WHO Archives | Global News Fri, 18 Oct 2024 01:14:11 +0800 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 WHO: Premature death risk due to NCDs in PH among highest in region /252790/risk-of-premature-deaths-in-ph-due-to-ncds-among-highest-in-western-pacific-region /252790/risk-of-premature-deaths-in-ph-due-to-ncds-among-highest-in-western-pacific-region#respond Fri, 18 Oct 2024 05:52:21 +0000 /252790/risk-of-premature-deaths-in-ph-due-to-ncds-among-highest-in-western-pacific-region /252790/risk-of-premature-deaths-in-ph-due-to-ncds-among-highest-in-western-pacific-region/feed 0 WHO chief says Lebanon health system ‘struggling to cope’ /251113/who-chief-says-lebanon-health-system-struggling-to-cope /251113/who-chief-says-lebanon-health-system-struggling-to-cope#respond Thu, 03 Oct 2024 08:50:37 +0000 /251113/who-chief-says-lebanon-health-system-struggling-to-cope /251113/who-chief-says-lebanon-health-system-struggling-to-cope/feed 0 Mpox is now a global health emergency, will it trigger another pandemic? /245519/mpox-is-now-a-global-health-emergency-will-it-trigger-another-pandemic /245519/mpox-is-now-a-global-health-emergency-will-it-trigger-another-pandemic#respond Sat, 17 Aug 2024 07:01:26 +0000 /245519/mpox-is-now-a-global-health-emergency-will-it-trigger-another-pandemic /245519/mpox-is-now-a-global-health-emergency-will-it-trigger-another-pandemic/feed 0 Sweden, Pakistan report mpox cases amid WHO alert /245510/sweden-pakistan-report-mpox-cases-amid-who-alert /245510/sweden-pakistan-report-mpox-cases-amid-who-alert#respond Sat, 17 Aug 2024 05:40:32 +0000 /245510/sweden-pakistan-report-mpox-cases-amid-who-alert /245510/sweden-pakistan-report-mpox-cases-amid-who-alert/feed 0 WHO declares mpox outbreaks in Africa a global health emergency /245292/who-declares-mpox-outbreaks-in-africa-a-global-health-emergency /245292/who-declares-mpox-outbreaks-in-africa-a-global-health-emergency#respond Thu, 15 Aug 2024 06:25:16 +0000 /245292/who-declares-mpox-outbreaks-in-africa-a-global-health-emergency /245292/who-declares-mpox-outbreaks-in-africa-a-global-health-emergency/feed 0 WHO calls emergency committee on mpox spread /244806/who-calls-emergency-committee-on-mpox-spread /244806/who-calls-emergency-committee-on-mpox-spread#respond Thu, 08 Aug 2024 10:01:53 +0000 /244806/who-calls-emergency-committee-on-mpox-spread /244806/who-calls-emergency-committee-on-mpox-spread/feed 0 AIDS conference discloses 7th HIV case apparently cleared of virus /243850/aids-conference-discloses-7th-hiv-case-apparently-cleared-of-virus /243850/aids-conference-discloses-7th-hiv-case-apparently-cleared-of-virus#respond Mon, 29 Jul 2024 05:40:23 +0000 /243850/aids-conference-discloses-7th-hiv-case-apparently-cleared-of-virus /243850/aids-conference-discloses-7th-hiv-case-apparently-cleared-of-virus/feed 0 ‘Wake-up call’: third of adults not doing enough physical activity /240569/wake-up-call-third-of-adults-not-doing-enough-physical-activity /240569/wake-up-call-third-of-adults-not-doing-enough-physical-activity#respond Wed, 26 Jun 2024 07:49:03 +0000 /240569/wake-up-call-third-of-adults-not-doing-enough-physical-activity /240569/wake-up-call-third-of-adults-not-doing-enough-physical-activity/feed 0 COVID-19 pandemic cut global life expectancy by nearly two years: WHO /237461/covid-19-pandemic-cut-global-life-expectancy-by-nearly-two-years-who /237461/covid-19-pandemic-cut-global-life-expectancy-by-nearly-two-years-who#respond Sat, 25 May 2024 02:05:38 +0000 /237461/covid-19-pandemic-cut-global-life-expectancy-by-nearly-two-years-who /237461/covid-19-pandemic-cut-global-life-expectancy-by-nearly-two-years-who/feed 0 Vaccines saved 154 million lives in 50 years – WHO /233483/vaccines-saved-154m-in-50-years-who /233483/vaccines-saved-154m-in-50-years-who#respond Fri, 26 Apr 2024 05:50:02 +0000 /233483/vaccines-saved-154m-in-50-years-who /233483/vaccines-saved-154m-in-50-years-who/feed 0 Use of alcohol and e-cigarettes among youth ‘alarming’–WHO /233352/use-of-alcohol-and-e-cigarettes-among-youth-alarming-who /233352/use-of-alcohol-and-e-cigarettes-among-youth-alarming-who#respond Thu, 25 Apr 2024 12:14:57 +0000 /233352/use-of-alcohol-and-e-cigarettes-among-youth-alarming-who /233352/use-of-alcohol-and-e-cigarettes-among-youth-alarming-who/feed 0 WHO: Basic health services lacking in PH, Western Pacific /230863/who-basic-health-services-lacking-in-ph-western-pacific /230863/who-basic-health-services-lacking-in-ph-western-pacific#respond Mon, 08 Apr 2024 05:40:39 +0000 /230863/who-basic-health-services-lacking-in-ph-western-pacific /230863/who-basic-health-services-lacking-in-ph-western-pacific/feed 0 Environment advocate pushes for policy-oriented methods to improve air quality in PH /212043/environment-advocate-pushes-for-policy-oriented-methods-to-improve-air-quality /212043/environment-advocate-pushes-for-policy-oriented-methods-to-improve-air-quality#respond Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:50:02 +0000 /212043/environment-advocate-pushes-for-policy-oriented-methods-to-improve-air-quality /212043/environment-advocate-pushes-for-policy-oriented-methods-to-improve-air-quality/feed 0 Hontiveros urges WHO to include Taiwan in pandemic response /204162/hontiveros-urges-who-to-include-taiwan-in-pandemic-response /204162/hontiveros-urges-who-to-include-taiwan-in-pandemic-response#respond Wed, 25 May 2022 13:20:13 +0000 /204162/hontiveros-urges-who-to-include-taiwan-in-pandemic-response /204162/hontiveros-urges-who-to-include-taiwan-in-pandemic-response/feed 0 WHO: Covid recovery plans should include climate action /199560/who-covid-recovery-plans-should-include-climate-action /199560/who-covid-recovery-plans-should-include-climate-action#respond Wed, 13 Oct 2021 05:30:14 +0000 /199560/who-covid-recovery-plans-should-include-climate-action /199560/who-covid-recovery-plans-should-include-climate-action/feed 0 Philippines, Brazil, Mexico to get Pfizer shots from COVAX in Q2 – Gavi /195106/philippines-brazil-mexico-to-get-pfizer-shots-from-covax-in-q2-gavi /195106/philippines-brazil-mexico-to-get-pfizer-shots-from-covax-in-q2-gavi#respond Mon, 12 Apr 2021 20:49:39 +0000 /195106/philippines-brazil-mexico-to-get-pfizer-shots-from-covax-in-q2-gavi /195106/philippines-brazil-mexico-to-get-pfizer-shots-from-covax-in-q2-gavi/feed 0 EU provides P130 million grant to aid Covid-19 response in PH /194321/eu-provides-p130-m-grant-to-aid-covid-19-response-in-ph /194321/eu-provides-p130-m-grant-to-aid-covid-19-response-in-ph#respond Mon, 15 Mar 2021 12:36:00 +0000 /194321/eu-provides-p130-m-grant-to-aid-covid-19-response-in-ph /194321/eu-provides-p130-m-grant-to-aid-covid-19-response-in-ph/feed 0 PH taps global vaccine pool of 2 billion doses /192809/ph-taps-global-vaccine-pool-of-2-billion-doses /192809/ph-taps-global-vaccine-pool-of-2-billion-doses#respond Sun, 20 Dec 2020 05:30:00 +0000 /192809/ph-taps-global-vaccine-pool-of-2-billion-doses /192809/ph-taps-global-vaccine-pool-of-2-billion-doses/feed 0 Don’t be discouraged, WHO tells Pinoys /190329/dont-be-discouraged-who-tells-pinoys /190329/dont-be-discouraged-who-tells-pinoys#respond Fri, 21 Aug 2020 05:40:22 +0000 /190329/dont-be-discouraged-who-tells-pinoys /190329/dont-be-discouraged-who-tells-pinoys/feed 0 WHO: PH outnumbers China in COVID-19 cases in Western Pacific Region /189944/who-ph-outnumbers-china-in-covid-19-cases-in-western-pacific-region /189944/who-ph-outnumbers-china-in-covid-19-cases-in-western-pacific-region#respond Fri, 31 Jul 2020 15:09:49 +0000 /189944/who-ph-outnumbers-china-in-covid-19-cases-in-western-pacific-region /189944/who-ph-outnumbers-china-in-covid-19-cases-in-western-pacific-region/feed 0 Palace: PH remains committed to WHO, won’t follow Trump’s lead /186921/palace-ph-remains-committed-to-who-wont-follow-trumps-lead /186921/palace-ph-remains-committed-to-who-wont-follow-trumps-lead#respond Thu, 16 Apr 2020 14:30:43 +0000 /186921/palace-ph-remains-committed-to-who-wont-follow-trumps-lead /186921/palace-ph-remains-committed-to-who-wont-follow-trumps-lead/feed 0 55 Filipinos in Malaysia test positive for coronavirus — envoy /186533/55-filipinos-in-malaysia-test-positive-for-coronavirus-envoy /186533/55-filipinos-in-malaysia-test-positive-for-coronavirus-envoy#respond Fri, 03 Apr 2020 13:52:57 +0000 /186533/55-filipinos-in-malaysia-test-positive-for-coronavirus-envoy /186533/55-filipinos-in-malaysia-test-positive-for-coronavirus-envoy/feed 0 7 Filipinos in New York die of COVID-19, ‘several dozens more’ infected /186529/fwd-7-filipinos-in-new-york-died-of-covid-19 /186529/fwd-7-filipinos-in-new-york-died-of-covid-19#respond Fri, 03 Apr 2020 13:31:47 +0000 /186529/fwd-7-filipinos-in-new-york-died-of-covid-19 /186529/fwd-7-filipinos-in-new-york-died-of-covid-19/feed 0 PH mulling participation in global ‘solidarity trial’ for COVID-19 treatment /186401/fwd-ph-mulls-participation-in-global-solidarity-trial-for-covid-19-treatment /186401/fwd-ph-mulls-participation-in-global-solidarity-trial-for-covid-19-treatment#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2020 12:20:07 +0000 /186401/fwd-ph-mulls-participation-in-global-solidarity-trial-for-covid-19-treatment /186401/fwd-ph-mulls-participation-in-global-solidarity-trial-for-covid-19-treatment/feed 0 No COVID-19 infected Filipino in China so far, PH envoy says /186396/fwd-no-covid-19-infected-filipinos-in-china-so-far-ph-envoy-says /186396/fwd-no-covid-19-infected-filipinos-in-china-so-far-ph-envoy-says#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2020 11:49:02 +0000 /186396/fwd-no-covid-19-infected-filipinos-in-china-so-far-ph-envoy-says /186396/fwd-no-covid-19-infected-filipinos-in-china-so-far-ph-envoy-says/feed 0 Filipinos in Hong Kong with coronavirus now 16 /186323/fwd-filipinos-in-hong-kong-with-covid-19-now-16 /186323/fwd-filipinos-in-hong-kong-with-covid-19-now-16#respond Fri, 27 Mar 2020 10:59:44 +0000 /186323/fwd-filipinos-in-hong-kong-with-covid-19-now-16 /186323/fwd-filipinos-in-hong-kong-with-covid-19-now-16/feed 0 DFA: 153 Filipinos abroad infected with COVID-19; 1 dead /186258/fwd-dfa-153-filipinos-abroad-infected-with-covid-19-1-dead /186258/fwd-dfa-153-filipinos-abroad-infected-with-covid-19-1-dead#respond Mon, 23 Mar 2020 17:45:48 +0000 /186258/fwd-dfa-153-filipinos-abroad-infected-with-covid-19-1-dead /186258/fwd-dfa-153-filipinos-abroad-infected-with-covid-19-1-dead/feed 0 World battles virus epidemic as cases multiply outside China /185669/world-battles-virus-epidemic-as-cases-multiply-outside-china /185669/world-battles-virus-epidemic-as-cases-multiply-outside-china#respond Thu, 27 Feb 2020 07:01:06 +0000 /185669/world-battles-virus-epidemic-as-cases-multiply-outside-china /185669/world-battles-virus-epidemic-as-cases-multiply-outside-china/feed 0 WHO urges calm as China virus death toll reaches 2,000 /185500/who-urges-calm-as-china-virus-death-toll-reaches-2000 /185500/who-urges-calm-as-china-virus-death-toll-reaches-2000#respond Thu, 20 Feb 2020 13:34:36 +0000 /185500/who-urges-calm-as-china-virus-death-toll-reaches-2000 /185500/who-urges-calm-as-china-virus-death-toll-reaches-2000/feed 