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Can AI create a fairer future for people with disabilities?

When designed with lived experience at their heart, AI tools like conversational screen readers, adaptive dashboards, and real-time captioning don’t just break down barriers; they expand the possibilities. They transform access into agency and the freedom to learn, lead and contribute fully. Avoiding a “shinier version of the same old prejudice” Surashree Rahane was born […]

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Europe’s health system comes under strain as doctors and nurses face mental health crisis

The landmark survey, funded under the WHO/Europe project with the European Commission – coinciding with World Mental Health Day – analyzed almost 100,000 responses from 29 countries, from October 2024 to April this year. The main finding is that doctors and nurses work in conditions that harm their mental health and well-being, which also impacts

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‘Never be afraid to ask for help’: War-scarred Ukrainians find space to heal

“I saw people fleeing, so I joined them,” recalls Yuri, 88, thinking back to the day he left Ukraine. “I arrived in Moldova alone, without family or children to turn to. » Most days, Yuri spends time in the courtyard of a community mental health center in Chișinău, participating in therapeutic activities that help him

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WHO says rebuilding Gaza’s destroyed health system key to lasting peace

Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO director for the Eastern Mediterranean, said Gaza’s health services had been “broken” after two years of conflict and “on the brink of total collapse”. “When the fighting stops, a new struggle will begin: rebuilding Gaza’s health system and saving an entire population from starvation and despair.” she told reporters at a

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Who: despite the decline in smoking, tobacco always hangs one in five adults worldwide

It is according to the latest report by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the use of tobacco published Monday which analyzes smoking trends from 2010 to 2024 and concludes that the epidemic is far from over. The use of tobacco rose from 26.2% in 2010 to 19.5% last year – and the United Nations

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Gaza health system exceeded because WHO reports that 42,000 people have injuries that change their life

“These injuries that change life represent a quarter of all the injuries reported, a total of more than 167,300 people injured since October 2023,” said Rik Peeperkorn, representative of the West Bank and Gaza. More than 5,000 people faced an amputation and other serious injuries with arms, legs and spinal cord. Briefing Journalists In New

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Hoping in Gaza: The health crisis deepens as families burn plastic for fuel

Um Muhammad al-Masri, moved from the northern city of Beit Hanoun, never lets go of its asthma inhaler. She says she would die without that. The smoke fills her tent, where she directed a primitive oven fed by garbage. “I have been prescribed medication, but I couldn’t afford it, so UNRWA [the UN agency for

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From the crisis to community healing: a Haitian mother fights against cholera

When her 11-year-old daughter, Noel-Dina, was struck by unbearable fever and abdominal pain, Oriata did not hesitate. She immediately took her child to the nearest hospital. “She couldn’t walk because she was so weak. I had to wear her on my back. I was terribly worried and I thought I was going to lose her,”

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