Monkeypox declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization — Global Issues

Monkeypox declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization — Global Issues

“For all of these reasons, I have decided that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern”, the World Health Organization’s director, Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus, declared on Sunday during a press conference. Tedros indicated that the current risk of Monkeypox is moderate globally and in all…

Monkeypox declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization — Global Issues

WHO updates COVID-19 strategy in bid to vaccinate all health workers, those most at risk — Global Issues

The plan prioritizes vaccinating 100 per cent of healthcare workers and vulnerable groups, including older persons and those with underlying conditions, in line with efforts to vaccinate 70 per cent of the global population.  More than 12 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered worldwide to date, resulting in countries…

Monkeypox declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization — Global Issues

Emergency Committee meets again as Monkeypox cases pass 14,000: WHO — Global Issues

The committee first met last month but decided against declaring it a public health emergency of international concern. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus acknowledged his “acute” awareness that any decision regarding the possible determination involves “the consideration of many factors, with the ultimate goal of protecting public health”. The committee…

Abortion in CanadaLegal for Decades But Hindered by Stigma — Global Issues

Abortion in CanadaLegal for Decades But Hindered by Stigma — Global Issues

While abortion in Canada has been legal for decades, procuring one is difficult for many. Credit: Gayatri Malhotra/Unsplash by Juliet Morrison (ottawa) Tuesday, July 19, 2022 Inter Press Service Ottawa, Jul 19 (IPS) – Toronto resident Miranda Knight describes her abortion experience as relatively simple. After finding out she was pregnant…

COVID-19 fuels slowest rate of childhood vaccination in three decades, leaving millions at risk — Global Issues

COVID-19 fuels slowest rate of childhood vaccination in three decades, leaving millions at risk — Global Issues

The figures released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children’s Fund UNICEF, show the percentage of children who received three doses of the vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP3) – a marker for immunization coverage within and across countries – fell five points between 2019 and 2021,…

Achieving the SDGs in Extraordinary Times — Global Issues

Achieving the SDGs in Extraordinary Times — Global Issues

Woochong Um Opinion by Armida Alisjahbana – Woochong Um – Kanni Wignaraja (bangkok, thailand) Friday, July 15, 2022 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Jul 15 (IPS) – The start of the “Decade of Action” to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has also marked the start of an unprecedented…

Monkeypox declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization — Global Issues

Mystery child hepatitis outbreak passes 1,000 recorded cases, says WHO — Global Issues

According to a new update on Wednesday from the World Health Organization (WHO), 35 countries in five regions of the world have now reported more than 1,010 probable cases of unexplained severe acute hepatitis, or liver inflammation, in youngsters, since the outbreak was first detected on 5 April. So far, 22 children have died, and…

News Fatigue, Anti-Vax and Wars — Global Issues

News Fatigue, Anti-Vax and Wars — Global Issues

Opinion by Jan Lundius (stockholm) Wednesday, July 13, 2022 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Jul 13 (IPS) – Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known.                                                     Michel de MontaigneDuring the beginning of the pandemic, people wanted to learn more about COVID-19. Enclosed in their homes they watched with fear and…

Monkeypox declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization — Global Issues

As virus spreads ‘freely’ COVID-19 ‘nowhere near over’: Tedros — Global Issues

He reported that the Emergency Committee on COVID-19 last Friday concluded that “the virus remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern”. And while acknowledging that we are in a much better position than at the beginning of the pandemic, he reminded that new waves demonstrate the COVID-19 pandemic “is…