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World News in Brief: new statement on MNT and mental health, Khartoum Shelter Crisis, WFP Lifeline in Ukraine, Sud-Soudan Update

The text, negotiated over five months, will take place before the General Assembly for approval in a few weeks. It was adopted at a high -level meeting at the UN headquarters on Thursday, where heads of state, government leaders and health ministers highlighted the urgency of coordinated action. MNTs like heart and pulmonary diseases, cancer […]

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Mental health care to occupy the front of the stage in the General Assembly

Although the subject of mental health has been raised in previous years, it will obtain major invoicing during the event, which will also cover the prevention and control of other non -transmitted diseases (MNT), such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases. MNTs remain the main causes of death and disability in the

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World News in Brief: which reaffirms the safety of vaccines, call to Sudanese civilians trapped in El Fasher, Dr Congo Ebola Epidemia up to date

“In -depth research, including large -scale studies in the last decade, has not found any coherent association,” the agency said in a statement, urging pregnant women to follow the advice of their health providers. The alarm was raised by the White House on Monday when US President Donald Trump and senior health officials issued a

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World News in Brief: Gaza and Nicaragua Human Rights Update, which alerts and alarm of hypertension on the American autism complaint

Damaged installations include nine schools and two health centers housing more than 11,000 people. At least five displaced people were injured and the UNRWA field office has also suffered damage. The agency claims that its operations in Gaza City – where Israeli air and land attacks have intensified – were sharply reduced after its only

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World News in Brief: Migrant doctors mean shortages at home, United Nations names, the best innovators, updating the rights of Nigeria, sunscreen and “essential medicine”

A new United Nations health agency report also shows that in Europe in 2023, six in 10 doctors trained outside the region, while the number is even higher for nurses. In light of these results – and the fact that many countries in the west and northern Europe become “strongly dependent” of these foreign workers

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World News in Brief: Update of the pandemic treaty, response from Dr Congo Ebola, more victims in Ukraine

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was expressed at the start of a meeting of the intergovernmental working group on the agreement of the WHO pandemic, which takes place in Geneva until Friday. This occurs four months after the countries adopted the first pandemic treaty in the world, which he called “a generational achievement”. Tedros said that the

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80 million additional children benefiting from school meals, reports WFP

The number of children receiving school meals through programs led by the government has increased by 20% since 2020, found the last edition of the PAM Biennial Biennial Report, the state of school food from around the world. Now, nearly 80 million additional children can enjoy nutritious meals in school, bringing the world total to

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“ Change the story ” on suicide to prevent the loss of 720,000 lives per year

Speaking on World Suicide Prevention Day, which is marked every year on September 10, which is Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that “each lost life leaves a deep impact on families, friends, colleagues and entire communities”. All age groups are affected by suicide and were the third cause of death among the 15 to 29 year

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The night when the mountains trembled: a doctor on the front lines of the Afghan earthquake

At his home in Jalalabad, about 50 kilometers from the epicenter, Dr. Sahak and his wife burst out their room to find their eight children already in the corridor. “I immediately thought of Herat,” said the Afghan doctor at the end of the forties, referring to the earthquakes that devastated the western province of the

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Air pollution is increasing – but not everywhere, explains the UN Meteorological Agency

“”Air quality does not comply“Said Lorenzo Labrador, scientific officer in the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).” Smoke and pollution that forest fire problems of this record season of the Iberian peninsula have already been detected above Western Europe [and]… Can travel mainly in the rest of the European continent. »» Presentation of the last WMO Air

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