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South Asia has nine of ten most polluted cities

Published on: December 20, 2022
00:15

New Delhi, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) Nine of the ten most air-polluted cities in the world are located in South Asia, according to a recent report published by the World Bank.

Climate change could be as deadly as cancer in some regions – UNDP

Published on: November 4, 2022
16:05

United Nations, Nov 4 (Prensa Latina) The UN Development Program (UNDP) on Friday sounded a new alarm by claiming that without concerted and pressing action, climate change will exacerbate inequalities, diseases and widen gaps in human development, according to the new Human Climate Horizons platform launched today by the United Nations Development Program and the Climate Impact Lab.

CARPHA chief focuses on non-communicable diseases in the Caribbean

Published on: October 25, 2022
17:42

Kingston, Oct 25 (Prensa Latina) Joy John, Executive Director of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), said that the high rate of non-communicable diseases is nowadays a cause for concern for regional nations.

WHO warns of over one million STI cases reported globally

Published on: September 5, 2022
16:50

Geneva, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday warned that as many as one million cases of sexually transmitted infection (STI) are being reported worldwide every day.

Diseases rise in Pakistan due to floods

Published on: September 4, 2022
10:00

Islamabad, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) Floods resulting from heavy rains in Pakistan are causing an increase in serious acute respiratory diseases, skin infections, diarrhea and malaria, among others, the General Directorate of Sanitary Services said.

US government calls conference on hunger, nutrition and health

Published on: August 29, 2022
18:21

Washington, Aug 29 (Prensa Latina) The Biden-Harris Administration will host the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health in Americans on coming September 28, 2022 in Washington, D.C. as the president announced in May, this will be the first Conference of this kind in over 50 years.

Afghanistan gripped by multiple disease outbreaks, WHO warns

Published on: August 10, 2022
19:02

Kabul, Aug 10 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that Afghanistan is facing up multiple disease outbreaks, including Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD), measles, Congo fever, dengue fever and the Covid-19 pandemic.

Afghanistan: Disease cases on the rise

Published on: July 17, 2022
11:15

Kabul, Jul 17 (Prensa Latina) Seasonal infectious disease cases have increased in the last three weeks in Afghanistan, while physicians asked families to take more precautions to prevent infections such as cholera, diarrhea, flu, malaria and measles, according to Mohammad Naeem Akbari, physician at the Kabul Hospital for Infectious Diseases.

Over 3.5 billion people suffer from oral diseases – WHO

Published on: June 21, 2022
16:00

Geneva, Jun 21 (Prensa Latina) Over 3.5 billion people worldwide suffer from untreated oral diseases, without situation improving in last 30 years, said an official source.

Uruguayan physician highlights Cuban ophthalmological collaboration

Published on: June 5, 2022
14:30

Montevideo, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) On Sunday, the deputy director of the Jose Marti Ophthalmological Hospital in Uruguay, Ana Fagundez, has latent memories of her years of medical training in Cuba, where she graduated in September 2005.

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