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World
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Region
11/22/2024 2:47:01 PM
Israeli strikes on Lebanon have killed nearly 230 health workers since the start of Israel's war on Gaza in October last year, the World Health Organization said Friday.
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Life & Style
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Health
11/20/2024 2:04:59 PM
Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, director of the Department for Epidemic and Pandemic Threat Management at the World Health Organization (WHO), spoke to Ahram Online during her participation in the Seventh World Innovation Summit for Health in Doha about the lessons learned from COVID-19 and the need to be prepared for a next pandemic.
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World
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International
11/18/2024 9:32:31 AM
India's capital New Delhi switched schools to online classes Monday until further notice as worsening toxic smog surged past 60 times the World Health Organization's recommended daily maximum.
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World
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International
11/13/2024 11:31:06 AM
Residents of India's capital New Delhi choked in a blanketing toxic smog Wednesday as worsening air pollution surged past 50 times the World Health Organization's recommended daily maximum.
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Life & Style
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Health
11/12/2024 5:29:11 PM
Talks between World Health Organization (WHO) member states on a landmark global accord on handling future pandemics will roll into 2025 after countries decided Monday there were too many gaps to seal a deal this year.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/5/2024 5:13:02 PM
The World Health Organization said Tuesday a large-scale medical evacuation was planned from Gaza this week, with more than 100 seriously ill and injured patients due to leave the war-ravaged territory.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/4/2024 11:04:38 PM
The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO), denounced Monday Israel's decision to cut ties with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), saying it would not make the country safer while increasing civilian suffering in Gaza.
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Life & Style
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Health
10/30/2024 3:25:49 PM
More than 8 million people were diagnosed with tuberculosis last year, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, the highest number recorded since the U.N. health agency began keeping track.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/26/2024 1:03:16 PM
The World Health Organization said it has regained contact with staff at a northern Gaza hospital under siege by Israel, finding that three health workers had been injured and 44 detained.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/21/2024 11:43:26 AM
Up to 1,000 women and children needing medical care will shortly be evacuated from Gaza to Europe, the head of the World Health Organization's Europe branch said in comments published on Monday.
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Egypt
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Health
10/20/2024 4:26:08 PM
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus congratulated Egypt on Sunday on eliminating malaria, describing it as “another important milestone”.
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Life & Style
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Health
10/19/2024 12:06:50 PM
There are no more oral cholera vaccines left in the global stockpile, the World Health Organization said Friday, with the shortage jeopardising work to stop the disease’s spread.
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World
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Region
10/16/2024 8:13:58 PM
The risk of cholera spreading in Lebanon is "very high", the World Health Organization warned Wednesday, after a case of the acute and potentially deadly diarrhoeal infection was detected in the conflict-hit country.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/14/2024 5:22:10 PM
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said late Sunday that a WHO-Palestine Red Crescent operation had managed to resupply two hospitals in northern Gaza, following Israeli attacks.
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Life & Style
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Health
10/6/2024 12:21:58 PM
The World Health Organization announced a global plan to battle dengue and other diseases carried by mosquitos as they spread faster and further amid climate change.
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World
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Region
10/3/2024 12:09:19 PM
The World Health Organization chief warned that Lebanon's health system was struggling to keep up after Israel escalated airstrikes and launched ground raids into the country.
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Life & Style
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Health
9/28/2024 2:04:36 PM
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned of a "sharp rise in problematic social media use" among Europe's teens that it said is harming their mental health.
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Life & Style
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Health
9/23/2024 1:40:44 PM
Egypt's General Authority for Healthcare Accreditation and Regulation (GAHAR), in cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO), organized the annual conference to commemorate World Patient Safety Day (WPSD) on 17 September, under the patronage of the Deputy Prime Minister for Human Development and Minister of Health and Population.Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar.
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Life & Style
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Health
9/18/2024 11:04:19 PM
The 16 of September marked the culmination of a significant collaboration initiative between the World Health Organization (WHO) in Egypt and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), supported by the Ministry of Health and Population and the Ministry of International Cooperation.
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Sports
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World
9/18/2024 5:43:02 PM
FIFA teamed up with the World Health Organization on Wednesday for a campaign to educate the football industry about the risks of concussion injuries.
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