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Bangladesh

Saima Wazed puts spotlight on mental health, dismisses political criticism on WION interview

FILE PHOTO: People receive their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines at a mass vaccination site at Lumen Field Event Center in Seattle, Washington, U.S. March 13, 2021. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo
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Costs divide rich, poor countries ahead of WHO pandemic treaty talks

Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends the World Health Assembly at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 21 May, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
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WHO 'overstretched' in response to increasing health emergencies

FILE PHOTO: Taiwan flags can be seen at a square ahead of the national day celebration in Taoyuan, Taiwan, October 8, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang
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US calls for Taiwan's inclusion at upcoming WHO assembly

A boy receives polio vaccination drops during a house-to-house vaccination campaign in Sanaa, Yemen, 20 February, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
Africa

Malawi detects polio, first wild case in Africa in over 5 years

Test tube labelled "Covid-19 Omicron variant test positive" is seen in this illustration picture taken 15 January, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
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How Omicron highlights fading hope of herd immunity from Covid

N95s offer ‘highest protection’, cloth masks ‘least’: CDC
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N95s offer ‘highest protection’, cloth masks ‘least’: CDC

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WHO reports all-time global high of daily coronavirus cases

The World Health Organization logo is pictured at the entrance of the WHO building, in Geneva, Switzerland, December 20, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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WHO recommends two new drugs to treat Covid-19

Computer image of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to Covid-19
Coronavirus chronicle

WHO reports record-breaking number of new coronavirus cases over 2.6 mln

A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, April 6, 2021. Photo: Reuters
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WHO sees more evidence that Omicron causes milder symptoms

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UN chief calls on global society to be prepared for new pandemic outbreaks

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference in Geneva Switzerland July 3, 2020/Reuters.
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WHO says blanket use of booster dose will only widen vaccine inequality, prolong pandemic