The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that cardiovascular disease is responsible for over 40% of deaths across Europe and this amount to thousands of death due to excessive salt intake.
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Friday, May 17, 2024
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
New Analysis Confirms World To Experience Upsurge of Cholera Outbreak
Cholera still remains one of the dangerous disease in the human environment.
The inadequate cases reported to WHO in the previous years were more than double of those in 2021.
Forty-four countries had reported cases, a 25% rise from the 35 countries that reported cases in 2021.
There were more outbreaks, but the outbreaks were larger than expected.
Seven countries, Afghanistan, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Nigeria, Somalia, Syrian Arab Republic have each reported over 10,000 confirmed cases.
The larger the outbreak, the harder it is to place under control.
Cholera is an acute intestinal infection that spreads through contaminated Food and Water containing the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.
It is closely linked to the lack of adequate safe water and sanitation, due to underdevelopment, poverty and conflict.
Climate change is also a factor in this upsurge as extreme climate events like floods, droughts etc trigger new outbreaks and doubled the existing ones.
Current data for 2023 suggest that this global upsurge is continuing if not quickly addressed.
Twenty-four countries are currently reporting active outbreaks, with some countries in the midst of acute crises.
The increased demand for cholera materials has been a challenge for disease control efforts globally.
Since October 2022, the International Coordinating Group (ICG) has suspended the standard two-dose vaccination regimen in cholera outbreak response campaigns, using instead of a single-dose approach.
WHO is supporting countries to respond to cholera outbreaks on an emergency footing through the strengthening of public health surveillance, case management, and prevention measures; providing essential medical supplies; coordinating field deployments with partners; and supporting risk communication and community engagement.
Thursday, December 31, 2020
Vaccines Have Been Developed And Rolled Out, at Record Speed - WHO Director-General
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has addressed the world before the New Year, making people understand that the global pandemic threat has officially completed 12 months.
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
WHO Says Vaccines Offer Great Hope For 2021
Saturday, May 02, 2020
China Has Refused WHO To Investigate Origination Of Coronavirus
China has refused requests by the World Health Organization to take part in an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus.
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Fake Medicines Ravels in African Continent Killing Thousands - WHO
Fake medicines bring about some 100,000 deaths a year in the continent, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Tobacco Changing The Environment: WHO
Saturday, November 14, 2015
You probably have herpes, the WHO says
Two-thirds of the world's population under 50 have the highly infectious herpes virus that causes cold sores around the mouth, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, in its first estimate of global prevalence of the disease.
Wednesday, September 09, 2015
Sex May Disrupts Ebola Eradication - WHO
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
C.D.C. Head Says Fight on Ebola Will Be Long
The
World Health Organization on Monday reported 19,340 Ebola cases,
including 7,518 deaths in West Africa. Sierra Leone had the most cases,
8,939; Liberia had 7,830 and Guinea 2,571.
Saturday, November 15, 2014
WHO Starts Survey Of Ebola Treatments, Says None Proven So Far
Despite the apparent success of ZMapp, the U.S.-made drug that
grabbed headlines when two American aid workers with Ebola were given it
and recovered, it has also not yet been proven to be effective, he
added.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Ebola Appears To Be Slowing In Liberia: WHO
The rate of new Ebola infections in Liberia appears to be declining
and could represent a genuine trend, the World Health Organization said
Wednesday, but the epidemic is far from over.
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Ebola death toll tops 4,900 as virus spreads - WHO
The death toll from the Ebola
epidemic rose to 4,922 out of 10,141 known cases in eight countries
through Oct. 23, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday.
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Ebola death toll rises to at least 2,296 : WHO
The death toll from the worst Ebola outbreak in history has jumped by almost 200 in a single day to at least 2,296 and is already likely to be higher than that, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.
Saturday, September 06, 2014
Friday, September 05, 2014
Friday, August 15, 2014
WHO to Ethicists: Should We Use Experimental Ebola Drugs?
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Air pollution causes cancer - WHO
Monday, September 02, 2013
Tuberculosis Effort in Problem - WHO
The international effort to eliminate tuberculosis is "in real danger", according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
