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The World Health Organization on Friday said that a woman had died in Bangladesh on January 28 after contracting the Nipah virus infection.The death in Bangladesh’s Rajshahi division came weeks after two Nipah virus cases were confirmed across the border in West Bengal.The cases in India had already prompted ...

After two Nipah virus cases were confirmed in West Bengal, the World Health Organization on Friday said that the likelihood of the outbreak spreading to other Indian states or internationally was low.The World Health Organization said that the risk posed by the Nipah virus was “moderate at the sub-national ...

In September, Pakistan launched its first-ever national human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine campaign, aiming to immunise more than 13 million girls aged nine to 14 in its first phase.HPV is the most common cause of cervical cancer, which kills eight Pakistani women every day, according to Dr Dapeng Luo, the ...

The significant funding reductions mean certain activities will simply not happen, says WHO’s polio eradication director.Published On 21 Oct 202521 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareThe Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), a coalition including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Gates Foundation, will face a 30 ...

The campaign aims to protect the children from the drug-resistant disease spreading across South Asia.Published On 12 Oct 202512 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareBangladesh has begun a nationwide vaccination campaign to protect millions of children from typhoid, a life-threatening disease that is becoming increasingly resistant to ...

Abuja and Nasarawa, Nigeria – In the neighbourhood of Kado Lifecamp on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital, 29-year-old Eucharia Joseph grips a cooler box and sets out for her day. Inside are oral polio vaccines packed in ice.Joseph’s route takes her through dusty lanes, past tin-roofed homes, mosques and ...

United States health officials are urging travellers to remain vigilant as a mosquito-borne virus continues to circulate across parts of Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Indian Ocean.Since the beginning of 2025, there have been approximately 240,000 chikungunya virus infections and 90 deaths in 16 countries, according to ...

SINGAPORE —  Only seven countries met World Health Organization air quality standards last year, data showed on Tuesday, as researchers warned that the war on smog would only get harder after the United States shut down its global monitoring efforts. Chad and Bangladesh were the world's most polluted countries ...

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ISLAMABAD —  A senior World Health Organization official cautioned Wednesday that the eradication of polio in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the only countries where the paralytic virus persists, is threatened by the suspension of funding from the United States.In an online news conference, Hanan Balkhy, regional director for the Eastern ...