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Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) met on Monday to review the efficacy of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19, after a study showed it was less effective against a new variant, according to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Earlier on Sunday, South Africa, where the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Breast cancer has overtaken lung cancer as the world’s most commonly diagnosed cancer, the World Health Organization has revealed in a new statement released in the lead to World Cancer Day marked today globally. Breast cancer among women accounted for 11.7 per cent of the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | FIFA is teaming up with the World Health Organization (WHO) to promote the need for fair access to COVID-19 vaccines, treatment and diagnostics, and to encourage people to keep practicing life-saving, everyday public health measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and to protect …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The World Health Organization (WHO) has in addition to making fresh recommendations for COVID-19 tests expanded the suite of tests for infectious and non-communicable diseases such as cancer and diabetes. They have also introduced a new section on endocrinology which is important for reproductive and women’s …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The COVID-19 cases and deaths are surging in Africa as new, more contagious variants of the virus spread to additional countries. Over 175, 000 new COVID-19 cases and more than 6,200 deaths were reported in Africa in the last week while infections rose by 50% …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, said on Tuesday that they hope to deliver 145 to 150 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the first quarter of 2021 and 500 million doses in the second quarter, and then 1.5 billion in the second half of …

  This interview from the World Health Organisation (WHO) conversations in science programme explains more about variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, how concerned we should be, and whether vaccines provide protection against these variants.  Vismita Gupta-Smith interviewed WHO’s Chief Scientist, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan. Soumya, tell us what …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The COVID-19 pandemic has so far had three lessons for all member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations (UN) agency itself, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated. Addressing the 148th session of the WHO Executive Board, Tedros said that first …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The mission of the research team to arrive in China for novel coronavirus origin-tracing is about scientific answers, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Monday. “Understanding the origins of disease is not about finding somebody to blame, it is about scientific answers,” Michael …

  Geneva, Switzerland | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned there could be delays to delivering vaccines to ‘needy’ countries like Uganda, if developed countries do not stop hoarding supplies. The world health body appealed to countries that have contracted more vaccines than they will need, and …