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Cholera outbreak hits Syrian refugees in camps in Lebanon

Fri, 2022-10-21 10:27 — mike kraft

Cholera outbreak hits Syrian refugees sheltering in camps in Lebanon Syrian refugees in displacement camps are falling victim to a cholera outbreak in Lebanon, already suffering from an economic meltdown that has slashed access to clean water and strained hospitals. Maya Gebeily Reuters

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Cholera: shortages of vaccines prompts WHO to urge using only one dose instead instead of twoe

Wed, 2022-10-19 12:41 — mike kraft

WHO advises using 1 dose of cholera vaccine due to shortage GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization and its partners are recommending that countries temporarily switch to using a single dose of the cholera vaccine instead of two due to a supply shortage as outbreaks of the water-borne disease surge globally. AP NEWS

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Qatar requires COVID-19 tests for visiting World Cup fans

Thu, 2022-09-29 12:46 — mike kraft

Qatar confirms COVID-19 test requirements for World Cup fans GENEVA (AP) — Fans going to the World Cup in Qatar must show a negative COVID-19 test when they arrive as part of the host nation’s rules to combat COVID-19 , organizers said Thursday. AP NEWS

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Global Fund to get powerful help with $18 billion funding goal

Tue, 2022-09-20 09:43 — mike kraft

Global Fund gets powerful help with $18 billion funding goal NEW YORK (AP) — The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will get some high-powered help this week to reach its $18 billion goal to fund another three years to slow the spread of these diseases. AP NEWS

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OECD report: Russia war, virus and climate hurting world’s poorest

Mon, 2022-09-19 17:23 — mike kraft

OECD: Russia war, virus and climate hurting world's poorest WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia's war against Ukraine, the lingering coronavirus pandemic and the damage of climate change are putting intense pressure on the world's poorest, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warned Monday. AP NEWS

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COVID cases drop everywhere, but pandemic not over--WHO

Wed, 2022-09-07 15:59 — mike kraft

WHO: COVID cases drop everywhere, but pandemic not over GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases fell everywhere in the world last week by about 12%, according to the World Health Organization's latest weekly review of the pandemic issued Wednesday. AP NEWS

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10.5 million children were orphaned or lost a primary caregiver due to COVID--study

Tue, 2022-09-06 20:18 — mike kraft

10.5 million children were orphaned or lost a primary caregiver due to COVID, study finds A study published Tuesday estimates that 10.5 million children worldwide lost a primary caregiver or were orphaned due to COVID-19. YahooNews

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Country- by- country report on vaccines delivered to poorer nations by international agency

Fri, 2022-08-26 09:59 — mike kraft

Factbox: Vaccines delivered under COVAX sharing scheme for poorer countries The COVAX facility, backed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), has delivered 1.63 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to 146 countries, GAVI data shows. Reuters Reuters

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Four countries moved to the U.S. CDC's 'high' risk category for travel

Tue, 2022-07-12 09:30 — mike kraft

4 places moved to the CDC's 'high' risk category for travel The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has moved Bolivia and Peru in South America, Lebanon in the Middle East and Tunisia in North Africa to its "high" risk category for travel. By Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN CNN

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U.N. agencies warn of "looming catastrophe" in world food situation

Wed, 2022-07-06 17:55 — mike kraft

World hunger rising as U.N. agencies warn of "looming catastrophe" World hunger levels rose again last year after soaring in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Ukraine war and climate change threatening starvation and mass migration on an "unprecedented scale" this year, according to U.N. agencies. Maytaal Angel Reuters

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Cholera outbreak hits Syrian refugees in camps in Lebanon

Cholera: shortages of vaccines prompts WHO to urge using only one dose instead instead of twoe

Qatar requires COVID-19 tests for visiting World Cup fans

Global Fund to get powerful help with $18 billion funding goal

OECD report: Russia war, virus and climate hurting world’s poorest

COVID cases drop everywhere, but pandemic not over--WHO

10.5 million children were orphaned or lost a primary caregiver due to COVID--study

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