World Health Organization Archives

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WHO calls for wealthy countries to postpone Covid-19 booster jab

Wealthy nations asked to donate to low income countries in order to vaccinate 10% of world population by September 2021. The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on wealthy nations…

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Senior Qatari health official ‘privileged’ to join WHO review group

The World Health Organisation has appointed Qatar’s National Health Strategy Lead for Healthy Ageing Dr. Hanadi al-Hamad to its review group. A senior Qatari health official has now joined the…

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Covid-19 Wuhan lab leak ‘plausible’, US gov study claims

Genetic fingerprint of novel coronavirus allude to belief that Covid-19 was leaked from a Wuhan lab, according to US government study. A US governmental laboratory report analysing the origins of…

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QRCS joins WHO to monitor polio vaccination campaign in Syria

A team of QRCS personnel was sent to Syria to supervise a new polio vaccination campaign in Syria implemented by the WHO. The Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) in Syria…

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Qatar pumps $10 million into WHO global health, Covid-19 programme

Qatar and the World Health Organisation have signed their first core contribution agreement to support global assistance. The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have…

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Qatar opens new clinic to help smokers quit

Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Tobacco Control Centre inaugurates a new smoking cessation Clinic. HMC’s Tobacco Control Centre opened a new dedicated smoking cessation clinic at Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital (HMGH)…

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Qatar scientist to join mission to trace ‘COVID-19 origin’

Health experts are embarking on a China mission to identify the origins of the novel coronavirus that has brought much of the world to a standstill. Qatar-based Acting Head of…

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World Breastfeeding Week 2020 comes to Qatar

by Joannah N Zimbe Breastfeeding saves nearly a million lives per year by reducing the risk of breast and ovarian cancer, according to World Health Organization. WHO calls on nations…

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