Tag: World Health Organization
Experts question if WHO should lead pandemic origins probe
BEIJING — As the World Health Organization draws up plans for the next phase of its probe of how the coronavirus pandemic started, an...
Driven by delta variant, COVID-19 surges across Africa
JOHANNESBURG — Driven by the delta variant, a new wave of COVID-19 is sweeping across the African continent where new cases, hospital admissions, and...
Vaccine technology transfer center to open in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG — The World Health Organization is in talks to create the first-ever technology transfer hub for coronavirus vaccines in South Africa, a move...
Guinea declares end to latest Ebola outbreak that killed 12
DAKAR, Senegal —
Guinea has declared an end to an...
WHO: High vaccination rates can help reduce risk of variants
GENEVA — A top World Health Organization official estimated Monday that COVID-19 vaccination coverage of at least 80% is needed to significantly lower the...
WHO: High vaccination rates can help reduce risk of variants
GENEVA — A top World Health Organization official estimated Monday that COVID-19 vaccination coverage of at least 80% is needed to significantly lower the...
WHO: Vaccinating kids ‘not a high priority’ amid shortage
GENEVA — The World Health Organization’s top vaccines expert said Thursday that immunizing children against COVID-19 is not a high priority from a WHO...
German minister laments choice of Syria for WHO board seat
BERLIN — Germany’s health minister says he is “anything but happy” that Syria’s government — which has waged a devastating, deadly decade-long war against...
Protesters slam choice of Syria for board of UN health body
BEIRUT — Dozens of medical workers in rebel-held northwest Syria on Monday protested a decision to grant President Bashar Assad's government a seat on...
WHO chief concedes ‘slow’ response to Congo sex abuse claims
LONDON — The head of the World Health Organization acknowledged the U.N. health agency's response to sexual abuse allegations involving employees who worked in...
