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World Health Organization

New WHO guidelines on physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep for children under 5 years of age

Children under five must spend less time sitting watching screens, or restrained in prams and seats, get better quality sleep and have more time for active p..

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24 Apr 2019

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World Health Organization

WHO releases first guideline on digital health interventions

WHO today released new recommendations on 10 ways that countries can use digital health technology, accessible via mobile phones, tablets and computers, to i..

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18 Apr 2019

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World Health Organization

WHO to continue to facilitate countries’ information-sharing to improve transparency on prices

At a global forum on fair pricing and access to medicines, delegates from governments and civil society organizations called for greater transparency around ..

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18 Apr 2019

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World Health Organization

WHO unveils sweeping reforms in drive towards “triple billion” targets

WHO today announced the most wide-ranging reforms in the Organization’s history to modernize and strengthen the institution to play its role more effective..

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14 Mar 2019

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World Health Organization

Women and emergency telecommunications: Building gender equality into the global response

Women and children account for more than 75 per cent of the refugees and displaced persons at risk from war, famine, persecution and natural disasters, accor..

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14 Mar 2019

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United Nations Population Fund

Ramping up cervical cancer prevention efforts in the Republic of Moldova

CHISINAU, Moldova –&nbsp;Irina Starciac, 46, was certain she was healthy. "I never had any symptoms that would get me worried,” she said..

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13 Mar 2019

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World Diabetes Foundation

WDF and UNICEF join forces to prevent NCDs in children

On 5 March, the Chairman of UNICEF Denmark and the Chairman of the World Diabetes Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate collaboration..

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13 Mar 2019

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World Health Organization

WHO launches the hearWHO app for mobile devices to help detect hearing loss

1 March 2018: GENEVA - Ahead of the annual World Hearing Day (3 March), the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched "hearWHO", a free application for mo..

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08 Mar 2019

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World Health Organization

Community on Women and NCDs Launch

A seminar titled&nbsp;‘Why Focus on Women and NCDs?’ marked the launch of the Community on Women and NCDs. This is a new Community facilitated by The Geo..

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05 Mar 2019

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UNICEF

UNHCR and UNICEF urge action in Europe to end childhood statelessness

GENEVA, 14 February 2019&nbsp;- UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and UNICEF, the UN Children’s Agency, are calling on States and regional org..

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28 Feb 2019

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World Health Organization

Countries are spending more on health, but people are still paying too much out of their own pockets

Spending on health is growing faster than the rest of the global economy, accounting for 10% of global gross domestic product (GDP). A new report on global h..

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20 Feb 2019

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World Health Organization

New WHO-ITU standard aims to prevent hearing loss among 1.1 billion young people

Nearly 50% of people aged 12-35 years – or 1.1 billion young people – are at risk of hearing loss due to prolonged and excessive exposure to loud sounds,..

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12 Feb 2019

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