0 TECO’s plea to PH gov’t: ‘Remove Taiwan from travel ban’ /185223/tecos-plea-to-ph-govt-remove-taiwan-from-travel-ban /185223/tecos-plea-to-ph-govt-remove-taiwan-from-travel-ban#respond Tue, 11 Feb 2020 19:49:55 +0000 /185223/tecos-plea-to-ph-govt-remove-taiwan-from-travel-ban /185223/tecos-plea-to-ph-govt-remove-taiwan-from-travel-ban/feed 0 Novel coronavirus cases outside China reach 153 — WHO /184823/novel-coronavirus-cases-outside-china-reach-153-who /184823/novel-coronavirus-cases-outside-china-reach-153-who#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2020 10:53:26 +0000 /184823/novel-coronavirus-cases-outside-china-reach-153-who /184823/novel-coronavirus-cases-outside-china-reach-153-who/feed 0 WHO says most nCoV infections occur after host shows symptoms /184731/who-allays-fears-that-ncov-can-be-transferred-even-before-host-show-symptoms /184731/who-allays-fears-that-ncov-can-be-transferred-even-before-host-show-symptoms#respond Fri, 31 Jan 2020 17:58:31 +0000 /184731/who-allays-fears-that-ncov-can-be-transferred-even-before-host-show-symptoms /184731/who-allays-fears-that-ncov-can-be-transferred-even-before-host-show-symptoms/feed 0 WHO reports 2,014 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus /184567/who-reports-2014-confirmed-cases-of-novel-coronavirus /184567/who-reports-2014-confirmed-cases-of-novel-coronavirus#respond Mon, 27 Jan 2020 12:48:36 +0000 /184567/who-reports-2014-confirmed-cases-of-novel-coronavirus /184567/who-reports-2014-confirmed-cases-of-novel-coronavirus/feed 0 Measles cases soar worldwide, UN warns of ‘complacency’ /173385/measles-cases-soar-worldwide-un-warns-of-complacency /173385/measles-cases-soar-worldwide-un-warns-of-complacency#respond Sat, 02 Mar 2019 08:10:22 +0000 /173385/measles-cases-soar-worldwide-un-warns-of-complacency /173385/measles-cases-soar-worldwide-un-warns-of-complacency/feed 0 Jakarta’s air pollution worse than Bangkok, better than Manila—WHO /166539/jakartas-air-pollution-worse-bangkok-better-manila /166539/jakartas-air-pollution-worse-bangkok-better-manila#respond Thu, 03 May 2018 18:49:27 +0000 /166539/jakartas-air-pollution-worse-bangkok-better-manila /166539/jakartas-air-pollution-worse-bangkok-better-manila/feed 0 Airlines told to disinfect to combat Zika spread /144569/airlines-told-to-disinfect-to-combat-zika-spread /144569/airlines-told-to-disinfect-to-combat-zika-spread#respond Sun, 11 Sep 2016 06:13:32 +0000 /144569/airlines-told-to-disinfect-to-combat-zika-spread /144569/airlines-told-to-disinfect-to-combat-zika-spread/feed 0 600 Marikina students to receive dengue vaccine shots /138318/600-marikina-students-to-receive-dengue-vaccine-shots /138318/600-marikina-students-to-receive-dengue-vaccine-shots#respond Mon, 04 Apr 2016 10:18:01 +0000 /138318/600-marikina-students-to-receive-dengue-vaccine-shots /138318/600-marikina-students-to-receive-dengue-vaccine-shots/feed 0 WHO approves PH rollout of dengue vaccine /138256/who-approves-ph-rollout-of-dengue-vaccine /138256/who-approves-ph-rollout-of-dengue-vaccine#respond Fri, 01 Apr 2016 06:30:27 +0000 /138256/who-approves-ph-rollout-of-dengue-vaccine /138256/who-approves-ph-rollout-of-dengue-vaccine/feed 0 Filipino nurse with MERS now recovering /129122/filipino-nurse-with-mers-now-recovering /129122/filipino-nurse-with-mers-now-recovering#respond Sat, 03 Oct 2015 06:10:01 +0000 /129122/filipino-nurse-with-mers-now-recovering /129122/filipino-nurse-with-mers-now-recovering/feed 0 WHO hopeful with HIV self-test /126544/who-hopeful-with-hiv-self-test /126544/who-hopeful-with-hiv-self-test#respond Fri, 24 Jul 2015 06:15:43 +0000 /126544/who-hopeful-with-hiv-self-test /126544/who-hopeful-with-hiv-self-test/feed 0