 70% of dengue cases in LatAm and Caribbean

  

  According to a survey conducted by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Brazil accounted for almost 70% of dengue cases in Latin America and the Caribbean, where some 4.6 million infections were confirmed this year, representing a 237% interannual increase, Agencia Brasil reported. PAHO is the arm of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the Americas.

• Thursday, February 22nd 2024 - 10:21 UTC

  WHO warns against an increase in the number of cases of measles

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned this week of a 79% global increase in the number of cases of measles, “a childhood illness caused by a virus that easily spreads among people and can be very harmful to children,” of which over 300,000 detections were recorded last year.

• Tuesday, February 6th 2024 - 10:13 UTC

  Lula and Tedros discuss dengue vaccine and other issues

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Monday discussed producing a vaccine against dengue during their meeting at the Planalto Palace, Agencia Brasil reported. Also participating at the gathering was Health Minister Nísia Trindade.

• Wednesday, December 20th 2023 - 09:28 UTC

  Covid-19: WHO labels Pirola a Variant of Interest

  

  The World Health Organization Tuesday (WHO) warned that in addition to COVID-19, other respiratory diseases such as influenza, RSV, and common childhood pneumonia were on the rise and advised people at risk to take precautionary steps.

• Friday, November 24th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  WHO wants data from China on respiratory disease affecting children

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) has requested that Chinese health authorities explain the rapid spread of a respiratory disease among children.

• Sunday, October 29th 2023 - 01:22 UTC

  World Scientists call on health authorities to declare climate change a global health emergency

  

  Scientists from across the world collectively called for the UN, world leaders, and health authorities to address climate change and biodiversity loss as one global health emergency.

• Monday, October 16th 2023 - 10:08 UTC

  WHO warns patients in Gaza have been given a death sentence

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) expressed its concern this past weekend regarding the evacuation of patients from northern Gaza and insisted Israel's ultimatum for 1.1 million people to move to the south was tantamount to “a death sentence,” in addition to the risk that the most critically ill might need to be left behind.

• Tuesday, September 19th 2023 - 10:08 UTC

  India ups security measures to contain spread of Nipah virus

  

  Indian health authorities are taking additional precautions to prevent the spread of the highly lethal Nipah virus after a sixth person was confirmed to be infected with it in the State of Kerala, where on-site activity at all educational facilities has been banned.

• Thursday, July 13th 2023 - 09:55 UTC

  WHO concerned bird flu virus might affect humans more easily

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) Wednesday said it has “strong concerns” that the avian flu virus (H5N1) might mutate to infect humans, as outbreaks of the disease among birds are becoming more frequent. In the WHO's assessment, the virus might adapt to infect humans more easily.

• Thursday, June 15th 2023 - 06:43 UTC

  Relief for Paraguay: chicungunya vaccine in humans showed promising results

  

  A new clinical study shows promising results of a Phase III chikungunya vaccine trial, the first time the shot has been tested in humans. If approved by regulators, the vaccine would have the capacity to protect millions of people from the debilitating mosquito-borne disease, authors explained in the study published June 12 in The Lancet.