The World Health Organization has confirmed the existence of two outbreaks of Marburg, a highly lethal hemorrhagic fever, in Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania. As of the 23rd of this month, 8 cases had been confirmed in Tanzania, including 5 deaths and more than 160 contacts who have been identified and are being monitored. In the case...
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WHO says discovering the true origin of covid-19 is a "moral imperative"
It was three years ago this Saturday that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared covid-19 a pandemic. To mark the date, the director-general, Tedros Ghebreyesus, posted a message on Twitter in which he considers it a "moral imperative" to understand the origins of the coronavirus that in 2020 spread across the globe. Quoted by the Eco portal, the...
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"Mozambique is the 10th country with the greatest reduction in maternal mortality between 2000 and 2020," - WHO
Mozambique is the 10th country with the greatest reduction in the maternal mortality rate in the period 2000-2020, according to a report released yesterday in Geneva by the World Health Organization (WHO). The report, drawn up by the WHO on behalf of the United Nations Inter-Agency Group on Maternal Mortality Estimation - which also includes the...
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WHO Director-General Promises to Follow-up Investigation into Covid-19 Origins
The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has pledged to do "everything possible" to get an "answer" on the origin of Covid-19. "There is a scientific and moral dimension to this problem, and we have to keep pressing until we get an answer," about the origin of the pandemic that began in China...
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WHO maintains maximum alert level for covid-19
The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to maintain the maximum alert level for the covid-19 pandemic, following a meeting of the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee. Although the committee recognized that the pandemic may be approaching a turning point, it decided that "there is no doubt" that...
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WHO: Cholera is now more of a concern than Covid-19 in Africa
The regional director for Africa of the World Health Organization (WHO), Matshidiso Moeti, said today that the main concern is no longer covid-19, but the cholera outbreak, which is affecting 10 African countries. "The threat of the covid-19 pandemic is diminishing, we are now more concerned about cholera, which has already spread...
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China asks WHO to take unbiased stance on covid-19
China on Thursday called on the World Health Organization to adopt a "fair" stance on covid-19, after the organization criticized Beijing's assessment of the epidemic. In early December, the country suspended without warning most of its measures against covid-19, which allowed its...
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WHO is assessing the risk of a new covid-19 sub-variant that is spreading rapidly
The World Health Organization (WHO) indicated yesterday that it is assessing the risk of the new XBB.1.5 sub-variant of the covid-19 coronavirus, which is spreading rapidly in several countries and may be more transmissible. The director-general of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said in a video press conference that the organization "is closely monitoring and...
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"Bacterial resistance is among the top 10 threats to global health," warns WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned this Friday that bacterial resistance to antibiotics is among the top 10 threats to global public health, highlighting the "major concern" of blood infections in hospital settings. "Antimicrobial resistance represents a significant global threat of major economic and public health proportions," the...
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War in Ukraine: WHO warns that 10 million Ukrainians could die this winter
The World Health Organization (WHO) has counted 703 attacks on the health system in Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February, warning this Monday of the risks of winter for the survival of millions of people. "Continued attacks on health and energy infrastructure mean that hundreds of hospitals and health facilities are...