By Reuters Zimbabwe’s finance minister expressed concern on Wednesday that a U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization will lead to aid cuts to countries such as his that are most affected by HIV/AIDS. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on the U.S. withdrawal after his inauguration to a […]
BY REUTERS Nearly 30,000 suspected mpox cases have been reported in Africa so far this year, most of them in Democratic Republic of Congo where tests have run out, the World Health Organization said on Monday. More than 800 people died of suspected mpox across the continent in that time, […]
BY REUTERS There is no link between mobile phone use and increased brain cancer risk, according to a new World Health Organization-commissioned review of the available published evidence worldwide. Despite the huge rise in the use of wireless technology, there has not been a corresponding rise in the incidence of […]
By Winfred Watenya The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting African countries to scale up response to curb Mpox, which is now an international global health emergency. The outbreak that affected the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and spread to neighboring countries continues to grow. On Thursday afternoon, WHO […]
By Winfred Watenya The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has raised the response to the Mpox outbreak in over a dozen African countries to the highest level, mobilizing efforts across the agency. This was announced during Thursday’s emergency meeting of the Committee of Experts called by WHO chief Tedros […]
