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WHO's annual World Health Statistics reports present the most recent health statistics for the WHO Member States and each edition supersedes the previous one.
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A Multi-Stakeholder Group Launch a Coalition to Improve Health Outcomes People Living with Dermatological Diseases Worldwide.
Einpresswire.com, 25 May 2022

MONTREAL/GENEVA, 27 July 2022—New data from UNAIDS on the global HIV response reveals that during the last two years of COVID-19 and other global crises, progress against the HIV pandemic has faltered, resources have shrunk, and millions of lives are at risk as a result. The new report, In Danger, is being launched ahead of the International AIDS Conference in Montreal, Canada.

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Global vaccine purchasing mechanisms including Gavi and the United Nations have been urged to purchase a minimum of 30% of their vaccines from African manufacturers, according to a resolution, Call to Action: Africa’s new public health order adopted by African member states on the sidelines of the recent United Nations general assembly (UNGA).
Health Policy Watch, 4 October 2022

Health and environmental problems linger on decades after the United States detonated 67 nuclear bombs in the Marshall Islands.
Geneva Solutions, 4 October 2022

The United Nations General Assembly voted to hold a summit of heads of state and other world leaders next year to find fair, long-lasting solutions for the global inequities and inadequate responses that the COVID-19 pandemic has all too painfully highlighted.
Health Policy Watch, 2 September 2022

While more than three quarters of all adults living with HIV are receiving some kind of treatment, the number of children doing so, stands at only 52 per cent. In response to this startling disparity, UN agencies UNAIDS, UNICEF, WHO, and others, have formed a global alliance to prevent new HIV infections and ensure that by 2030 all HIV positive children can get access to lifesaving treatment.
UN News, 2 August 2022

WTO ministerial: civil society groups urge ministers to reject TRIPS waiver text
As WTO Ministerial Conference nears its end, civil society organisations urged participating countries to push for a full IP waiver on vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics.
Geneva Solutions, 15 June 2022

UN News, 14 June 2022

- Organization discussing the name change with virus experts
- More than 1,600 cases have been recorded globally, WHO says
Bloomberg, 13 June 2022

UN News, 31 May 2022

Full Fact, 30 May 2022

WHO News, 29 May 2022

Health Policy Watch, 28 May 2022

In what many global health experts describe as a “historic” move, the 75th World Health Assembly this week adopted recommendations to provide more flexible funding to the World Health Organization, including through a potential increase in member states’ assessed contributions within the next eight years.
Devex, 26 May 2022

Devex (Ogweno Stephen), 25 May 2022

Reuters, 25 May 2022

WHO News, 24 May 2022

UN News, 24 May 2022

UNAIDS News, 22 May 2022

Geneva Solutions, 22 May 2022

The World Health Organization has published its latest comprehensive set of World Health Statistics to 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic – which led to an estimated 4.5 million excess deaths in that year.
WHO News, 20 May 2022

WHO News, 17 May 2022

Member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) are about to meet in Geneva, and while everyone agrees that we need to be better prepared for the next pandemic, the question of exactly how remains open.
Swissinfo, 17 May 2022

Nature.com, 17 May 2022

UN News, 16 May 2022

Health Policy Watch, 3 May 2022

UN News, 25 April 2022

The Lancet (free login required), 20 April 2022

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