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Peru has declared a state of medical emergency due to a dengue outbreak, according to an emailed statement from the WHO.
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Peru declares medical emergency as dengue cases rise

HQ Team  June 22, 2023: Peru has declared a state of medical emergency due to a dengue outbreak, according to an emailed statement.

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Access to pain relief medication, morphine, is ‘one of the most heinous, hidden inequities in global health’ with the richest 10% of countries possessing 90% of distributed morphine-equivalent opioids, according to a WHO report.
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Denial of morphine most ‘heinous’ inequity in global health: WHO

HQ Team June 17, 2023: Access to pain relief medication, morphine, is ‘one of the most heinous, hidden inequities in global health’ with.

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The UN has adopted a new manifesto, the Rabat Declaration, to strengthen the global commitment to improve the health of refugees and migrants.
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UN adopts Rabat Declaration on refugee, migrant health

HQ Team June 17, 2023: The UN has adopted a new manifesto, the Rabat Declaration, to strengthen the global commitment to improve the health.

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Sudan health system on brink of collapse, damage may last for decades

“The fighting has paralysed health and rescue workers, and many are dying in this situation.”

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Shortage of oral vaccines and overstretched public health and medical professionals are contributing to the spread of cholera, especially in the Horn of Africa, the WHO stated.
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Global risk of cholera continues to be ‘very high’: WHO

HQ Team June 2, 2023: Shortage of oral vaccines and overstretched public health and medical professionals are contributing to the spread of cholera,.

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Pfizer’s last-stage experimental trials for treating multi-drug-resistant bacteria have yielded positive results, the US-based company announced.
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Pfizer: ’Positive results’ emerge out of multi-drug-resistant trials

HQ Team June 1, 2023: Pfizer’s last-stage experimental trials for treating multi-drug-resistant bacteria have yielded positive results, the US-based company announced. The Phase.

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The World Health Organization has posted a repository of more than 450 psychoactive drugs listing their abuses, harms, and dependence.
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WHO unveils online repository of 450 psychoactive drugs

HQ Team June 1, 2023: The World Health Organization has posted a repository of more than 450 psychoactive drugs listing their abuses, harms,.

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Seven newborns have died in France due to severe neonatal sepsis associated with enterovirus during the more than one-year period starting July 2022, the WHO stated.
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France reports a rapid rise in severe neonatal sepsis since July 2022

HQ Team June 1, 2023: Seven newborns have died in France due to severe neonatal sepsis associated with enterovirus during the more than.

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Hunger is set to increase in severity and magnitude in 18 global hotspots out of 22 designated nations, including Sudan, due to conflicts, climate extremes, and economic shocks.
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18 global hotspots set to face severe hunger, UN agencies warn

HQ Team May 30, 2023: Hunger is set to increase in severity and magnitude in 18 global hotspots out of 22 designated nations,.

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Lower back pain, which is one of the main reasons for years lived with disability, will afflict 843 million people globally by 2050 and the root causes were smoking and being overweight, according to a study published in Lancet Rheumatology.
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Lower back pain to affect 843 million people in 2050, up 36% from 2020

HQ Team May 24, 2023: Lower back pain, which is one of the main reasons for years lived with disability, will afflict 843.

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