WHO lauds Cayetano for tobacco advocacy
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently recognized Senator Pia Cayetano and four other global public health champions from the Western ...
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Ukraine allies slam Russia’s ‘cynical’ WHO draft resolution
Geneva, Switzerland - Kyiv's allies on Tuesday condemned Moscow for proposing a "cynical" draft resolution on the "health emergency in and ...
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WHO assesses impact of 2-year COVID pandemic
Nearly 337 million life years were lost in the two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, as millions of people died ...
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Tobacco control treaty fails to stop smokers from hitting 1.3 billion
The World Health Organization’s tobacco control accord has prevented people from quitting smoking through the use of alternative products, resulting ...
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New Cabinet appointments
"The Duterte administration forgot a holistic approach in any war against illegal drugs consists of four elements: Prevention, law enforcement, ...
Read moreWHO asked to avoid tobacco accord blunders in drafting pandemic treaty
International public health experts asked the World Health Organization to examine and avoid duplicating the defects of the existing accord ...
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Solon: Scrap eTravel requirement
A lawmaker Sunday urged the government to drop its eTravel registration requirement for incoming international travelers, now that the World ...
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OCTA expert: Virus is still here, public advisories must continue
Public advisories should still be issued even after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 no longer constitutes a global health ...
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WHO sets out future Covid policy
The World Health Organization on Wednesday published its new strategy for fighting Covid-19, seeking to help countries move from emergency ...
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Covid deaths down 95 percent this year: WHO
The WHO said Wednesday that Covid-19 deaths had dropped by 95 percent since the start of the year -- but ...
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