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WHO: Afghanistan to receive monkeypox test kits

The Afghan health sector currently lacks kits to test for monkeypox…reports Asian Lite News The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan announced that the World Health Organization (WHO) will provide monkeypox test kits to

June 7, 2022

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Russia may sever ties with WHO, WTO

The WHO member states have already tried to force the health body, which typically avoids taking a stance on politics, into taking action over the invasion…reports Asian Lite News Russia may sever

May 19, 2022

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India Covid death toll highest in world, says WHO as govt rejects report

Excess mortality is calculated as the difference between the number of deaths that have occurred and the number that would be expected in the absence of the pandemic based on data from

May 6, 2022

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FIGHT AGAINST MALARIA

WHO says Malaria killed over 600,000 people in Africa last year. Malaria remains a significant public health and development challenge and in the last year, about 95% of the estimated 228 million

April 26, 2022

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India stopping WHO to release global Covid deaths to public

Terming it “flawed,” the government has questioned the World Health Organization’s (WHO) methodology for estimating the deaths caused by Covid-19 in India, media report says…reports Asian Lite News According to the New

April 17, 2022

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Africa not yet out of Covid-19 despite decreasing infections: WHO

African countries need to stay vigilant and weigh the risks before relaxing Covid-19 measures, despite the decreasing infections, warned the World Health Organisation (WHO) in a statement, noting that the continent is

April 15, 2022

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A third of world remains unvaccinated: WHO

Besides continuing to respond to the pandemic, WHO is also putting in place new measures to help keep the world safe against future epidemics….reports Asian Lite News Even as some high-income countries

March 31, 2022

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Global Covid-19 death toll tops 6 mn: WHO

The worldwide death toll inflicted by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has surpassed six million, reaching 6,004,421 as of Tuesday, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)…reports Asian Lite News Globally, there have

March 9, 2022

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6 African countries to be part of WHO’s mRNA vax tech project

The ultimate goal is to extend capacity building for national and regional production to all health technologies…reports Asian Lite News Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Tunisia are the first six

February 20, 2022

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WHO lauds historic vaccine hub in South Africa

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has lauded the efforts of South African researchers, who have set up a hub to develop mRNA-based vaccines against Covid-19…reports Asian Lite News In June last year,

February 15, 2022

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