2023 marked by achievements and 'avoidable suffering': WHO chief

2023 marked by achievements and ‘avoidable suffering’: WHO chief

Reflecting on 2023, which also marked the UN agency’s 75th anniversary, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus highlighted key achievements and set out objectives for the coming year. “In May, I declared an end to COVID-19 as a public health emergency of international concern. This marked a turning point for the world following three years of crisis,…

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Gaza health workers pushed to the limit amid airstrike ‘carnage’

Gaza health workers pushed to the limit amid airstrike ‘carnage’

World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Medical Teams coordinator Sean Casey said that “100-plus patients” had been brought into Al-Aqsa Hospital on Monday in the space of 30 minutes, following reported blasts, including near Al-Maghazi refugee camp.  All of them needed urgent treatment for serious wounds, the WHO official told UN News, while “about 100” more…

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Pakistan Australia unable to telecast 2nd Test due to gambling ads: PTV

Pakistan Australia unable to telecast 2nd Test due to gambling ads: PTV

—File photo State television PTV says that Pakistan and Australia could not telecast the second Test because of gambling advertisements. Pakistan Television Sports could not telecast the first day of the second Test between Pakistan and Australia due to the promotion of a gambling ad. The government of Pakistan has banned such advertisements. PTV maintains…

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