The reduction was caused by reduction in the burden of non-COVID lower respiratory infections, likely due to social distancing and other disease control measures in place during the COVID-19 pandemic The decline in antimicrobial resistance infections (AMR) related deaths in 2021 was likely due to COVID-19 measures that reduced non-COVID respiratory infections, says […]
The report says the number of reported cholera cases increased by 13% and deaths by 71% in 2023 compared to 2022 Conflict, climate change, limited investment in development and population displacement due to emerging and re-emerging risks all contributed to the rise in the number of cholera outbreaks, the World Health Organization (WHO) says […]
The UN agency said the children were vaccinated with novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) in central Gaza during the first phase of a two-round polio vaccination campaign UN agencies have vaccinated more than 187,000 children under ten years of age against polio in central Gaza over the past three days, the World Health […]
The piece in the Lancet said there is need for standardized protocols and comprehensive training for hospital staff to effectively recognize and respond to violence against women After the tragic rape and murder of a trainee doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, an article in the Lancet has called […]
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