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Got gastro? Here’s why eating bananas helps but drinking flat lemonade might not
One-stop resource toolkit launched on refugee and migrant health
New WHO study: Making diagnosis of hepatitis C more accessible and closer to the community using point-of-care HCV viral load assays
Practical manual on tuberculosis laboratory strengthening updated to support the implementation of WHO-recommended diagnostics
As the pace of urbanization quickens in Asia-Pacific, so too does the threat of urban food insecurity – UN agencies report
WHO urges action to protect children from contaminated medicines
WHO launches funding appeal to help a record number of people in complex, intersecting health emergencies
Five billion people unprotected from trans fat leading to heart disease
UN experts* intervene in toxic legacy class action against lead pollution
How well do development partners work together and follow country priorities to achieve the health SDGs?
The costly lesson from COVID: why elimination should be the default global strategy for future pandemics
Small Island Developing States accelerate action to tackle biggest killers
8th WHO Technical Taskforce: Defeating Meningitis by 2030 – A Global Road Map
China’s COVID cases may have hit 900 million. What’s headed our way?
WHO announces plans to establish a TB Vaccine Accelerator council
On frontline of family violence in Asia Pacific
Access to DAAs linked to fall in hep C incidence
Does eating processed meats cause colorectal cancer?
WHO welcomes data on COVID-19 in China, meeting with Minister
Close to one billion people globally are served by health-care facilities with no electricity access or with unreliable electricity
WHO updates COVID-19 guidelines on masks, treatments and patient care
Transforming agrifood systems requires changing policies, mindsets, and business models
Urgent action needed as acute malnutrition threatens the lives of millions of vulnerable children
Release of rabies risk review
What if sodium in packaged foods was reduced for entire continent?
Beyond blaming people: why journalists must dig deep into the causes of road crashes
A child or youth died once every 4.4 seconds in 2021 – UN report
Regional Action Plan for prevention and control of snakebite envenoming in South-East Asia 2022-2030 published in New Delhi
Antibiotic residues in water threat to human health
WHO meets with Chinese officials on current COVID-19 situation
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on Afghanistan, Women’s participation in aid delivery must continue
Top 10 tips to keep cool this summer while protecting your health and your budget
One Health in G20 countries
One Health Joint Plan of Action launched and presented by WHO and the Quadripartite partners
Germany supports implementing One Health Joint Plan of Action
How common are severe side effects from COVID vaccines? And how are they detected?
WHO updates recommendations on HPV vaccination schedule
Summer Trip to AUS? Check Water Safety Before Drinking
Quadripartite Establishes QTG-AIS on Antimicrobial Resistance, Use
WHO Unveils New TB Treatment Guidelines to Combat Drug Resistance
Football and flu
GISAID, WHO Host Bioinformatics Workshop in Belfast Sept. 2022
SE Asia Forum Prepares for Pandemic Flu: Stakeholders Unite
Urgent Action Needed to Ensure Safe Water and Hygiene
Could ‘test often, treat early’ approach help eliminate hepatitis C among people with HIV?
Oral health for people with disabilities: no one should be left behind
Saudi Arabia Tracks Influenza Cases in Nationwide Survey
Chile, Guatemala Boosting Pandemic Preparedness