Covid-19-News

Nigeria resumes Yellow fever vaccination with safety measures necessary for the COVID-19 context

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Oct 23, 2020

World Sight Day 2020

In recognition of World Sight Day 2020, the UN Friends of Vision, the Permanent Missions of Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh …

Oct 22, 2020

Strategic exchange with representatives from civil society and communities

The civil society virtual meeting held on 16 October 2020 provided an opportunity to share updates on WHO’s work on HIV, hep…

Oct 19, 2020

Solidarity Therapeutics Trial produces conclusive evidence on the effectiveness of repurposed drugs for COVID-19 in record time

In just six months, the world’s largest randomized control trial on COVID-19 therapeutics has generated conclusive evidence …

Oct 16, 2020

New electronic survey manual supports countries to combat micronutrient deficiencies

A new Micronutrient survey manual (2020) and toolkit, developed in collaboration by WHO, CDC, UNICEF and Nutrition Internati…

Oct 15, 2020

WHO Bulletin Call for Papers: Behavioural and Social Sciences for Better Health

As part of WHO’s efforts to scale up the use of behavioural and social sciences, the  Bulletin  will publish a special issue…

Oct 15, 2020

Neglected tropical diseases: tackling stigmatization, discrimination and mental health through a person-centred approach

WHO recently published its guide on the mental health of people with neglected tropical diseases. The work analyses the comb…

Oct 13, 2020

One Year Commemoration of the High-Level Meeting on UHC: Measuring Progress, Challenges and Opportunities in the Context of COVID-19

Dr. Tedros, WHO Director-General, joined the Foreign Ministers of Japan, Thailand and Georgia to host a Ministerial Meeting …

Oct 10, 2020

One stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds, according to first ever joint UN estimates

Almost 2 million babies are stillborn every year – or 1 every 16 seconds – according to the first ever joint stillbirth esti…

Oct 8, 2020

COVID-19 disrupting mental health services in most countries, WHO survey

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted or halted critical mental health services in 93% of countries worldwide while the demand…

Oct 5, 2020