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    Huge challenge

    16 Oct 2020

    The WHO has announced that Remdesivir, the drug being used widely to treat COVID-19 and the only drug authorised in the US, does not reduce the mortality rates. I

    Pandemic fatigue?

    31 Oct 2020

    The WHO has cautioned that leaders and nations should not give in to “pandemic fatigue” and lower their guards. This is very sound advice. Granted that people across the world, are weary of restrictions like social distancing,

    WHO emergency panel meets on Ebola after Uganda deaths

    14 Jun 2019

    The World Health Organization emergency committee will decide on Friday whether to declare a raging Ebola epidemic an international threat, after an outbreak that began

    Covid 19: We need a global vaccination plan

    13 Jun 2021

    The pledge to donate one billion doses of Covid vaccines for the world’s poor made by the Cornish summit of the Group of Seven (“G7”) wealthy democracies has been criticised as “too little, too late” by health professionals.

    Why the world needs a more dominant WHO

    06 May 2021

    Only a handful of places — including Taiwan, Vietnam and New Zealand — acted in time to contain the coronavirus last year, causing the world to spend trillions of dollars fighting an infection that has led to the deaths of more than 3 million people so far.

    Sick Gaza child caught in Israeli permit regime dies alone

    12 Jun 2019

    Instead of a family member, Israeli authorities had approved a stranger to escort Aisha from the blockaded Gaza Strip to the east Jerusalem hospital. As her condition deteriorated, the child was returned to Gaza unconscious. One week later, she was dead.

    Caution key word in tackling virus

    18 Feb 2020

    Although China reported its fewest new infections of coronavirus since January and its fewest deaths for a week, the world community needs to remain vigilant as the risks continue to remain enormous.

    UAE, WHO sign $25 million cooperation agreement for Al Makassed Hospital in East Jerusalem

    17 Oct 2022

    The notable efforts of WHO and the Office of the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process in collaborating with the UAE to strengthen the capacities of Palestinian hospitals in providing healthcare to the Palestinian people.

    Avoiding the landmines on social media

    16 May 2021

    If there is one risk or danger on social media, it is misinformation or fake news as the term goes. The problem is that if one constantly keeps trumpeting lies, online or otherwise, it will be treated as truth by all and sundry.

    Looking ahead, the watchword is safety

    12 Sep 2020

    Has it really been only six months since the World Health Organisation officially declared us to be in the midst of a full blown pandemic?

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