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United Nations agencies call for ban on virginity testing
A global call to eradicate virginity testing, which is medically unnecessary & often painful, has been announced by United Nations agencies.
Virginity testing, a gynaecological...
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: time to accelerate progress
Global health organisations committed to collaboratively accelerate the growth of achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Orchestrated by the World Health Organization, the initiative...
New WHO guidelines aim to reduce high caesarean section rates
First ever guidelines created regarding non-clinical interventions designed to reduce worldwide increase in caesarean section rates.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has designed new guidelines...
Noise pollution: not only an environmental hazard but also links to mental health
WHO released Environmental Noise Guidelines showing strong evidence that noise pollution is a top environmental hazard to both physical and mental health.
The document released...
China announces 14% surge in HIV and Aids
The number of citizens in China with HIV and Aids has reportedly increased by 14%
As reported by the BBC, more than 820,000 people are...
WHO reports: harmful use of alcohol causes more than 5% of the global disease...
More than three million people died because of damaging use of alcohol in 2016, according to a report released by WHO today. Overall, the...
WHO calls for urgent action to end the tuberculosis epidemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a 2018 edition of its Global Tuberculosis Report. The report provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of...
Physical inactivity is putting health of 1.4 billion at risk, warns WHO
One in four of the world’s adults is physically inactive, putting them at risk of serious diseases like cancer and diabetes.
This is the finding...
Cases of measles in adults hit record high in the European region
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in the first six months of 2018 there were over 41,000 cases of measles in adults and...
Stroke-related death rates in Europe in decline
New research published in the European Heart Journal has shown stroke-related death rates are declining overall in Europe, but in some countries the decline...
Positive progress in antimicrobial resistance prevention across the globe
Countries are making substantial progress in tackling the ever growing issue of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), however, serious gaps still remain and require urgent action,...
One million Iraqis could see loss of health facilities due to funding gap
Critical health facilities in Iraq are facing closures due to a lack of funding, which leaves nearly one million people without access to basic...
New outbreaks of measles virus have been reported across EU/EEA
The outbreak of the measles virus continues across EU/EEA countries, according to the latest Communicable Diseases Threats Report (CDTR).
In a report on the European...
World Vaccine Congress Europe 2018
World Vaccine Congress Europe 2018 will be taking place on 29-31 October in Lisbon, Portugal, a conference to provide research, development and strategic partnering...
Low-quality healthcare services impact on global health costs
Low-quality healthcare services are holding back progress on improving health in countries at all income levels, according to a joint report by the OECD,...
An effective new treatment for cerebral malaria in mice found
Scientists from the universities of Manchester and Glasgow in the UK have found a potentially new way of treating cerebral malaria in a study...
Does vitamin D protect against pre-eclampsia in pregnancy?
There is no strong evidence that vitamin D protects against pregnancy-induced high blood pressure or pre-eclampsia, new research published in the BMJ suggests.
It is...
European summer travel: have you had the MMR vaccination?
Young adults are being urged to check they’ve had the MMR vaccination before they go travelling around Europe this summer due to large measles...
WHO release of ICD-11 “important step further for the future of neurology”
The newly released International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11) will be implemented for the World Federation of Neurology, which has...
Preview of WHO’s new International Classification of Diseases released
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released the advance preview of the new International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) this week. What has been added...
