WHO today recommended that the dapivirine vaginal ring (DPV-VR) may be offered as an additional prevention choice for women at substantial risk[1] of HIV infection as part of combination prevention approaches. The DPV-VR is a female-initiated ...
Many low- and middle-income countries have reduced suffering from hepatitis C, thanks to increased access to testing and treatment. Some achieved a 20-fold increase in the number of people treated with safe and effective direct-acting ...
The advice by NSW Health Public Health Response Branch for residential disability care providers and home care service providers has been updated on the NSW Health Disability Support Providers webpage. The format of the public ...
COVAX, the global initiative to ensure rapid and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for all countries, regardless of income level, today announced the signing of an advance purchase agreement with Pfizer for up to 40 ...
COVID-19 has fostered an environment to not only continue workplace bullying and fatigue in the healthcare sector, but also exacerbate it. Poor organisation from management and fast paced shifts, many of which are monotonous and ...
The early years in children’s lives are critical in building a foundation for optimal development through a stable and nurturing environment. However, for infants and young children living in humanitarian settings, risks such as forced ...
High-level representatives from the French government and WHO gathered virtually for their annual strategic dialogue, which took stock of collaboration in 2020 and discussed key joint priorities for collaboration for 2021. The objective was to agree on specific ways to ...
WHO’s new laboratory protocol entitled “Global protocol for measuring fatty acid profiles of food with an emphasis on monitoring trans fats originated from partially hydrogenated oils” provides a globally harmonized method to measure trans fat ...
At the 73rd Session of the World Health Assembly, Member States overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution calling for urgent action on meningitis prevention and control through the implementation of a bold, comprehensive global roadmap to defeat meningitis by ...
Public settings, such as schools, childcare centres, nursing homes, hospitals and correctional facilities and all other canteens of public institutions, can play a key role in ensuring people are provided with healthy food and helping ...
Global scientists are intensifying research into COVID-19, as the World Health Organization (WHO) moves to expand its scientific collaboration and monitoring of emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. A day-long virtual meeting ...
NEW YORK/ GENEVA: The four leading international health and humanitarian organizations announced today the establishment of a global Ebola vaccine stockpile to ensure outbreak response. The effort to establish the stockpile was led by the ...
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