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The Punch on MSN2h
Mpox remains public health emergency of international concern — WHO
The Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, announced on Monday that the mpox upsurge continues to meet the criteria of a public health emergency of international ...
A quarter of the world’s population are adolescents: major report sets out health and wellbeing trends
Without concerted actions, we risk failing our young people in the second critical period in their development after ...
Eating wild meat carries serious health risks – why it still happens along the Kenya-Tanzania border
Wild meat is a known source of zoonotic infections and disease spillover to humans. In fact, as many as three-quarters of ...
The Citizen on MSN2d
Dr Nyambura Moremi bids farewell to National Public Health Laboratory
Dar es Salaam. In a full-circle moment, Dr Nyambura Moremi has officially stepped down as Director of the National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL), concluding a tenure that transformed Tanzania’s ...
The Lancet4d
New World Health Organization recommendations for care of preterm or low birth weight infants: health policy
Almost one million preterm infants die each year across low, high and middle income countries. In 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) convened a Guideline Development Group (GDG) to examine ...