Health

Middle East crisis: UN health agency releases emergency funds for Lebanon, Iraq, Syria
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Middle East crisis: UN health agency releases emergency funds for Lebanon, Iraq, Syria The UN World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing another $2 million in emergency funds to support health systems in Lebanon, Iraq and Syria as strikes against Iran by the US and Israeli continue amid counterstrikes across the Gulf and wider ...
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World News in Brief: Afghan-Pakistan border clashes latest, murder of Iraqi women’s rights activist condemned,...
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World News in Brief: Afghan-Pakistan border clashes latest, murder of Iraqi women’s rights activist condemned,... Clashes along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border have continued for a seventh straight day, with humanitarian access to affected areas still restricted, the UN said on Wednesday.
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World News in Brief: Epstein scandal highlights ‘silencing’ of women, Danish breakthrough on HIV transmission,...
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World News in Brief: Epstein scandal highlights ‘silencing’ of women, Danish breakthrough on HIV transmission,... UN human rights chief Volker Türk warned on Friday that the Epstein and Gisèle Pellicot scandals are an illustration of intensifying threats to women and girls forced to suffer in silence.
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UN drug alert stops shipment that could have made 1.6 billion lethal fentanyl doses
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UN drug alert stops shipment that could have made 1.6 billion lethal fentanyl doses An international early warning system blocked a shipment of chemicals used to make fentanyl that could have produced up to 1.6 billion potentially lethal doses, the UN narcotics control body said on Thursday.
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South Sudan fighting displaces nearly 280,000; UN warns of ‘perfect storm’
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South Sudan fighting displaces nearly 280,000; UN warns of ‘perfect storm’ Renewed fighting in South Sudan’s Jonglei state has displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians in recent weeks, damaged health facilities, fuelled the spread of cholera and prompting the UN relief chief to warn of a “perfect storm” of conflict, climate ...
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Maternal deaths spike during war and instability, new report warns
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Maternal deaths spike during war and instability, new report warns Nearly two thirds of all maternal deaths worldwide occur in countries marked by conflict or fragility, according to a report released on Tuesday by the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners.
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New recombinant mpox strain detected in UK and India, WHO urges continued monitoring
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New recombinant mpox strain detected in UK and India, WHO urges continued monitoring The detection of a newly identified recombinant mpox virus containing genetic material from two known strains underscores the need for continued genomic surveillance, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday, as the overall global public health risk assessment ...
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Measles cases drop in 2025 across Europe and Central Asia, but outbreak risks remain
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Measles cases drop in 2025 across Europe and Central Asia, but outbreak risks remain Measles cases across Europe and Central Asia declined by 75 per cent in 2025 compared to 2024, according to preliminary data released on Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO), which warned of remaining outbreak risks.
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UN lauds $6 billion US funding approval towards ending HIV/AIDS
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UN lauds $6 billion US funding approval towards ending HIV/AIDS The UN agency leading the global effort to end HIV/AIDS worldwide welcomed legislative approval from the United States on Thursday for a $6 billion spending package to help tackle the disease, following nearly a year of sharp aid cuts.
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‘We are dying’: Gaza’s cancer patients plead for a way out
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‘We are dying’: Gaza’s cancer patients plead for a way out As World Cancer Day is marked on Wednesday, thousands of patients in Gaza face worsening illness, untreated pain and closed crossings – despite the limited opening of the vital route through Rafah this week.
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Department of Health and Social Care - Activity on GOV.UK
Guidance: Adult social care outcomes framework: handbook of definitions Sets out the technical detail of each adult social care outcomes framework (ASCOF) measure.
Department of Health and Social Care - Activity on GOV.UK
Guidance: User-led organisation training fund grant determination: 2026 to 2027 A grant determination letter outlining funding conditions and eligibility requirements to claim funding for user-led organisations in adult social care.
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Transparency data: PHE spend over £25,000: November 2019 Details of Public Health England transactions over £25,000 in November 2019.
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Asthma and COPD patients to receive better care closer to home Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients will receive better care closer to home under a landmark £10million partnership
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Policy paper: Neighbourhood health framework How ICBs, local authorities, health and wellbeing boards and other partners should create and deliver neighbourhood health services.
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Taskforce set up to deliver urgent action on maternity Members confirmed for new Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce chaired by the Health and Social Care Secretary to deliver improvements on maternity.
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Guidance: Respiratory disease: applying All Our Health Evidence and guidance to help healthcare professionals manage respiratory disease and maximise early diagnosis and treatment.
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Research: Health Profile for England: 2021 The fourth annual profile combining data and knowledge with information from other sources to give a broad picture of the health of people in England in 2021.
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Donna Ockenden appointed to chair Leeds maternity review Health Secretary Wes Streeting appoints Donna Ockenden to lead the independent review into Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust's maternity and neonatal service.
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Guidance: Child death overview panels: contacts Contact details of the people in child death overview panels (CDOPs) who are responsible for receiving child death notifications.

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