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World Health Organization needs more information on China COVID situation - Tedros

The World Health Organization needs more information to assess the latest surge in infections in China, Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

Reuters

Doctors forced to reuse surgical equipment as medical supplies run short in country

Doctors have shared their heartbreak at having to turn away patients and reuse medical equipment in Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region

Daily Mirror

WHO "very concerned" about reports of severe COVID in China

The head of the World Health Organization said the agency is “very concerned” about rising reports of severe coronavirus disease across China after the country largely abandoned its “zero COVID” policy

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Potential China wave is 'wild card' for ending COVID emergency - WHO advisors

It may be too early to declare the end of the COVID-19 pandemic emergency phase because of a potentially devastating wave to come in China, several leading scientists and World Health Organization advisors told Reuters.

Reuters

WHO chief says uncle was murdered by Eritrean troops in Tigray

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization, has said his uncle was "murdered" by Eritrean troops in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region.

Radio France Internationale

WHO Eyes End to Covid Emergency in 2023

The World Health Organization said Wednesday it hoped that Covid-19 would no longer be a public health emergency in 2023, as it urged China to share information that could pinpoint how the pandemic started. As the third anniversary of the original outbreak rolls around, the WHO said the virus was…

Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO eyes end to Covid emergency in 2023

Geneva (AFP) - The World Health Organization said Wednesday it hoped that Covid-19 would no longer be a public health emergency in 2023, as it urged China to share information that could pinpoint how the pandemic started.

AFP

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WHO chief says uncle 'murdered' in Tigray bloodshed

Geneva (AFP) - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, said Wednesday that his uncle had been "murdered" by Eritrean troops in Ethiopia's war-torn northern Tigray region.

AFP

WHO eyes end to Covid and Mpox emergencies in 2023

Geneva (AFP) - The World Health Organization said Wednesday it hopes that Covid-19 and Mpox will no longer be public health emergencies in 2023 as both diseases end their most dangerous phase.

AFP

WHO chief says his uncle was murdered in Ethiopia's Tigray

The head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday that Eritrean troops "murdered" his uncle in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.

Reuters

WHO chief hopes COVID will no longer be emergency next year

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday he is "hopeful" that the COVID-19 pandemic will no longer be considered a global emergency some time next year.

Reuters

WHO Appoints Jeremy Farrar as Chief Scientist

The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that Jeremy Farrar will become its new chief scientist as the agency prepares to cope with post-pandemic health challenges. He will join the WHO in the second quarter of 2023, replacing Soumya Swaminathan, who departed in November ahead of a broader shakeup at…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Emerging from the COVID pandemic, again

For much of the world, 2022 marked the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reuters

Pandemic treaty plans thrashed out at WHO

Geneva (AFP) - Negotiators are meeting in Geneva this week to thrash out a pandemic treaty aimed at ensuring the flaws that turned Covid-19 into a global crisis could never happen again.

AFP

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The Guardian - UK

Fears of deadly infection surge as China abandons zero-Covid policy

Dramatic U-turn following widespread unrest leaves country ill-prepared for Omicron

AFP

UN anxious for unfettered aid access to Tigray

Geneva (AFP) - The United Nations still cannot get unfettered access to bring humanitarian aid into Ethiopia's war-torn northern Tigray region, one month after the ceasefire, the World Health Organization said Friday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Drop in COVID Alertness Could Create Deadly New Variant, Warns WHO

Lapses in strategies to tackle COVID-19 this year continue to create the perfect conditions for a deadly new variant to emerge, as parts of China witness a rise in infections, the head of the World Health Organization said on Friday. The comments by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus mark a…

The Independent UK

WHO pleased to see China ease harsh zero COVID policies

A top official at the World Health Organization said the U_N_ agency was “pleased” to see China loosening some of its coronavirus restrictions, saying “it’s really important that governments listen to their people when the people are in pain.”

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Reuters

WHO chief Tedros selects new leadership team, document shows

The World Health Organization's chief has provisionally appointed several new top managers, a document showed on Friday, as he seeks to cope with growing post-pandemic health challenges and respond to donor pressure for efficiency.

Reuters

How the World Health Organization might fight future pandemics

Negotiations on new rules for dealing with pandemics are underway at the World Health Organization (WHO), with a target date of May 2024 for a legally binding agreement to be adopted by the U.N. health agency's 194 member countries.

Reuters

WHO chief scientist departs ahead of broader shake-up

The chief scientist of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday she was leaving the agency, the first of a series of high-profile departures expected at the global health body as it prepares for a post-pandemic future.

The Guardian - UK

Tigray still without aid eight days after deal to end Ethiopia’s blockade

Humanitarian groups hope to deliver huge influx of food and medicine to millions facing famine and disease

Al Jazeera

Two years of Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict: A timeline

Here’s a look at some of the most important events of the two-year conflict in Ethiopia’s northernmost region.

AFP

Zimbabwe's 'mental health benches' exported to the World Cup

Harare (AFP) - Sitting next to a patient with depression on a garden bench in Zimbabwe's capital Harare, 70-year-old Shery Ziwakayi speaks gently, offering accessible therapy with a warm and reassuring smile.

ABC News

The WHO says monkeypox is still a global health emergency of concern, despite a 'promising' decline in cases

Despite a promising decline in global cases, the World Health Organization has determined that monkeypox should remain a "public health emergency of international concern". Here's why.

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