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World Health Organization (WHO)Thinking about lead pollution solution
Lead is a silent killer. WHO has identified lead as one of the leading chemicals of concern to public health, and the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) estimates that lead exposure ...
Covid may have killed up to 180,000 health workers: WHO
Out of the world’s 135 million healthcare staff, up to 180,000 may have died from Covid-19 between January 2020 and May 2021, according to the UN health agency
Interview: Muzaherul Huq
'Coronavirus third wave won’t strike if we are alert'
A third wave of coronavirus won’t strike if we are alert. We have to be fully prepared. says Muzaherul Huq in an interview with Prothom Alo
'Not out of the woods' in battle against Covid: WHO
The World Health Organization's (WHO) Covid-19 chief warned Tuesday 'We're not out of the woods' in the fight against the pandemic, even if many people thought it was nearly over
WHO fears 236,000 more Covid deaths in Europe by 1 Dec
High virus transmission rates across the continent were deeply worrying, particularly in the light of low vaccination uptake in priority populations in a number of countries.
Govt inks Tk 105 million vaccine deal with WHO: Health minister
The government signed a new vaccine procurement deal of Tk 105 million with the World Health Organization(WHO) in an effort to ensure Covid-19 vaccine for all, said health minister Zahid Maleque on ...
WHO experts say urgent search for Covid origins 'stalled'
Tracing the biological trail back to the earliest pockets of the disease, which first surfaced in Wuhan in late 2019, becomes more difficult as evidence disappears or becomes corrupted
WHO only has medical supplies in Afghanistan for a week
The World Health Organization only has enough supplies in Afghanistan to last for a week after deliveries of medical equipment from abroad were blocked by restrictions at Kabul airport
80m people to be vaccinated by February: Health minister
The health minister on Monday said some 70 to 80 million people can be vaccinated by February next year
Bangladesh likely to receive 634,920 AstraZeneca vaccines from Japan on 28 August
Bangladesh is likely to receive the fifth consignment of AstraZeneca vaccines from Japan on 28 August
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