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Hepatitis B spread in under-5 children lowest in decades: WHO

The news coincides with World Hepatitis Day, commemorated annually on July 28 to raise awareness of the disease, a viral infection of the liver that causes a range of health problems, including...

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has found himself in the middle of the geopolitical rivalry between China and the US. Photo: Reuters/Bloomberg

The WHO’s bungled handling of Covid-19 crisis

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Covid-19 affects health services for non-communicable diseases severely: WHO

Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference on the situation of the coronavirus (COVID-2019), in Geneva, Switzerland, February 28, 2020/ Reuters

WHO says 80,000 Covid-19 cases reported daily in April, spike in India, Bangladesh

ICC, WHO launch business survey to improve Covid-19 information flow

ICC, WHO launch business survey to improve Covid-19 information flow

A nurse fills a syringe with a vaccine before administering an injection at a children's clinic in Kiev, Ukraine August 14, 2019. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

WHO decries 'collective failure' as measles kills 140,000

File Photo: A person dressed in Ebola protective apparel is seen inside an Ebola care facility at the Bwera general hospital near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in Bwera, Uganda, June 14, 2019. REUTERS/James Akena

World at risk of pandemics that could kill millions