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Investing 1 dollar per person per year could save 7 million lives in low and lower-middle income countries
More than half billion people pushed or pushed further into extreme poverty due to health care costs
ATAGI statement on Omicron variant and timing of Covid booster vaccination
Two decades dedicated to capacity building for health emergency preparedness and response
Neglected tropical diseases: WHO launches survey to expand its offer of online training courses
WHO continues to support its conditional recommendation for dapivirine vaginal ring as an additional prevention option for women
WHO works to scale-up support to low- and middle-income countries to address antimicrobial resistance thanks to support from
WHO launches virtual survey to assess capacity strengthening needs and expand its offer of online courses
WHO and Global Fund warn inequalities block progress towards ending AIDS, TB and malaria
Two-year follow up shows delaying umbilical cord clamping saves babies’ lives
New partnership to combat antimicrobial resistance in gonorrhoea
Health in World of Work
Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases: treating millions of people, despite pandemic
Collective Service: supporting RCCE in emergencies
Countries with regulations protecting people from industrially produced trans fat tripled over past year
WHO accelerates work on nutrition targets with new commitments
FAO pledges upscaled support for better nutrition and healthy diets for all
Indonesian Study reveals missed diagnosis of fungal infections in treated TB patients, with global implications
WHO recommends against use of convalescent plasma to treat Covid
BIPAI helps fuel Botswana being first high-burden country to achieve elimination of HIV mother-to-child transmission
WHO welcomes historic decision by Gavi to fund first malaria vaccine
More malaria cases and deaths in 2020 linked to Covid disruptions
Request for proposal: Technical support to SAGE executive secretariat
Collection of stories from field
Ten steps to RCCE
Call for Papers: Health Policy and Systems Research for Rehabilitation
South-East Asia: Influenza virus sharing in time of Covid
Effective networking among public health laboratories in South-East Asia
Schistosomiasis: large-scale treatment decreases prevalence by 60% among school-aged children
Critical evidence to strengthen seasonal vaccination in Americas
Global and regional support for 2021-2022 influenza season
ATAGI statement on SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant and Covid booster doses
ATAGI statement on SAR-CoV-2 Omicron variant and Covid booster doses
Thailand’s response to NCDs: new case study published
It’s time for action on inequality to end TB and AIDS
World AIDS Day 2021 – Step up, be bold, end AIDS, end inequalities and end pandemics
5th WHO Infodemic Management Conference: Towards measuring burden of infodemic
World Health Assembly agrees to launch process to develop historic global accord on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response
Tripartite and UNEP support OHHLEP’s definition of “One Health”
Policy Call for Universal Parenting Support to Prevent Abuse and Neglect of Children
Call to accelerate study of new drugs for HIV in pregnant and breastfeeding women
Sources of Information Influence Covid Knowledge, Protective Behaviors
WHO Pandemic Ethics & Policy Summit
National Cabinet Statement 30 November
Top 3 Covid vaccine questions – Omicron, COVID vaccine and male fertility, and unvaccinated at festivities
“Digitally literate” Gen Z and Millennial’s pandemic experience shaped by social media
Looking to future: Rockefeller Foundation and WHO identify priorities for global health collaboration
Statement on Dose Donations of Covid Vaccines to African Countries