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ESMA: Recommendations to improve investor protection
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ESMA: Recommendations to improve investor protection

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU securities markets regulator, today advises the European Commission on certain aspects relating to retail investor protection.

29 April 2022 · 2 min read

Extreme heat impacting millions across India and Pakistan
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Extreme heat impacting millions across India and Pakistan

With extreme heat gripping large parts of India and Pakistan, the two countries are working to roll out life-saving health action plans to combat the heatwave, the World Meteorological Organization…

29 April 2022 · 4 min read

WHO calls for end to ‘insidious’ online marketing of baby formula
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WHO calls for end to ‘insidious’ online marketing of baby formula

The $55 billion baby formula industry must end exploitative online marketing targeting parents, particularly mothers, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new report published on Friday. 

29 April 2022 · 3 min read

West Darfur: Health workers, children, among 200 killed in ‘senseless and brutal attacks’
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West Darfur: Health workers, children, among 200 killed in ‘senseless and brutal attacks’

Recent intercommunal violence in areas of West Darfur, Sudan, that has left scores dead, including two health workers, must stop immediately, a senior official with the World Health Organization (WHO)…

28 April 2022 · 3 min read

Learn from the pandemic to strengthen workplace safety: UN labour agency
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Learn from the pandemic to strengthen workplace safety: UN labour agency

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how effective dialogue between employers, workers and governments, is the best way to strengthen safety and health at work, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said…

28 April 2022 · 3 min read

Kinder brand chocolates now linked to salmonella poisoning in 11 countries
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Kinder brand chocolates now linked to salmonella poisoning in 11 countries

Eleven mainly European countries have now reported salmonella food poisoning, linked to popular “Kinder” chocolate products produced in Belgium, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.

27 April 2022 · 3 min read

WHO recommends COVID-19 drug and urges transparency around pricing
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WHO recommends COVID-19 drug and urges transparency around pricing

A highly successful COVID-19 therapy must be made available to more people, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said, calling for wider distribution and greater transparency surrounding its pricing. 

22 April 2022 · 3 min read

Africa experiencing longest-running decline in COVID-19 infections
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Africa experiencing longest-running decline in COVID-19 infections

COVID-19 cases in Africa have fallen for the past 16 weeks, and deaths have dropped during the last eight, marking the longest-running decline in infections on the continent since the…

14 April 2022 · 3 min read