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The city on a regular basis such as storm shadows and other missiles, to hit deep inside russia and the ukrainian partners say that if they allow them to do so, it will only escalate the war. However, the ukrainian authorities say that these weapons will be used only to hit military targets such as airfields from where russian bombers take off and attack ukrainian cities. On friday, ukraines president zelensky fired the head of the ukrainian air force, mykola 0leshchuk, days after an f16fighterj...

Ahead of the first ever ‘Health Day’ at a UN climate conference, delegates signed onto a new declaration on climate and health and separately considered the role of digital technology can play in climate action.

Out with COVID, in with Disease X.

The Ethiopian civil war's tragedy hit home for World Health Organisation's head Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus this week. The WHO chief on Wednesday nearly cancelled an official event because he was "not in a good shape" after hearing that his uncle was "murdered" during ongoing conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Dr Tedros has been a vocal critic of Ethiopian government's role in the conflict that according to the US estimates, has "killed hundred...

The meeting dealt with ways to enhance cooperation between Saudi Arabia and the WHO through the Group of Twenty (G20), and to enhance global dialogue and cooperation on issues related to public health in general.

The World Health Organization on Thursday released a new report which brings together information on the non-communicable disease from 194 countries. Non-communicable diseases have now become the world’s leading cause of disability and death.

'WHO urges affected countries to identify all cases and contacts to control the outbreak and prevent onward spread,' Who chief Tedros further said.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday warned that there was a 'real' risk of monkeypox 'becoming established' in countries where it is non-endemic. The warning from the agency came when more than a thousand cases have now been confirmed in such countries. World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the WHO was not recommending mass vaccinations against the virus. He said that no deaths had been reported so far. "The risk of monkeypox b...

As of Saturday, there were 92 confirmed cases of the disease in countries where monkeypox is not endemic.

Increased knowledge and better tools to fight virus suggests time for change of strategy – Tedros