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The avian influenza virus is currently having a large strain outbreak called H5N1, which researchers confirm can infect various species.

Abbas Kanani, Superintendent Pharmacist at Chemist Click Online Pharmacy, walks us through treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, researching the causes, diagnosis, prevention, and cure.

Dr Prebo Barango and Prof Jean-Marie Dangou from the WHO Regional Office for Africa argue that reducing the burden of cardiovascular diseases in Africa is imperative.

Dr Florence Baingana, Regional Advisor, Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders, World Health Organization (WHO) African Region, provides an update on mental health in the workplace.

Dr Natasha Azzopardi Muscat, Dr Tomas Zapata and Dr Satish Mishra, from WHO/Europe, argue that now is time to strengthen palliative care across the European Region.

Markus Sebastian, Executive Vice President and Managing Director, EMEA, Align Technology, discusses the importance of placing oral health at the forefront of the global healthcare agenda.

The Covid-19 pandemic and emerging threats such as Monkeypox have demonstrated the need for global cooperation on public health.

Dr Zisis Kozlakidis and Dr Dewi Nur Aisyah examine Hepatitis C virus elimination and weigh up if this has the potential to become a global success story.

World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, describes what we need to know about osteoporosis prevention, management and treatment, an integral component of their vision for healthy ageing.

WHO Regional Office for Europe and the Ministry of Health and Care Services, Norway, reveal how making people’s access to medicines is a reality thanks to the Oslo Medicines Initiative.

New WHO studies look at health systems across 14 countries in Europe and Central Asia to reveal how to better invest in and benefit the health of millions.

Dr Omnia El Omrani has been selected as the COP27 Youth Envoy, where she is to engage with the wider community to contribute to promoting the inclusion of global young voices.

According to the WHO, Disease X refers to a hypothetical, unknown pathogen that could cause a future epidemic.

The WHO foundation should not accept donations from the alcohol industry, according to reviewers of the loopholes in the Gift Acceptance Policy.

The WHO licensing agreement with the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and US National Institutes of Health (NIH) should improve access to some COVID health technologies, like early-stage vaccines and diagnostic tools.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) say the pandemic led to 14.9 million global excess deaths, caused either by the virus itself or disrupted access to healthcare.

The World Health Organisation, in liaison with Ghana and Norway, announced a noncommunicable diseases strategy that aims to save 50 million people by 2030.

Child death rates could be reduced by higher cigarette taxes - as regions with the lowest tobacco tax also have the worst child health issues.

The stigma, discrimination and lack of understanding around HIV is still persisting even 41 years after the first reported case

Separate to WHO efforts to conduct a technology transfer, Moderna signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Kenya to build the first mRNA factory in Africa.