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Pollution

No country met air quality standards in 2021 – WHO

A survey of pollution data in 6,475 cities on Tuesday, March 22, 2022, showed that no country met the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) air...
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Health

UN demands end to attacks on health care in Ukraine

Head of UN bodies, Catherine Russell (Executive Director, United Nations Children's Fund – UNICEF), Dr. Natalia Kanem (Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund –...
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Health

115,500 health workers died of COVID-19 in 18 months – UN

No fewer than 115,500 health workers died from COVID-19 in 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, linked to a “systemic lack of safeguards”, according...
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Malawi declares polio outbreak

The health authorities in Malawi have declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after a case was detected in a young child in...
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Health

Omicron threat remains high in east Europe – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, said a new wave of infections from the Omicron variant of the coronavirus was...
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Health

WHO prequalifies first monoclonal antibody, tocilizumab, to treat COVID-19

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has added tocilizumab, a monoclonal antibody, to its list of prequalified treatments for COVID-19. WHO, in a statement on its...
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Waste Management

Healthcare waste from COVID threatens environment – WHO

Tens of thousands of tonnes of extra medical waste from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has put tremendous strain on health care waste management systems around the...
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Health

Improve resistance to neglected tropical diseases, WHO urges countries

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for an international push to confront the inequalities that characterise Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and urged support...
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Katsina children raise alarm over climate-linked school hazards

Children from the Child Rights Advocacy Club in Mashi Local Government Area of Katsina State have raised serious concerns...
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ACReSAL surpasses midpoint targets, eyes expansion as Lagos review opens

At the opening of a three-day strategic review in Lagos, Nigeria’s flagship climate resilience initiative, the Agro-Climatic Resilience in...
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Inger Andersen: Gearing up for a year of multilateral action

Speech delivered by Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), at the 173rd meeting of the Committee...

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Katsina children raise alarm over climate-linked school hazards

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ACReSAL surpasses midpoint targets, eyes expansion as Lagos review opens

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