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WHO Foundation to crowdsource funds for global health programmes

The World Health Organization is crowdsourcing to fund its health programs by urging individuals globally to donate to the ‘1 Dollar 1 World.

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Unknown illness sweeps across Congo’s northwest, 53 people die

A mystery illness sweeping over Congo has killed 53 people and infected 400 more, with an initial probe tracking the outbreak to three.

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Saudi Arabia reaffirms $500 million pledge to eradicate polio

Saudi Arabia has reaffirmed a $500 million pledge to the WHO’s Global Polio Eradication Initiative to fight the disease plaguing vulnerable children, according.

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Novo’ Nordisk’s drug to cut kidney disease advance in diabetics gets nod

Novo Nordisk’s medicine has been approved by the US drug regulator for reducing the risk of kidney failure and death due to cardiovascular.

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US aid pause to take ‘world back to 1980s, 1990s’ on fighting HIV: WHO 

A US government’s decision to pause funding for HIV programmes in low and middle-income countries will take the world back to the 1980s.

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Eight people die in Tanzania due to possible Marburg virus disease: WHO

At least eight people have died in Tanzania of suspected Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) and the regional risk is “high,” according to a.

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Respiratory infections in China have no ‘unusual outbreak patterns’

A rise in cases of respiratory infections in China is within the expected range during this time of the year, and the World.

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1 person contracts genital herpes infection every second in the world

About one person every second or 42 million people each year are estimated to contract genital herpes infection worldwide, according to the World.

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Mystery disease spreading in Congo, death toll at 31: WHO says

Thirty-one people, mostly children, have died due to an undiagnosed disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the WHO stated

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Danaher’s Cepheid gets first WHO prequalification nod for TB tests

Cepheid Inc., a US molecular diagnostics company and a wholly-owned arm of Danaher Corporation has been granted WHO prequalification for its diagnostic tests.

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