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3 days ago · 24 May 2024 Health. Data crunched by the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that the COVID-19 emergency reversed more than a decade of gains in life expectancy, reinforcing the need for countries to agree on a global pandemic treaty to protect future generations. According to the UN agency, between 2019 and 2021 – the early years ...
3 days ago · May 24, 2024. Four years in, we’re assessing the COVID-19 pandemic’s plastic pollution: Since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, it has upended our daily routines; disrupted the economy; sadly, cost many people their lives; and generated significant amounts of plastic everywhere. This summer, health experts are concerned by a new set ...
3 days ago · The latest edition of the World Health Statistics released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals that the COVID-19 pandemic reversed the trend of steady gain in life expectancy at birth and healthy life expectancy at birth (HALE). The pandemic wiped out nearly a decade of progress in improving life expectancy within just two years.
3 days ago · World Health Statistics 2024 report urges countries to redouble efforts towards health-related SDGs by 2030Geneva, May 24, 2024 — The latest edition of the World Health Statistics released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals that the COVID-19 pandemic reversed the trend of steady gain in life expectancy at birth and healthy life expectancy at birth (HALE).
2 days ago · After COVID-19 triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies and killed millions, leaders at the World Health Organization and worldwide vowed to do better in the future. In 2021, member countries asked the U.N. health agency to oversee negotiations to figure out how the world might better share scarce resources and stop future ...
6 days ago · The world was still in a pandemic when discussions kicked off in 2021. The World Health Assembly (WHA), the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO) that is akin to a parliament ...
3 days ago · Face coverings, or masks, played a key role during the COVID-19 pandemic by reducing person-to-person spread of the virus. The key features of a mask that make it effective are the material from which it is made and how closely the mask fits the face. A loosely fitting mask, for example, will lead to gaps around the nose and cheeks through ...
