Develop more vaccines to combat ‘silent pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance: WHO — Global Issues

Develop more vaccines to combat ‘silent pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance: WHO — Global Issues

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The UN agency has released its first-ever report on the pipeline of vaccines currently in development, geared at guiding further investment and research.  Antimicrobial resistance occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines, making infections harder to treat and increasing the risk…

Develop more vaccines to combat ‘silent pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance: WHO — Global Issues

India & China Continue to Lead –as World Population Projected to Reach 8.0 Billion — Global Issues

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by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, July 11, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jul 11 (IPS) – India and China, two Asian nuclear powers who are also longstanding rivals embroiled in the geo-politics of the Indian Ocean region, have remained two of the world’s most populous nations accounting for over…

Develop more vaccines to combat ‘silent pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance: WHO — Global Issues

Ghana prepares for possible first-ever Marburg virus outbreak — Global Issues

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Preliminary analysis of samples taken from two patients by the country’s Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research indicated the cases were positive for Marburg, and samples have been sent to the Institut Pasteur in Senegal, a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre, for confirmation. The two, unrelated, patients from the…

‘Please, let us in,’ WHO issues plea to reach sick and injured — Global Issues

‘Please, let us in,’ WHO issues plea to reach sick and injured — Global Issues

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More than four and half months since Russia’s invasion, civilians have continued to be targeted in explosions and missile strikes, particularly in eastern cities including Donetsk, Sloviansk, Makiivka, Oleksandrivka and Yasynuvata, but also in southern oblasts, in Odessa and Mykolaiv.  Senior UN officials have long called for humanitarian corridors to…

Differently-Abled Farmers Integrate Digital Technology, Aim To Set Example For Others — Global Issues

Differently-Abled Farmers Integrate Digital Technology, Aim To Set Example For Others — Global Issues

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Rawan Bo-khuntod (left) and another farmer planting seedlings. Credit: Pattama Kuentak/IPS by Pattama Kuentak (khlong song, thailand) Wednesday, July 06, 2022 Inter Press Service KHLONG SONG, Thailand, Jul 06 (IPS) – Hidden in Pathumthaini province just outside of Bangkok, 0.24 hectares of land adjacent to Seangsan temple has been turned into…

Develop more vaccines to combat ‘silent pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance: WHO — Global Issues

Tedros urges Pfizer to make oral COVID antiviral available more widely — Global Issues

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’s appeal comes as confirmed coronavirus cases jumped nearly 30 per cent in the past two weeks, with increased infections in four out of six regions of the world. Agreeing terms “Our organizations are still trying to finalize with Pfizer the appropriate terms and conditions for low and…

Rights Groups Question ‘Pregnancy Register’ for Polish Women — Global Issues

Rights Groups Question ‘Pregnancy Register’ for Polish Women — Global Issues

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by Ed Holt (bratislava) Tuesday, July 05, 2022 Inter Press Service BRATISLAVA, Jul 05 (IPS) – Women’s rights groups fear a new legal provision in Poland requiring doctors to collect records on all pregnancies could create what they have described as a ‘pregnancy register’ to monitor whether women are having abortions….

Develop more vaccines to combat ‘silent pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance: WHO — Global Issues

Animals are Core to Pandemic Prevention We Must Strengthen Their Defences — Global Issues

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Opinion by Carel du Marchie Sarvaas (brussels) Tuesday, July 05, 2022 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS, Jul 05 (IPS) – The writer is executive director of HealthforAnimals, the global animal health association   World Zoonoses Day, which will be commemorated on July 6, celebrates the success of the first vaccine which was…