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The West Asian Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has been designated as the first country in the world to be verified by the WHO as having eliminated leprosy.
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Jordan becomes first WHO-verified nation in the world to eliminate leprosy

The West Asian Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has been designated as the first country in the world to be verified by the WHO.

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Antibiotic-resistant infections may kill 39.1 million people in the next 25 years equating to three deaths a minute, a global study finds.
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Antimicrobial resistance may kill 39.1 million people by 2050: GRAM

Antibiotic-resistant infections may kill 39.1 million people in the next 25 years equating to three deaths a minute, a global study finds.

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Six staff members working for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees were killed in Gaza during Israeli airstrikes on a school-turned-shelter.
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Six UN health workers die in Israeli airstrikes on school in Gaza Strip

Six staff members working for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees were killed in Gaza during Israeli airstrikes on.

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Sudan’s civil war is a “nightmare” and the World Health Organization has called on the international community to broker peace and provide the necessary short and long-term aid for the largest internal displacement of people in the world today.
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Sudan’s civil war is a ‘nightmare,’ WHO calls for urgent global action, aid

Sudan’s civil war is a “nightmare” and the World Health Organization has called on the international community to broker peace and provide the.

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India suspects a young male to be infected with mpox after he travelled to a country currently in the grip of the disease, according to a government statement.
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Young Indian male suspected to have mpox disease, contact tracing on

India suspects a young male to be infected with mpox after he travelled to a country currently in the grip of the disease,.

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Falling global wages, possibly driven by automation and artificial intelligence, will slow the pace of achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) as the 2030 deadline looms, according to an International Labour Organization report.
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SDG targets in danger as paychecks shrink globally, ILO says

Falling global wages, possibly driven by automation and artificial intelligence, will slow the pace of achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) as the 2030.

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The World Health Organization expects the first delivery of mpox vaccines, made by Bavarian Nordic and donated by the European Union, today in Congo — the outbreak's epicentre.
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First batch of Bavarian Nordic’s mpox vaccines in Congo by Sept. 5 

The World Health Organization expects the first delivery of mpox vaccines, made by Bavarian Nordic and donated by the European Union, today in.

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A second phase of the polio vaccination will start today in war-raved Gaza after 187,000 children under the age of 10 got oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) in the central region, in the first round, the WHO stated.
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Aid workers begin second round of polio vaccinations in Gaza, a 3rd on way

A second phase of the polio vaccination will start today in war-raved Gaza after 187,000 children under the age of 10 got oral.

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Cholera cases rose 13% and deaths by 71% in 2023 compared to a year earlier as a shortage of oral vaccines continues and the global risk is “high,” according to a World Health Organization report.
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Cholera killed 4,000 people last year, current global risk of disease ‘high’

Cholera cases rose 13% and deaths by 71% in 2023 compared to a year earlier as a shortage of oral vaccines continues and.

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The World Health Organization has come out with its first-ever guidelines for the manufacturing of antibiotics in a bid to stop environmental emissions and the emergence of new drug-resistant bacteria.
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WHO issues first-ever guidelines on manufacture of antibiotics

The World Health Organization has come out with its first-ever guidelines for the manufacturing of antibiotics in a bid to stop environmental emissions and.

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