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WHO Backs South Africa’s Proposed Tobacco and Vaping Legislation
CAPE TOWN –WHO The World Health Organization has thrown its weight behind South Africa’s proposed tobacco and vaping legislation, emphasizing…
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Standard Bank worker falls to their death at bank’s Rosebank offices
A Standard Bank employee fell to their death from the sixth floor at the bank’s 30 Baker Street offices in…
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WHO calls for patient safety improvements
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on healthcare professionals to improve patient safety, as it marked World Patient Safety…
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Joe Phaahla believes SA is still in control of monkeypox outbreak
Minister of Health Joe Phaahla believes South Africa still controls the mpox, also known as monkeypox, outbreak. Last week, the…
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Monkeypox vaccine maker seeks approval for use in teenagers
Danish drugmaker Bavarian Nordic said Friday it was seeking European approval to use its mpox vaccine in children aged 12…
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Sweden confirms first case of mpox, first outside Africa
Sweden confirmed its first case of the viral infection mpox on Thursday, which was also the first case outside Africa,…
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WHO reveals that one in four girls fall pregnant before age 20 in SA
Deputy Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Mmapaseka Letsike says South Africa’s teenage pregnancy figures for the 2023/24…
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WHO working on polio vaccination campaign for Gaza
The World Health Organisation is working on a polio vaccination campaign for Gaza after the virus was detected there, officials…
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Health experts: Mpox nowhere near COVID-19 levels in terms of spread
Some health experts have sought to ease any public panic over the mpox disease — or monkeypox — citing it’s…
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Bird flu may infect cows outside the US: WHO
There is a risk that the H5N1 bird flu virus, present in many wild birds, may infect cows in countries…
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WHO plans more evacuations from Gaza hospital as bodies decompose
The World Health Organisation (WHO) aims to evacuate more of the roughly 140 patients stranded in Gaza’s Nasser hospital, where…
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WHO board to hold emergency meeting on Gaza health situation
The World Health Organisation’s executive board will hold a rare emergency session on December 10 to discuss the health crisis…
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Gaza Health Ministry to stop coordinating with WHO over hospital evacuations
Ashraf al-Qudra, the Gaza health ministry’s spokesman, said that the ministry has made the decision to no longer coordinate the…
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Increase in Measles deaths demands Urgent Action to Save Lives
There was a staggering annual rise in measles cases and deaths in 2022, according to a new report from the…
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WHO recommends malaria vaccine that will be rolled out next year
The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended on Monday the use of a second malaria vaccine to curb the life-threatening disease…
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WHO report flags concerning levels of unsafe water, poor sanitation, hygiene in SA
A World Health Organisation (WHO) study has found unsafe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene practices in South Africa were responsible…
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WHO condemns Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, rejects Moscow’s counter-proposal
The World Health Organisation (WHO) assembly passed a motion on Wednesday condemning Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, including attacks on healthcare…
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WHO says risk moderate after laboratory in Sudan seized by fighters
The World Health Organisation said on Tuesday it had found after a risk assessment that there was a moderate risk”…
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China records world’s first human death from H3N8 bird flu: WHO
A Chinese woman has become the first person to die from a type of bird flu that is rare in…
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Cholera kills over 1,200 in Malawi, threatens neighbours: WHO
The deadliest cholera outbreak in Malawi’s history has killed at least 1,210 people, while vaccines remain scarce and several other…
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