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KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP ) – The first Ebola outbreak since the crisis in West Africa that killed 11,300 people has been declared in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said Friday, after the virus caused three deaths in the area. In a television address, Health Minister Oly Ilunga confirmed the cases while urging the population “not to panic”. The country “has taken all necessary measures to respond quickly and efficiently to […]
(Eagle News) — Handang magbigay ng suporta ang European Union (EU) sa pinaigting na kampanya ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte laban sa iligal na droga sa Pilipinas. Ayon kay EU Ambassador to the Philippines Franz Jessen, pinag-aaralan na nila ang pagbuo ng isang proyekto na tutulong sa mga drug user para hindi na bumalik sa kanilang nakasanayang gawain. Layunin ng proyekto ng EU na ipakita sa mga drug addict ang kahalagahan ng pagiging ‘drug-free’. Sakaling buo […]
Geneva, Switzerland (AFP) — Dramatic improvements are needed in ensuring access to clean water and sanitation worldwide, the World Health Organization said Thursday, warning that nearly two billion people currently use faecal-contaminated water. Hundreds of thousands of people die each year because they are forced to drink contaminated water, the WHO said, urging large investments to help provide universal access to safe drinking water. “Today, almost two billion people use a source of drinking-water contaminated with […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) published its first ever list of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens” and called on governments to help increase the research and development (R&D) of new antibiotics to address the growing problem. The United National Health Agency said that many of these bacteria have already evolved into deadly superbugs that are resistant to many antibiotics. According to the health organization, the bugs “have built-in abilities to find new ways to resist treatment” and […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — City life and its modern trappings have brought bad habits to developing African nations that will see more die of chronic illness than infectious diseases by 2030, a study showed Tuesday. A World Health Organization (WHO) survey of 33 countries has shown that most adults in Africa have at least one risk factor increasing their chance of developing deadly lifestyle diseases such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes. These include smoking, […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Global progress on controlling malaria risks stalling due to an “urgent need” for more funding, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned in its annual report Tuesday. Overall, the number of new cases fell by 21 percent between 2010 and 2015, and mortality rates fell by 29 percent — 31 percent in the African region. But globally there were still 212 million new cases and 429,000 deaths last year, and 43 […]
PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan (Eagle News) – Tuloy-tuloy ang programa ng Detect TB sa paghahanap ng mga bagong kaso na may kaugnayan sa tuberculosis sa Palawan. Ayon kay Doctor Janet Reston, Detect TB Project Coordinator, mula sa World Health Organization, tumaataas ang bilang ng mga nadidiskubre na may sakit na tuberculosis sa buong Palawan. Ito ay magandang sensyales na nagiging matagumpay ang pagsisikap ng naturang programa upang makahanap at magamot ang mga taong may sakit ng TB. Ang […]
MANILA, Philippines | AFP | Monday 10/10/2016 – 19:34 GMT+8 | 259 words The Zika virus is set to spread through Asia, the World Health Organization warned Monday, with hundreds of cases reported in Singapore and two Thai babies diagnosed with Zika-linked microcephaly. The mosquito-borne virus has been detected in 70 countries worldwide including at least 19 countries in the Asia Pacific region, said WHO director for health security and emergencies Li Ailan. A […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Thai health authorities on Friday said microcephaly in two babies was caused by the Zika virus, in what is believed to be Southeast Asia’s first confirmed case of a link between the sickness and the birth defect. Tourism is expected to account for 17 percent of Thailand’s GDP this year, and authorities will be desperate to prevent visitor numbers from tailing off after Friday’s announcement. “Two of the three infants (tested) […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Nine out of 10 people globally are breathing poor quality air, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, calling for dramatic action against pollution that is blamed for more than six million deaths a year. New data in a report from the UN’s global health body “is enough to make all of us extremely concerned,” Maria Neira, the head of the WHO’s department of public health and environment, told reporters. The problem […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pinuri ng World Health Organization (WHO) ang pamahalaan sa pagsisikap na ma-kontrol ang Zika Virus, kasunod ng naitalang ika-anim na kaso nito sa bansa. Ayon sa WHO, isa ang Pilipinas sa mga bansang may Zika transmission na sa nakaraan, subalit hindi ito kumalat kumpara sa mga bansang laganap ang Zika ngayon. Binanggit din ang hakbang ng Department of Health (DOH) sa voluntary testing para maintindihan ang lawak ng sirkulasyon ng […]
(Reuters) Singapore has confirmed 41 cases of locally transmitted Zika virus, mostly among foreign construction workers, and said it expected more cases to be identified. All but seven of those infected had fully recovered, the Health Ministry and the National Environment Agency said in a statement on Sunday. The seven remain in hospital. On Saturday, authorities confirmed a 47-year-old Malaysian woman living in southeastern Singapore as the city-state’s first case of a local transmission […]
