"PUBLIC HEALTH"

“Right now there are many respiratory pathogens that are circulating in the Northern Hemisphere, as we enter the winter months, people are spending more time indoors and we tend to see an increase in respiratory infections, whether this is due to COVID-19 or influenza, but also other viruses like adenovirus, rhinovirus and some bacteria like Mycoplasma pneumonia,” a WHO representative said. WHO

In Kazakhstan, new HIV infections have risen recently among people who inject drugs and men who have sex with men. Recognizing the urgency, community members took action. Because of stigma in the country, accessing PrEP- a preventive treatment for people at risk of HIV- has been a challenge. UNAIDS

Children in Kenya get vaccinated with the world’s first WHO-recommended malaria vaccine, RTS,S vaccine, one of the three pilot countries that participated in the Malaria vaccine implementation programme. UNICEF

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In the run-up to COP28, the World Health Organization (WHO) together with the global health community, is raising its voice to ensure that the impact of climate change on health takes centre stage in the negotiations. WHO

A new UNAIDS report Let Communities Lead, shows that AIDS can be ended as a public health threat by 2030, but only if communities on the frontlines get the full support they need from governments and donors. UNIFEED

As World AIDS Day approaches, UNAIDS urges governments to empower grassroots communities worldwide to lead the fight to end AIDS. A new report by UNAIDS, Let Communities Lead, shows that AIDS can be ended as a public health threat by 2030, but only if communities on the frontlines get the full support they need from governments and donors. UNAIDS

Shipments of the world’s first WHO-recommended malaria vaccine, RTS,S, have begun with 331,200 doses landing in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The delivery is the first to a country not previously involved in the malaria vaccine pilot programme and signals that scale-up of vaccination against malaria across the highest-risk areas on the African continent will begin shortly. UNICEF

The World Health Organization (WHO) senior official Michael Ryan told reporters, “we are seeing a complete collapse of the higher-level infrastructure of the Gaza health system,” adding that it is very hard to maintain good data of the injured and deaths in a situation where health systems are collapsing. UNIFEED

A second WHO-led joint UN mission, working in collaboration with the Palestine Red Crescent Society, earlier Sunday evacuated 31 babies from Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza to a hospital in southern Gaza. WHO