Nationwide measles vaccination campaign integrates other live-saving interventions — Global Issues

Nationwide measles vaccination campaign integrates other live-saving interventions — Global Issues

Announcing the news, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that it has already begun contacting communities to ensure a smooth operation.  Measles, which is preventable, remains a major health problem in Ethiopia, with several outbreaks reported in different parts of the country, the UN health agency said.  Vaccinations are planned across the nation for a total of 15.5 million youngsters aged nine to 59 months, including in hard-to-reach places affected by drought…

UN chief issues global ‘wake-up call’ on Day of Epidemic Preparedness — Global Issues

UN chief issues global ‘wake-up call’ on Day of Epidemic Preparedness — Global Issues

“The costs have been catastrophic”, Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement marking the day. Since the pandemic struck, he pointed out that millions of lives have been lost, as hundreds of millions fallen ill. And economies have been shattered, health systems stretched, and trillions of dollars lost. Moreover, progress…

Severe drought fuels malnutrition, reduces hospital-delivery births in Turkana County — Global Issues

Severe drought fuels malnutrition, reduces hospital-delivery births in Turkana County — Global Issues

“I have never experienced a drought as bad as this in my life”, 28-year-old Akure Ewar told UNFPA. At seven months pregnant, she complains that she is hungry and often feels dizzy when going about her day. “The dry seasons have been progressively getting worse over the last three years,…

Living Another Year Dangerously — Global Issues

New Ebola and cholera outbreaks, mpox emergency, COVID-19 ‘not over’ — Global Issues

A global population weary of the chaos caused by COVID-19 pandemic had to contend with a new, highly transmissible variant at the beginning of the year: Omicron. Omicron and on This latest version swept across Europe, leading to record weekly case numbers, although the number of deaths was relatively low,…

Living Another Year Dangerously — Global Issues

War, Famine, Disease, Disasters 2022 a Year Staring at Apocalypse — Global Issues

Opinion by Farhana Haque Rahman (toronto, canada) Friday, December 23, 2022 Inter Press Service TORONTO, Canada, Dec 23 (IPS) – A year that started with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and is ending with famine in Africa, while still spreading death and misery through an enduring pandemic and a deteriorating climate crisis…

Living Another Year Dangerously — Global Issues

Millions of Afghan children inoculated against measles, polio in 1st Statewide drive since 2021 transition — Global Issues

Afghanistan has vaccinated 5.36 million nine- to 59-month old children against measles while 6.1 million infants to 59-month-olds received oral polio vaccine during the vaccination drive held from 26 November to 12 December. Based on the data from Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health Expanded Programme on Immunization, the campaign covered…

Living Another Year Dangerously — Global Issues

WHO revises recommendations on lifesaving HPV vaccine — Global Issues

A single dose of the vaccine can provide comparable efficacy and protection as a two-dose regimen, the UN agency said, which could result in greater global access to the life-saving drug.  Cervical cancer is the fourth most common type of cancer in women, with roughly 604,000 new cases and 342,…

Think of Health Workers, not just Health Services — Global Issues

Think of Health Workers, not just Health Services — Global Issues

A laboratory technician works at a health and science centre in Bangkok, Thailand. It is a WHO Collaborating Centre for research and training on viral zoonoses. Credit: WHO/P. Phutpheng Opinion by Roopa Dhatt – David Bryden – Gill Adynski (washington dc/ chapel hill, north carolina/ geneva) Monday, December 19, 2022 Inter…