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Gaza: 160,000 more children vaccinated against polio in southern Gaza
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Gaza: 160,000 more children vaccinated against polio in southern Gaza More than 160,000 children were vaccinated in southern Gaza on Thursday, the first day of a polio vaccination campaign there, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said on Friday.
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Mpox: Equitable vaccine access crucial for Global South
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Mpox: Equitable vaccine access crucial for Global South As African countries grapple with a deadly mpox outbreak, the UN independent expert on the right to health on Friday stressed that equitable access to vaccines is crucial in the race to save lives.
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Gaza: Polio vaccination campaign moves to southern areas
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Gaza: Polio vaccination campaign moves to southern areas The second phase of a two-round campaign to vaccinate over half a million young children in Gaza against polio began in Khan Younis on Thursday, the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said in a post on the social ...
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Gaza: Disease and war stalk children, despite vaccine success
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Gaza: Disease and war stalk children, despite vaccine success In Gaza, despite the success of the mass polio vaccination campaign so far, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday that the very children they are trying to protect have been blighted by disease and heavily traumatized by ongoing fighting.
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WHO reports 71 per cent rise in cholera deaths last year
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WHO reports 71 per cent rise in cholera deaths last year The number of deaths caused by cholera is on the rise, according to global cholera statistics for 2023 published by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday. 
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Gaza: UN humanitarians ahead of polio vaccination target
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Gaza: UN humanitarians ahead of polio vaccination target The UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that 161,030 children under 10 have been vaccinated in central Gaza during the first two days of the UN-led mass vaccination campaign, surpassing the initial target of 156,000. The figure amounts to ...
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‘Major milestone’ immunization campaign begins in DPR Korea
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‘Major milestone’ immunization campaign begins in DPR Korea More than 800,000 children and 120,000 pregnant women will be vaccinated in a nationwide campaign launched on Monday by the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) with the support of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
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WHO guidance takes aim at ‘antibiotic pollution’ from manufacturing labs
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WHO guidance takes aim at ‘antibiotic pollution’ from manufacturing labs The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday issued its first-ever guidance aimed at curbing antibiotic pollution from manufacturing. 
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Between fear and hope, Gazans line up in their thousands to protect their children from...
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Between fear and hope, Gazans line up in their thousands to protect their children from... If the UN-led polio vaccination campaign currently underway in Gaza is to be successful in halting the spread of a virus that has resurfaced in the Strip after 25 years, 90 per cent of children under the age of 10 ...
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UN officials repeat calls for peace as Gaza polio vaccinations gets underway
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UN officials repeat calls for peace as Gaza polio vaccinations gets underway The first phase of a UN-led polio vaccination campaign has begun in the middle areas of Gaza. The operation aims to inoculate 600,000 children in the coming days.
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Department of Health and Social Care - Activity on GOV.UK
Transparency data: DHSC: ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings, January to March 2024 Data on gifts that ministers gave and received, their external meetings and any overseas travel.
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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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Independent report: NHS Pay Review Body Thirty-Seventh Report: 2024 Recommendations from the NHS Pay Review Body on the pay of NHS staff paid on Agenda for Change terms and conditions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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Guidance: Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017: guidance Guidance on the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017 for employers and health professionals who carry out medical radiological procedures.
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Research: Opiate and crack cocaine use: prevalence estimates by local area Estimates of the number of opiate and crack cocaine users in local areas.
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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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Transparency data: DHSC: special advisers' gifts, hospitality and meetings, January to March 2024 Data on gifts and hospitality received by special advisers, and meetings they attended with senior media figures.
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Guidance: Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib): revised recommendations for the prevention of secondary cases These guidelines on the prevention of secondary cases have been developed following a review of the epidemiology of invasive Hib disease.
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Consultation outcome: Standard adult ready-to-drink oral nutritional supplements: ACBS policy We want your views on changes being proposed to Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances (ACBS) policy about standard adult ready-to-drink oral nutritional supplements listed in part XV of the Drug Tariff.
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Transparency data: NHS injury costs recovery scheme: April 2024 to March 2025 Data on the funds collected by the Compensation Recovery Unit and funds paid to the NHS.

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