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COVID ‘long way from over’ as cases and deaths surge – WHO

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The COVID-19 pandemic is “a long way from over” but there are many reasons to be optimistic and it’s possible the pandemic can be brought under control “within months”, the head of the UN health agency said on Monday. 
Health

FROM THE FIELD: providing hope for those living with HIV in Yemen

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Living with HIV in Yemen, a country mired in a seemingly interminable conflict, is particularly challenging, with medical supplies hard to come by, and only around half of all health facilities fully operational.
America

Low-income countries have received just 0.2 per cent of all COVID-19 shots given

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The vast majority of COVID-19 vaccines administered have so far gone to wealthy nations, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Friday. 
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Migrants left stranded and without assistance by COVID-19 lockdowns 

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Travel restrictions during the COVID pandemic have been particularly hard on refugees and migrants who move out of necessity, stranding millions from home, the UN migration agency, IOM, said on Thursday. 
Europe

Conference on the Future of Europe: launch of the citizens’ platform on 19 April

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At its meeting on Wednesday, the Executive Board of the Conference on the Future of Europe continued preparations to get the Conference started.

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COVID-19: WHO chief outlines five ‘vital changes’ to address inequities

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Investing in equitable production and access to COVID-19 vaccines, tests and treatments, is among five “vital changes” the world needs to make this year to address the inequalities the pandemic has exacerbated, the UN’s top health official said, marking World Health Day on Wednesday. 
Health

COVID-19 lays bare social inequality says UN chief, as COVAX doses top 36 million

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The COVID crisis "has revealed how unequal our societies are” said the UN chief in his message for World Health Day released on Monday.
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Secretary-General welcomes US decision to lift sanctions against ICC officials

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the decision by the United States to lift sanctions and visa restrictions against officials with the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Health

First Person: A diabetes fighter in Eswatini pours all her efforts into beating COVID-19

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Dumsile Mavuso, the founder and head of Eswatini’s first national association for people with diabetes, is now bringing her knowledge and experience to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, in collaboration with the Government and the UN.
Health

Use COVID-19 recovery to make inclusion ‘a reality’, UN chief says on World Day

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Building a more inclusive and accessible world that recognizes the contributions of all people, including persons with disabilities must be a “key goal” as countries work to recover from COVID-19 pandemic, United Nations Secretary-General said on Friday commemorating the World Autism Awareness Day. 
Health

COVID-19 origins report inconclusive: We must ‘leave no stone unturned’ – WHO chief

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The report from a team of international scientists assembled by the World Health Organization (WHO) to examine how COVID-19 first spread to humans was published on Tuesday, and was described by the UN health agency’s chief as a welcome start, but far from conclusive.
Health

World leaders call for new international treaty to improve pandemic response

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A group of world leaders have joined the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) in calling for an international treaty to improve pandemic preparedness and response in the wake of COVID-19, for the sake of future generations. 
Health

$29 billion a year by 2025 needed to get back on track to tackle AIDS, say UNAIDS

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A new report from the UN agency dedicated to ending HIV and AIDS ( UNAIDS) has shown that investing $29 billion a year to HIV response in low and middle income countries by 2025, will put the world back on track to eradicate the virus as a public health threat by 2030.
Health

Motherhood on the brink in Yemen

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War, a humanitarian crisis, a looming famine, a health system close to collapse and the deepening impact of the COVID-19 pandemic have led to a “catastrophic situation” in which a woman dies in childbirth every two hours in Yemen, according to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA).
Health

Drug use among older persons a ‘hidden epidemic’, narcotics experts warn

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Drug use among older people globally has risen in recent years and countries must act to address this “hidden epidemic”, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) said in its annual report, issued on Thursday. 
Europe

Work begins on the Conference on the Future of Europe | News | European Parliament

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The work on the Conference on the Future of Europe has officially started with the constitutive meeting of the Executive Board held on 24 March.

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Europe

Opening – 24-25 March plenary session | News | European Parliament

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, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20210322IPR00520/
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Global COVID-19 infections rise for fourth consecutive week, deaths level off

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COVID-19 confirmed cases continued to rise around the world for a fourth consecutive week, with around 3.3 million new cases reported in the past seven-day period, the UN health agency said on Wednesday.
Health

1.4 million with tuberculosis, lost out on treatment during first year of COVID-19

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An estimated 1.4 million fewer people received necessary care for tuberculosis (TB) during 2020 compared with the previous year, because of COVID-19, the UN health agency said on Monday.
Health

First Person: Prepare for the next pandemic, says WHO scientist

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New technologies have given us new ways to control diseases - crucial to fighting the COVID pandemic, and future global outbreaks, says the World Health Organization’s Chief Scientist.
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Conference on the Future of Europe: EP appoints executive board representatives | News | European Parliament

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On Thursday, Parliament’s Conference of Presidents endorsed the members and observers nominated by the political groups to be on the Conference’s executive board.
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Health

Do not use weather as a basis to relax COVID-19 control measures, UN agency urges

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The UN meteorological agency on Thursday cautioned that weather and climate conditions, including the onset of higher temperatures in the northern hemisphere spring, should not be used as a trigger to relax measures to halt the spread of coronavirus. 
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Health experts give green light to Janssen COVID jab, allay clotting concerns

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The Janssen COVID-19 vaccine was publicly approved for international use on Wednesday by UN health agency expert advisory board, SAGE, which allayed concerns over clotting events being associated by some countries, without definitive evidence, with coronavirus jabs.
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South Asia: Sharp rise in child, maternal deaths due to COVID-19-induced disruptions

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Severe disruptions in health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic may have resulted in an additional 239,000 child and maternal deaths in South Asia last year, United Nations agencies said on Wednesday. 
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Keep mothers and newborns together, new health research says

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The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, highlighted the risks of separating newborns from mothers, with new research showing that up to 125,000 lives could be saved by keeping them together to ensure skin-to-skin contact. 
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