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WHO Includes Popular Anti-Obesity Drugs on Essential Medicines List for Diabetes Control 
Medicines & Vaccines
WHO’s 2025 Essential Medicines Lists (EML), published Friday, has included the active ingredients in popular weight loss drugs like Ozempic and ...
In Kashmir and Beyond, Extreme Rains Cut Off Healthcare Access and Fuel Disease
Health, Climate & SDGs
SRINAGAR, INDIA – When record-breaking rains, landslides and cloudbursts lashed northern India in late August — across Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab ...
Fears of Sub-Standard Medicine and Rising Prices Amid Growing Cancer Burden in Pakistan
Cancer
ISLAMABAD – Cancer cases in Pakistan are on the increase, but patients and health advocates are caught in a struggle for ...
New Proposal to Empower Developing Country Manufacturers During Pandemics
Pandemic Agreement
Regulating pharmaceutical companies that manufacture essential health products during a public health emergency is a key flashpoint between developed and developing ...
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Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Swarm ‘Last Chance’ UN Plastics Treaty Talks
Health & Environment
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WHO Ends International Emergency Declaration for Mpox – But African Continental Alert Remains
WHO has ended its declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) for Mpox, announced in August 2024, ...
05/09/2025
Mpox Cases Rise in Ghana, Philippines and China – But Decline Overall
Ghana has seen an “exponential” increase in mpox cases over the past week, while there have been smaller increases in ...
29/08/2025
US Health Staff Send Protest Letter to RFK and Congress After Gunman’s Attack on CDC
US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has been given until 2 September to stop spreading anti-vaccine ...
20/08/2025
Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Swarm ‘Last Chance’ UN Plastics Treaty Talks
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WHO Awards Top-Level Recognition to Regulatory Authorities in Canada, UK and Japan
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African Summit Looks for Solutions to Health Funding Crisis
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Health Experts Call for Greater Investment in Women-Led TB Solutions
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Hunger Declines Globally, but Rises in Africa
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Eastern Mediterranean
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Latin America & Caribbean
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Western Pacific
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WHO Awards Top-Level Recognition to Regulatory Authorities in Canada, UK and Japan
Drug & Diagnostics Development
African Summit Looks for Solutions to Health Funding Crisis
Africa
Health Experts Call for Greater Investment in Women-Led TB Solutions
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Hunger Declines Globally, but Rises in Africa
Nutrition & Physical Activity
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