WHO reported influenza A(H5N1) identified in cats across Poland
On Jul. 27, 2023, the IHR National Focal Point of Poland notified WHO of unusual deaths in cats…
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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome reported in United Arab Emirates
On Jul. 24, 2023, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), notified WHO of a case of Middle East Respiratory…
18 million doses of first-ever malaria vaccine allocated to 12 African countries for 2023-2025
On Jul. 5, 2023, the IHR National Focal Point of Poland notified WHO of unusual deaths in cats…
WHO announced simple, easy-to-say labels for SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Interest and Concern
On May 31, 2023, the World Health Organization announced it had assigned simple, easy to say and remember…
WHO reported Avian influenza A(H5N1) in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
On May 30, 2023, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland reported to the World Health…
152 million babies born preterm in the 2010-20 decade
On May 9, 2023, United Nations agencies and partners reported that an estimated 13.4 million babies were born…
World Health Organization ended its declaration of COVID-19 as a global health emergency
On May 5, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) ended its declaration of COVID-19 as a global health…
Additional cases of Marburg virus disease reported in Equatorial Guinea
On Apr. 15, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that six additional laboratory-confirmed cases of Marburg virus…
FAO and WHO released report identifying food safety hazards of cell-based food
On Apr. 5, 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO),…
WHO certified Azerbaijan and Tajikistan as malaria-free
On Mar. 29, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it had certified Azerbaijan and Tajikistan for…
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Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) reported in Indonesia
On Mar. 17, 2023, the Indonesia Ministry of Health notified WHO of the detection of a circulating vaccine-derived…
Avian Influenza A (H5N1) reported in Cambodia
On Feb. 26, 2023, the Cambodia International Health Regulations (IHR) National Focal Point (NFP) reported one confirmed case…
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WHO launched new roadmap on breast cancer
On Feb. 3, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) released an updated Global Breast Cancer Initiative (GBCI) Framework…
United Nations reported that a child or youth died once every 4.4 seconds in 2021
On Jan. 10, 2023, the WHO announced that an estimated 5 million children died beforecoronavirus_omicron_illustrationeir fifth birthday and…
Study reported major reservoir of resistance in wastewater of Southeast Asia, Western Pacific
On Jan. 1, 2023, a study published in the Lancet reported that concentrations of antibiotic residues found in…
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Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) reported in Indonesia
On Nov. 12, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a Disease Outbreak News (DON) on the circulating…
Oxford Ebola vaccine manufactured and shipped in record time by Serum Institute of India
On Dec. 15, 2022, the University of Oxford Oxfordï¾’s Ebola vaccine candidate has been shipped to Uganda, just…
Ebola trial candidate vaccines arrived in Uganda in record 79 days after outbreak declared
On Dec. 9, 2022, the WHO announced that the first doses of one of the three candidate vaccines…
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Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine approved in Canada for use as a primary series in adolescents
On Dec. 7, 2022, Novavax announced that Health Canada had approved a supplement to a New Drug Submission…
WHO recommended new name for monkeypox disease
On Nov. 28, 2022, the WHO announced that following a series of consultations with global experts, it had…
WHO to identify pathogens that could cause future outbreaks and pandemics
On Nov. 21, 2022, the WHO is launching a global scientific process to update the list of priority…
Zimbabwe became first in Africa to announce regulatory approval for long-acting injectable cabotegravir for HIV prevention
On Nov. 1, 2022, the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe announced that it had approved the use of…
WHO launched new initiative to stop the spread of invasive malaria vector in Africa
On Sept. 29, 2022, the World Health Organization announced that it had identified the spread of Anopheles stephensi…
Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola outbreak declared over, Uganda boosted response
On Sept. 17, 2022, the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared the end of an Ebola outbreak that…
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World Health Organization approved SK bioscience as supplier of Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine
On Sept. 2, 2022, Novavax announced that the World Health Organization had approved a variation to allow SK…
WHO experts gave Monkeypox virus variants new names
On Aug. 12, 2022, a group of global experts convened by WHO agreed on new names for monkeypox…
WHO recommended long-acting cabotegravir for HIV prevention
On Jul. 28, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) released new guidelines for the use of long-acting injectable…
COVID-19 pandemic fuels largest continued backslide in vaccinations in three decades
On Jul. 15, 2022, The largest sustained decline in childhood vaccinations in approximately 30 years has been recorded…
Ghana reported first-ever suspected cases of Marburg virus disease
On Jul. 7, 2022, Ghana announced the preliminary finding of two cases of Marburg virus disease and if…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo declareed 14th Ebola outbreak over
On Jul. 4, 2022, the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared the end of the Ebola outbreak that…