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World’s second largest oral cholera vaccination campaign kicks off at Rohingya camps in Bangladesh
Oct 11, 2017News Hour: A massive cholera immunization campaign started near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, to protect newly arrived Rohingya and host communities from the life-threatening diarrheal disease. 900 000 doses of the vaccine have been mobilized and are... -
Partners commit to reduce cholera deaths by 90 per cent by 2030
Oct 4, 2017News Hour: An ambitious new strategy to reduce deaths from cholera by 90 percent by 2030 will be launched tomorrow by the Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC), a diverse network of more than 50 UN... -
150,000 Rohingya children in Bangladesh to be vaccinated amid threat of disease outbreak
Sep 26, 2017News Hour: A vaccination campaign against measles, rubella, and polio is underway to immunize 150,000 Rohingya children below the age of 15 in 68 refugee settlements close to the border with Myanmar. The seven-day campaign is... -
World hunger again on the rise, driven by conflict and climate change, new UN report says
Sep 16, 2017News Hour: After steadily declining for over a decade, global hunger is on the rise again, affecting 815 million people in 2016, or 11 percent of the global population, says a new edition of the annual... -
Sierra Leone to begin cholera vaccination drive in disaster-affected areas
Sep 7, 2017News Hour: Half a million people in Sierra Leone will be able to access the life-saving cholera vaccine within weeks, the country’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation announced. The vaccines will be received from the Gavi-funded... -
More than 355,000 children under five years-old vaccinated against polio in hard to reach areas of Syria
Aug 22, 2017News Hour: UNICEF, the World Health Organisation, and partners have completed the first round of a vaccination campaign in response to the recent outbreak of vaccine-derived polio in Syria. The campaign provided vital protection against the... -
Babies and mothers worldwide failed by lack of investment in breastfeeding
Aug 3, 2017News Hour: No country in the world fully meets recommended standards for breastfeeding, according to a new report by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the Global Breastfeeding Collective, a new initiative... -
Workers exposed to pesticides and herbicides on the job more likely to develop COPD
Jul 30, 2017News Hour: Workers exposed to pesticides and herbicides on the job may be more likely than other people to develop the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchitis and other breathing problems, an Australian study suggests. With... -
Prices of drugs to cure hepatitis C and to treat hepatitis B are dropping dramatically
Jul 27, 2017News Hour: Prices of drugs to cure hepatitis C and to treat hepatitis B are dropping dramatically, offering affordability and hope to 325 million people living with the viral liver disease that can be fatal, the... -
IAS and WHO identify the most critical research needs for infants, children and adolescents living with HIV
Jul 23, 2017News Hour: The most pressing gaps in research needed to improve outcomes for children and adolescents living with HIV are highlighted in the first global priority research agendas on pediatric and adolescent HIV, released at the...
