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A laboratory nurse takes a sample from a child declared a suspected case of Mpox at the treatment centre in Munigi, Democratic Republic of the Congo July 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File Photo

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WHO grants first mpox vaccine approval to ramp up response to disease in Africa and beyond

The pre-qualification of the vaccine by Bavarian Nordic A/S means that donors like GAVI the Vaccine Alliance and Unicef can buy it

Internally displaced women listen to Nathalie Kipenzi, a hygiene promoter, during an awareness campaign for Mpox, an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus that causes a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever, at the Muja camp for the internally displaced in Nyiragongo territory, near Goma in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo August 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi

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Why mpox vaccines are only just arriving in Africa after two years

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2.6 million die annually due to alcohol: WHO

A Palestinian man checks the underside of a damaged van following the Israeli military bombardment of the Gaza Municipality garage on al-Wahda Street, in the al-Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City on June 21, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. Photo: Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP

Hamas-Israel war

Israel 'pause' in Gaza had no impact on aid supplies: WHO

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BSMMU, WHO collaborate focusing on advancing medical services, research and dev

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Global pandemic treaty to be concluded by 2025, WHO says

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Human cases of bird flu 'an enormous concern': WHO

Violent ground combat has been underway for weeks, sometimes around Gaza's hospitals. Photo: AFP

Hamas-Israel war

WHO says 9,000 patients need emergency evacuation from Gaza

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Bangladesh

WHO interested to support capacity-building in Bangladesh health sector: Saima Wazed to PM

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Bangladesh

Saima Wazed puts spotlight on mental health, dismisses political criticism on WION interview

FILE PHOTO: People receive their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines at a mass vaccination site at Lumen Field Event Center in Seattle, Washington, U.S. March 13, 2021. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo

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Costs divide rich, poor countries ahead of WHO pandemic treaty talks

Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends the World Health Assembly at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 21 May, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

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WHO 'overstretched' in response to increasing health emergencies

FILE PHOTO: Taiwan flags can be seen at a square ahead of the national day celebration in Taoyuan, Taiwan, October 8, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang

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US calls for Taiwan's inclusion at upcoming WHO assembly