WHO seeks $7 billion with fund-raising revamp
GENEVA, Switzerland — The World Health Organization launched Sunday a new financing mechanism that aims to raise $7 billion of funds that can be deployed more quickly and flexibly.
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Pandemic agreement would not infringe state sovereignty — WHO
GENEVA, Switzerland — A global agreement on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, which is still in negotiation, would not encroach on state sovereignty, the World Health Organization insisted Tuesday.
Hamas says delegation heading to Cairo for truce talks
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES — Hamas said its delegation will travel to Cairo on Saturday to resume Gaza ceasefire talks with a "positive spirit" in the latest effort to halt almost seven months of war with Israel.
Hunger crisis in Gaza: What to know
WASHINGTON, United States — Children have begun starving to death in Gaza, where the United Nations has warned a famine is "almost inevitable."
Medics warn of danger, desperation at key Gaza hospital
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES — Medics are sounding the alarm at southern Gaza's Nasser hospital, where a nurse said snipers are killing people, sewage has flooded the emergency room and drinking water has run out.
WHO urges countries to get tougher on trans fat
GENEVA, Switzerland: The World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday that nearly half the world's population was now covered by solid rules limiting trans fat in foods and urged lagging countries to catch up.
WHO chief 'very concerned' by Gaza infectious disease threat
GENEVA, Switzerland — World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday he was "very concerned" about the growing threat of infectious diseases in the Gaza Strip.
WHO urges pandemic accord in 2024 after years of COVID-19 pain
GENEVA, Switzerland — The head of the WHO said Tuesday the world needs to properly prepare for future pandemics after finally ending three years of COVID "crisis, pain and loss,"
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