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Palestinians to raise flag at WHO for the first time after vote

File Photo: Palestinian women and girls struggle to reach for food at a distribution center in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip Friday, 6 December 2024. Photo: AP via UNB

Hamas-Israel war

WHO warns of permanent impact of hunger on a generation of Gazans

A mother carries her sleeping baby during a safety training workshop for displaced Boko Haram victims on the identification of dangerous objects, at the Gubio camp in Maiduguri, Nigeria May 6, 2022. Picture taken May 6, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo

Africa

Gates, others launch $500 million maternal, newborn health fund, bucking aid cuts trend

FILE PHOTO: Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a briefing on global health issues in Geneva, Switzerland, December 14, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/

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New pandemic inevitable, WHO chief asserts

Bangladesh’s air quality ranking shifts from worst to 2nd worst in 2024

Environment

Bangladesh’s air quality ranking shifts from worst to 2nd worst in 2024

WHO Regional Director Saima Wazed. File Photo: UNB

Corruption

Saima Wazed was Canadian citizen when nominated for WHO post: ACC

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WHO 'regrets' Trump decision to pull US from organisation

A laboratory nurse takes a sample from a child declared a suspected case of Mpox at the treatment centre in Munigi, Democratic Republic of the Congo July 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File Photo

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WHO grants first mpox vaccine approval to ramp up response to disease in Africa and beyond

Internally displaced women listen to Nathalie Kipenzi, a hygiene promoter, during an awareness campaign for Mpox, an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus that causes a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever, at the Muja camp for the internally displaced in Nyiragongo territory, near Goma in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo August 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi

Health

Why mpox vaccines are only just arriving in Africa after two years

Represenattional image. Photo: Collected

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2.6 million die annually due to alcohol: WHO

A Palestinian man checks the underside of a damaged van following the Israeli military bombardment of the Gaza Municipality garage on al-Wahda Street, in the al-Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City on June 21, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. Photo: Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP

Hamas-Israel war

Israel 'pause' in Gaza had no impact on aid supplies: WHO

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Health

BSMMU, WHO collaborate focusing on advancing medical services, research and dev

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Global pandemic treaty to be concluded by 2025, WHO says