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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

According to the WHO chief, its emergence is "not a theoretical risk; it is an epidemiological certainty."

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

The World Health Organisation (WHO) logo is seen near its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, February 2, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
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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

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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

The World Health Organisation (WHO) logo is seen near its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, February 2, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
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Global pandemic treaty to be concluded by 2025, WHO says

The World Health Organisation (WHO) logo is seen near its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, February 2, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
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Human cases of bird flu 'an enormous concern': WHO

Violent ground combat has been underway for weeks, sometimes around Gaza's hospitals. Photo: AFP
Hamas-Israel war

WHO says 9,000 patients need emergency evacuation from Gaza

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Bangladesh

WHO interested to support capacity-building in Bangladesh health sector: Saima Wazed to PM