World Health Organization

Indonesia court hearing into children killed by toxic cough syrup
Some 200 children have died of acute kidney injury in Indonesia and cases also reported in The Gambia and Uzbekistan.
Published On 17 Jan 2023
India cough syrup linked to Uzbekistan deaths ‘substandard’: WHO
The World Health Organization said the Indian manufacturer’s products had ‘unacceptable amounts’ of toxic substances.
Published On 12 Jan 2023
Uganda’s Ebola outbreak nearly under control, says Africa CDC
The continental health body says the Ebola outbreak will be over if no new cases are reported in Uganda by January 10.
Published On 5 Jan 2023
WHO chief ‘very concerned’ over COVID situation in China
WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus appeals for detailed information as China battles a surge of COVID cases.
Published On 21 Dec 2022

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is a former Ethiopian minister from Tigray who has been a vocal critic of the conflict.

Initial shipment of more than 1.1 million cholera jabs to be distributed in areas with most reported cases, PAHO says.

There were also 13 million additional infections globally over two years, according to World Malaria Report.

Both names will be used simultaneously for one year while ‘monkeypox’ is phased out, the UN health agency says.

COVID-19 pandemic has pushed vaccination rates for the highly infectious disease to lowest level since 2008.

UN coordinator in Haiti says nearly 200 murders recorded last month as cholera cases now reported in 8 of 10 provinces.

Haitian official calls for resources amid concern that end to fuel terminal blockade could lead to more cholera cases.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s monkeypox outbreak, sickness and death go undetected.

WHO says region out of vaccines, antibiotics and insulin as deaths from preventable diseases such as malaria rise.

Health experts say the government’s response to the outbreak has been slow and inept, allowing infections to spread.

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