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162 attacks on health facilities in Ukraine: WHO survey

April 25, 2022

Preliminary results from the ongoing nationwide health needs assessment indicate that of the 1000 households that have responded so far, two in five have at...

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Covid paradox: Countries with best healthcare fared the worst

April 18, 2022

While effective states are well-placed to tackle their problems, an efficient response to the pandemic is also about how laxly or strictly these states...

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Nepal to jab 7.5m children against Typhoid this year

April 14, 2022

The three-week campaign aims to reach all children between 15 months and 15 years to quickly achieve wider protection from the disease Nepal has decided to...

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COVID lockdown: Drones, robot dogs patrol ‘ghost town’ Shanghai

April 6, 2022

The recent surge in Coronavirus cases in China, although small compared to some other countries, is a significant challenge to China’s zero-Covid...

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‘Pharmacies–-either looted or burned’: A refugee writes about crumbling healthcare system in Ukraine

March 24, 2022

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Svitlana Zlenko, who fled Mariupol with her son, wrote a poignant post describing her experience in the war-torn nation and its crumbling healthcare system...

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Hong Kong COVID deaths: Virus’ rise from the dead

March 17, 2022

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Just as we thought that the Covid-19 pandemic was coming to an end, and economies around the world were beginning to recover, the outbreak of the contagion in...

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How misinformation is making India’s fight against COVID-19 more difficult

March 12, 2022

At the height of the first wave of COVID-19 in India viral videos suggested that Indians use home remedies such as clove, black pepper, caraway (ajwain), and...

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Afghanistan health sector: Back to 2002

March 4, 2022

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Taliban’s resurgence to power in August 2021, and the subsequent withdrawal of funding for major health programmes in Afghanistan have posed serious healthcare...

Speakers on Challenges in Misinformation in Medicine Summit

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“People believe misinformation, because they are desperate”

January 31, 2022

#MMS22 brought together experts from India, Italy, Philippines and Zimbabwe to discuss and deliberate on the challenges and opportunities to address health...

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“People believe misinformation, because they are desperate”

January 31, 2022

#MMS22 brought together experts from India, Italy, Philippines and Zimbabwe to discuss and deliberate on the challenges and opportunities to address health...