Person: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

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<p>Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), said: 'Every year millions of families still suffer the devastating heartbreak of losing a child.' File photo: Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP</p>

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Record low number of children dying before their fifth birthday, UN finds

Overall, deaths in babies and children under the age of five in 2022 were concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa, which represented 57% of the global total despite only making up 30% of the live births that year

<p>Raccoon dogs are not directly implicated in the origin of covid-19, but the species is susceptible to the virus and newly-revealed molecular evidence shows the presence of the animal in the Wuhan market in January 2020. Picture: Andyworks/iStock</p>

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Origins of covid-19 linked to raccoon dogs in Wuhan – WHO

<p>Mostly data is only available from high-income countries, which means we don’t currently have a clear picture on how many people are actually suffering. </p>

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The data is clear: long Covid is devastating people’s lives and livelihoods

hands affected by smallpox. Man with blisters on his hands from monkeypox.

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WHO chief warns of new Covid variants but says monkeypox virus can be stopped

Monkeypox new disease dangerous over the world.

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Monkeypox awareness campaign set up as 44 cases confirmed in Ireland

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Governments should brace for more Covid waves, say health chiefs

WHO: More than 100 attacks on healthcare staff and facilities in Ukraine since war started

World Health Organization condemns Russian attacks on hospitals and ambulances

Fri, 08 Apr, 2022

WHO to visit Wuhan at start of probe into Covid-19 origins

World Health Organisation experts will visit the city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus was first detected in late 2019, at the start of their investigation into the origins of the pandemic, China has said.

Tue, 12 Jan, 2021

Maresa Fagan: The long road to containing Covid

Local lockdowns are in place in different parts of the globe as the WHO says the 'peak' of pandemic has not yet been reached, writes Maresa Fagan

Thu, 09 Jul, 2020

Hike in testing as 1,000 lives lost to virus

Fears people becoming more lax about restrictions, says Taoiseach

Sat, 25 Apr, 2020

Covid-19 exit strategy - what we can learn from other countries

A number of countries are beginning to relax lockdown measures introduced to contain the spread of the Covid-19. Ireland will monitor their progress, amid warnings from the WHO about lifting restrictions too quickly.

Mon, 13 Apr, 2020

Coronavirus-linked deaths hit 100,000 across globe

In Italy, officials employed helicopters, drones and stepped-up police checks to make sure residents did not slip out of their homes.

Fri, 10 Apr, 2020

Irish Examiner View: Cornonavirus figures climbing - Share plan to fight outbreak

The sight of a masked Chinese president, Xi Jinping, greeting workers in Beijing’s Chaoyang district yesterday as they returned to work after the lunar new year holiday, his first public appearance in weeks, was designed to inspire confidence

Mon, 10 Feb, 2020

Hospitals plea for blood donors after Manchester Arena bombing

Blood donors are being encouraged to keep their appointments to give blood following the explosion at a concert in Manchester.

Tue, 23 May, 2017

One El of a climate problem for Ethiopia

AT FIRST glance Addis Ababa looks like a city in a mad rush somewhere. Skeletal cranes reach into the sky, invoking memories of the clueless Celtic Tiger, writes Michael Clifford.

Sat, 09 Jul, 2016