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Attenborough, WHO among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize

Environmentalists have won the Nobel Peace Prize in the past, including Kenyan activist Wangari Maathai, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and former US Vice President Al Gore, reports Asian Lite News

February 2, 2022

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Easing curbs should be slow and steady: WHO

Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO’s Health Emergencies Program, echoed that countries should chart their own paths in lifting the measures instead of following blindly what the other countries is

February 2, 2022

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WHO chief worried about ‘tsunami’ of omicron, delta cases

WHO said in its weekly epidemiological report that the “overall risk” related to omicron “remains very high.” It cited “consistent evidence” that it has a growth advantage over the delta variant…reports Asian

December 29, 2021

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Rwanda achieves WHO Covid-19 vaccination target

Rwanda has achieved the World Health Organization’s (WHO) target of vaccinating 40 percent of its entire population by December 2021, the Ministry of Health said in a statement…reports Asian Lite News According

December 27, 2021

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WHO calls for ‘hard decisions’ to get back normal

He also asked the governments to exercise maximum caution in the coming weeks and avoid events with large gatherings…reports Asian Lite News. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO),

December 23, 2021

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WHO not okay with blanket vaccine booster programs

While some countries are now rolling out blanket vaccine booster programs, three in four health workers in Africa still remain unvaccinated by the end of 2021….reports Asian Lite News Blanket vaccine booster

December 22, 2021

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Omicron may change course of Covid-19 pandemic, says WHO chief

While some evidence might suggest that Omicron causes milder symptoms than the earlier Delta variant, it’s still early days to draw any final conclusions, WHO experts have said…reports Asian Lite News. Certain

December 9, 2021

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OMICRON VARIANT: Countries advised to step up surveillance

The Technical Advisory Group has advised WHO that Omicron variant should be designated as a Variant of Concern, reports Asian Lite News The World Health Organisation (WHO) has classified the new Covid

November 27, 2021

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About 27% of African health workers fully vaccinated against Covid-19

Only some 27 per cent of health workers in Africa have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, leaving the bulk of the workforce on the frontlines against the pandemic unprotected, the World Health

November 26, 2021

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Rapid Surge of Measles Rock Afghanistan

The World Health Organization (WHO) said that Afghanistan has been hit with a rapid surge in the outbreak of measles and due to lack of vaccine the problem is getting worse…reports Asian

November 15, 2021

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