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A Tanzanian child under two years of age has been diagnosed with circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2), and the WHO has rated international risk at “high” due to poor surveillance.
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WHO rates poliovirus detection in Tanzania as “high risk” globally 

HQ Team July 29, 2023: A Tanzanian child under two years of age has been diagnosed with circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2),.

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Medicines for treating diseases such as cancer, multiple sclerosis, cardiovascular conditions, Ebola, and diabetes have been added to the WHO Essential Medicines List.
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Cancer, multiple sclerosis, Ebola treatments in new WHO Essential Medicines List

HQ Team July 26, 2023: Medicines for treating diseases such as cancer, multiple sclerosis, cardiovascular conditions, Ebola, and diabetes have been added to.

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Better access to testing and diagnostic services is required to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STI) being acquired by more than one million people every day, the WHO stated.
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Require access to testing, diagnostic services to control STI: WHO

HQ Team July 26, 2023: Better access to testing and diagnostic services is required to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STI) being acquired by.

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At least 2.5 million people died because of drowning in the last decade and 90% of these deaths occurred in low and middle-income nations, according to the WHO.
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Drowning kills 236,000 people, mostly children, every year globally

HQ Team July 25, 2023: At least 2.5 million people died because of drowning in the last decade and 90% of these deaths.

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Sixty-seven percent of Sudan’s hospitals are out of service and 10 healthcare workers have died in the internal conflict since mid-April, the WHO stated.
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Sudan internal strife claims lives of 10 healthcare workers

HQ Team July 25, 2023: Sixty-seven percent of Sudan’s hospitals are out of service and 10 healthcare workers have died in the internal.

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The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus has killed 12 people in the UAE and infected 94 others from July 10, when the first case was reported, according to the WHO.
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MERS-Coronavirus kills 12 people in the United Arab Emirates   

HQ Team July 25, 2023: The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus has killed 12 people in the UAE and infected 94 others from.

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British pharmaceutical firm, GSK Plc., has got marketing authorization from the European Medicines Authority for its injectable, and tablets, cabotegravir, to prevent HIV.
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Britain’s GSK gets EMA clearance for drug to prevent HIV 

HQ Team July 24, 2023: British pharmaceutical firm, GSK Plc., has got marketing authorization from the European Medicines Authority for its injectable, and.

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The reliance of countries on external support for funding initiatives to combat HIV is worrisome, and though new infections and deaths are falling, some nations are experiencing rising incidence, the WHO stated.
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Challenges to fight HIV remain, funding ‘precarious’: WHO

HQ Team July 24, 2023: The reliance of countries on external support for funding initiatives to combat HIV is worrisome, and though new.

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The WHO has sounded a global alert on a batch of substandard cough syrup found in Cameroon, which has high levels of a toxic ingredient, diethylene glycol.
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WHO issues substandard, toxic cough syrup alert in Cameroon

HQ Team July 20, 2023:  The WHO has sounded a global alert on a batch of substandard cough syrup found in Cameroon, which.

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One of the highest instances of felines being infected by avian influenza A (H5N1) has been reported in Poland, and the WHO has started an epizootic probe.
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Felines in Poland infected by H5N1, highest ever says WHO

HQ Team July 17, 2023: One of the highest instances of felines being infected by avian influenza A (H5N1) has been reported in.

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