World Birth Defects Day (WBDD), observed on March 3 each year, unites people and organizations working in the field of birth defects, also known as congenital anomalies, congenital disorders or …
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1 in 4 people projected to have hearing problems by 2050
KEY MESSAGES The number of people living with unaddressed hearing loss and ear diseases is unacceptable. Timely action is needed to prevent and address hearing loss across the life course. …
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World Hearing Day 2021: Hearing Care for ALL! Screen, Rehabilitate, Communicate
World Hearing Day is an annual global advocacy event and the largest awareness campaign on that calls for action to address hearing loss and related issues. It is celebrated on …
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El Salvador certified as malaria-free by WHO
El Salvador is first Central American country to achieve this status, third in all of the Americas in recent years GENEVA and WASHINGTON, D.C. (WHO/PAHO) – El Salvador today became El …
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WHO lists two additional COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use and COVAX roll-out
AstraZeneca/Oxford-developed vaccines to reach countries in the coming weeks 15 February 2021 The World Health Organization (WHO) listed two versions of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving the …
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WHO announces updated critical concentrations for susceptibility testing for rifampicin
5 February 2021 | GENEVA – The critical concentrations for culture-based phenotypic drug susceptibility testing (DST) to first-line anti-TB drugs have been revised by the the World Health Organization (WHO). Critical concentrations …
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WHO announces updated definitions of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
27 January 2021 | GENEVA – The definition of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) has been revised by the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Global TB Programme, who have also defined pre-XDR-TB for the …
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DDA approves ‘COVISHIELD’ vaccine for emergency use in Nepal
The Department of Drug Administration (DDA) has decided to approve ‘COVISHIELD’ COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in Nepal. DDA provided the conditional permission for emergency authorisation of COVISHEILD vaccine against …
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WHO issues its first emergency use validation for a COVID-19 vaccine
WHO issues its first emergency use validation for a COVID-19 vaccine and emphasizes need for equitable global access. The World Health Organization (WHO) today listed the Comirnaty COVID-19 mRNA vaccine …
The year 2020 was a devastating year for global health. The pandemic threatens to set back hard-won global health progress achieved over the past two decades – in fighting infectious diseases, for …
