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Coming together to identify health-workforce needs in small countries

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The WHO Small Countries Initiative has released 2 sets of micro case studies, illustrating the experiences of 11 small countries and 1 region in strengthening their health workforces in the areas of postgraduate training and monitoring and managing health workforce mobility.
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Preventing the COVID-19 pandemic from causing an antibiotic resistance catastrophe

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According to research conducted by WHO/Europe and reports from the field, the European Region now risks accelerated spread of antimicrobial resistance. The long-term problem of antibiotics being used inappropriately by individuals and in health care settings is worsening as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, set to take place on 18–24 November, is an opportunity to focus attention on the evolving situation.
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Persons living with disabilities ‘have very special abilities’, UN deputy chief tells young Ghanaians  

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During her visit to Ghana on Monday, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed met with young people living with HIV and disabilities in the capital, Accra.   
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Gasoline is too cheap

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Gasoline is too cheap
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New partnership to boost maternal and newborn health in East and Southern Africa

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Some 10,000 health workers will be trained to support mothers and newborns in Africa through a partnership between the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, and Laerdal Global Health, the non-profit arm of a Norwegian company that provides innovative training, educational and therapy solutions for emergency medical care and patient safety.
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UN-backed fund to address crisis in global sanitation and hygiene

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A UN-backed fund, launched on Tuesday, is set to take on the centuries-old crisis centred around sanitation, hygiene and menstrual health, which now impacts more than four billion people across the world. 
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STEPS survey reveals high prevalence of noncommunicable disease risk factors in Ukraine

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Over one third of Ukrainians were tobacco smokers in 2019, according to the results of the first nationwide, large-scale STEPwise approach to surveillance (STEPS) survey on the main risk factors for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in Ukraine. The data also demonstrate a large gender gap: 50.3% of men smoked compared to 16.7% of women.
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WHO rolls out plan to rid world of cervical cancer, saving millions of lives

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The World Health Organization (WHO) set out a strategy on Tuesday for eliminating cervical cancer, which would avoid the death of an estimated five million women and girls from the disease, by 2050.
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Europe must follow Czechia in banning hen cages

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Europe must follow Czechia in banning hen cages
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No time for complacency as COVID-19 cases surge: WHO chief

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Despite encouraging news about COVID-19 vaccines and cautious optimism over potential new tools against the disease, “this is not the time for complacency,” the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday during his latest press briefing in Geneva. 
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VITAFIBER® IMO, CANADIAN BIONEUTRA’S POPULAR HEALTHY ALTERNATIVE TO SUGAR, IS NAMED THE WORLD’S TOP BEVERAGE INGREDIENT

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VITAFIBER® IMO, CANADIAN BIONEUTRA’S POPULAR HEALTHY ALTERNATIVE TO SUGAR, IS NAMED THE WORLD’S TOP BEVERAGE INGREDIENT
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Europe’s Appetite for Caribbean Food Highlights Growing Trend

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Europe’s Appetite for Caribbean Food Highlights Growing Trend
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Is Britain really about to embrace chaos and misery for the sake of Brexit dogma? | Will Hutton

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Is Britain really about to embrace chaos and misery for the sake of Brexit dogma? | Will Hutton
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My favorite IG food finds

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My favorite IG food finds
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Hopeful, colourful, simple: WHO adapts COVID-19 messages in Ukraine to the local audience

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WHO/Europe began testing its COVID-19 messages in Ukraine with the aim of reinvigorating public support for protective behaviours. The team tailored their messages to meet the needs of particular groups, and tested revised COVID-19 messages and visuals in individual focus groups.
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Diabetes increasing COVID risks, showing need to strengthen health systems 

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As the number of people with diabetes surges, many are at “increased risk of severe disease and death from COVID-19”, the UN chief said in his message for World Diabetes Day, on Saturday. 
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COVID-19: Consequences of ‘chronic under-investment in public health’ laid bare: Tedros

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A global chronic under-investment in public health has been exposed by the coronavirus pandemic, which must now lead to a major re-think in how all societies value health, said the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday.
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South Sudan: ‘No child anywhere should suffer from polio’ – UN health agency

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Although South Sudan had recently been declared free from the wild poliovirus, the UN health agency said on Friday that 15 children under the age of five are reported to have been infected by a vaccine-derived form of polio, which has left them with irreversible paralysis. 
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Outstanding public health achievements from the WHO European Region receive the highest recognition at the resumed 73rd World Health Assembly

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At the resumed Seventy-third World Health Assembly, 2 individuals and 1 organization from the WHO European Region were awarded prestigious global public health prizes for their significant contribution to population health.
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Despite pandemic’s disaster, brewers insist on EU climate goals

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Despite pandemic’s disaster, brewers insist on EU climate goals
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WHO/Europe is focusing on eye screening for people with diabetes

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WHO/Europe is helping countries to prevent vision loss and impairment in people with diabetes. World Diabetes Day, observed on 14 November 2020, marks a week of focus in the WHO European Region on preventing blindness and vision impairment among people with diabetes.
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Celsius Holdings (CELH) CEO John Fieldly on Q3 2020 Results – Earnings Call Transcript

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Celsius Holdings (CELH) CEO John Fieldly on Q3 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
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Celsius Holdings Inc. (CELH) Q3 2020 Earnings Call Transcript

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Celsius Holdings Inc. (CELH) Q3 2020 Earnings Call Transcript
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Neglected tropical diseases: Countries endorse new targets to eradicate 20 killers

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A bold new blueprint to tackle all neglected tropical diseases has been agreed at the UN health agency’s World Health Assembly, which will involve a radical shift in approach by Member States and non-state actors, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
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‘Bring life to those fighting for breath’, UNICEF urges on World Pneumonia Day 

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Pneumonia is not a new emergency, it takes the lives of some 800,000 children each year, but this year’s COVID-19 pandemic makes it even more critical to stop the deadly infection, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Thursday. 
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