That’s according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest report on tobacco use published on Monday which analyses smoking trends from 2010 to 2024 and […]
Category: Science
Haiti battles rabies with vaccines and vigilance
Last July, in the remote locality of Butête, in southern Haiti, nine-year-old Jonas* lost his life to rabies. When a stray dog bit the boy […]
Gaza health system overwhelmed as WHO reports 42,000 people have life-changing injuries
“These life changing injuries account for one quarter of all reported injuries, of a total of over 167,300 people injured since October 2023,” said Rik […]
World News in Brief: ‘Trust crisis’ impacts vaccine rollouts, Cyberspace must ‘serve the common good’, Türk calls for lasting truce in Lebanon
And because healthcare spending is also under pressure around the world, it should be a priority to develop so-called combination vaccines, the panel insisted. WHO […]
From crisis to community cure: A Haitian mother fights back against cholera
When her 11-year-old daughter, Noel-Dina, was struck by fever and unbearable abdominal pain, Oriata didn’t hesitate. She immediately took her child to the nearest hospital. “She […]
Breathless in Gaza: Health crisis deepens as families burn plastic for fuel
Um Muhammad al-Masri, displaced from the northern town of Beit Hanoun, never lets go of her asthma inhaler. She says she would die without it. […]
World News in Brief: New declaration on NCDs and mental health, Khartoum shelter crisis, WFP lifeline in Ukraine, South Sudan rights update
The text, negotiated over five months, will go before the General Assembly for approval in just a few weeks’ time. It was adopted at a […]
Mental health care to take centre stage at the General Assembly
Although the subject of mental health has been raised in previous years, it will get top billing at the event, which will also cover the […]
World News in Brief: WHO reaffirms safety of vaccines, appeal for Sudanese civilians trapped in El Fasher, DR Congo Ebola outbreak update
“Extensive research, including large-scale studies over the past decade, has found no consistent association,” the agency said in a statement, urging expectant mothers to follow the […]
World News in Brief: Gaza and Nicaragua human rights update, WHO hypertension alert and alarm over US autism claim
The damaged facilities include nine schools and two health centres sheltering more than 11,000 people. At least five displaced people were injured and UNRWA’s field […]
