Tag: World Health Organisation (WHO)

Young girls in the UK drink, smoke and vape more than boys, a major study suggests. England is also "top ...

New York City's air quality is more than 56 times over the World Health Organization's safety limit, making it the world's ...

One in six people worldwide are affected by infertility, according to a report that lays bare the scale of the ...

A severe and “horrific” form of mpox has been identified in immunosuppressed people living with HIV, which appears to be ...

As the first doses of candidate vaccines against the Sudan Ebola virus are expected to arrive in Uganda in the ...

For the first time in nearly 20 years, the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) infections has increased internationally, sparking charges that the disease has been neglected because it primarily affects the underprivileged. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 10.6 million people had TB diagnoses in 2021, a 4.5% rise from the year before.  Since 2000, the number of new cases has generally decreased by 2% year. The WHO said Monday that TB-related fatalities increased for the second year in a row to 1.6 million in 2021.  During Covid lockdowns, many people were unable to acquire a diagnosis or treatment. "It has become very evident that we now have a very serious scenario on our hands with an airborne illness that is entirely neglected, and which has been allowed to run rampant over the past two years," said Dr. Lucica Ditiu, executive director of the Stop TB Partnership. "Funding for the battle against TB reduced in 2020 and 2021 from an already pitifully low level, notwithstanding this startling rising trend in TB mortality and infection rates.  This irritates me and leaves me wondering why there is such a shortage of funding for TB.  Is it because governments don't care about the people that live in them?  Is it because TB primarily affects poor people from impoverished nations, and it is more convenient to ignore them, or is it because the life of a person dying from TB is less important? Mel Spigelman, head of the TB Alliance, claimed that Covid had taken "scarce resources" away from TB programs and the creation of innovative treatments, such as vaccinations, to combat the disease. The need for medical innovations, such as potent drug regimens, efficient vaccinations, and point-of-care TB tests, is greater than ever, he said. TB, which mostly affects the lungs, spreads by ...

On Tuesday ,November 5,2019 the Second lady and fellow Clean Cooking Alliance Champion,Rocky Dawuni together with Chebat Lesan,Clean Cooking Entrepreneur ...

President Akufo-Addo says Ghana is developing a comprehensive primary healthcare package for her citizens, which would mean better health outcomes, lower costs, ...

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