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Tag: World Health Organization
In Asbest, Russia, Making Asbestos Great Again
The largest maker of the deadly fiber is making a comeback, and it says it has an ally in President Trump.
Global Health: Scientists Thought They Had Measles Cornered. They Were Wrong.
Following intensive vaccination efforts, measles cases plunged across the world. Now clusters of new infections — some linked, some not — have confounded health officials.
Global Health: Cholera Is Spreading in Mozambique, and It’s Far From the Only Health Threat
About two million people are displaced, cholera has broken out, and malaria is expected. But doses of cholera vaccine have arrived, and the humanitarian crisis may yet be contained, aid agencies say.
Cholera, Lurking Symptom of Yemen’s War, Appears to Make Roaring Comeback
Health workers said that in some areas, suspected or confirmed cases have jumped to 2,000 per week from 140.
W.H.O. Chief Plans to Reorganize a Vast Bureaucracy
A fundamental problem — tension between regional offices and the headquarters in Geneva — cannot be fixed by fiat. Still, staffers are set to move around the globe.
Dakar Dispatch: On Dakar’s Streets, Working Out Is a Way of Life. Pollution Is Spoiling the Rush.
Every evening, thousands of runners, wrestlers, soccer players and fitness fanatics exercise on the beaches and streets of Senegal’s capital. With every breath, they inhale increasingly dangerous air.
Global Health: Diagnoses by Horn, Payment in Goats: An African Healer at Work
On a continent wracked with epidemics, millions turn to traditional healers. In rural Uganda, not far from the Ebola zone, an herbalist describes his practice.
‘Crippling’ Attacks Force Doctors Without Borders to Close Ebola Centers in Congo
Assailants struck two treatment centers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, destroying one. Doctors Without Borders warned that the outbreak was not under control.
Britain, Trying to Boost Organ Donations, to Make Most Adults Presumed Donors
Under the new rules, by 2020, most adults in Britain would be considered potential organ donors unless they registered their wish to the contrary.