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WHO: Global Cancer burden data

The WHO published survey from 115 countries reported that most countries do not adequately finance priority cancer and palliative care services as part of Universal Health Coverage (UHC).

In 2022, there were estimated 20 million new cancer cases and 9.7 million d...

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WHO warns on Monkeypox

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Photo source: WHO, CDC

WHO reported more than 1,000 confirmed cases of monkeypox from 29 countries that are not endemic for the disease.

Monkeypox is a rare viral disease caused by the monkeypox virus, a zoonotic disease that can spread from animals to humans and between people via close phy...

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Lessons from Covid-19 Pandemic

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“Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next” - Arundhati Roy, ”The Pandemic is a Portal”

COVID-19 SUMMARY

Global Population 7,953,952,577 bi...

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It has been almost 21 months now since the world started battling the pandemic from the first recorded Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan China last December 2019.

Are we winning the war against Covid-19 pandemic?

Until today there is no specific treatment against the SARS-CoV2 virus infection, most...

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Particles (yellow) of SARS-COV-2 swarm a human cell (purple) Nature Dec 3 2020


.The rapid spread of highly infective Covid-19 (SARS-CoV-2) and lack of specific pharmacotherapy until today led to unique situation for clinicians and patients - drug regimens with uncertain value while being tested...

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