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    Healthcare Inequities Exposed by COVID-19 Pandemic

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    Opening its fifty-fifth session under the theme ‘Population and sustainable development, in particular sustained and inclusive economic growth,’ marks success for a body that...
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    Building Resilience and Preventative Responses to Withstand Global Crises

    Resilience to shocks is no longer just about bouncing back — it’s also about building preparedness for even bigger disruptions. The climate crisis, COVID-19,...
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    WHO Recommends Successful COVID-19 Therapy; Calls For Wide Geographical Distribution and Transparency from Originator

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    COVID-19 Crisis: CSR Must Supplement Government’s Grassroots Transformation Efforts

    When the COVID-19 pandemic hit India, the fault lines in the social, economic and political spheres widened and deepened. The losses in terms of...
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    Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 Variants, Not More Severe or Transmissible, So Far: WHO

    Yet, the WHO has warned that lower numbers of COVID-19 cases or deaths reported is not reason to assume that the risks are lower,...
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    Climate Change a Major Threat to Global Health, says WHO

    Annually, 3.5 million people across the WHO Western Pacific Region die from avoidable environmental causes such as air pollution, extreme weather events or waterborne...
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