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The World Health Organization (WHO) today designated the Digital Ethics Centre at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands as a WHO Collaborating Centre on artificial intelligence (AI) for health governance.
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Mashup Score: 8Liberia: A country and its capital are overwhelmed - 8 day(s) ago
When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. One year into the Ebola epidemic. January 2015 When the virus entered Monrovia, the outbreak’s calm start turned into an illusion. CHAPTER 5 – Liberia’s first two cases of Ebola, in the Foya district of Lofa county near the border with Guinea, were confirmed on 30 March 2014. On 2 April, an infected traveller from Lofa passed through Monrovia, the country’s capital, but was not known to have transmitted the
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This is happening in the capital city Kampala, which has almost 2 million residents. When EBOV hit Monrovia in 2015 it started off calm, then was horrific. 1000s died, health care overwhelmed, bodies lay in the streets. Ebolaviruses in cities are bad news. https://t.co/HJr0KtsVa5
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Mashup Score: 51World leaders gather to reduce road deaths, boost road safety - 25 day(s) ago
Leaders, ministers and officials from over 100 countries are set to advance commitments and actions to strengthen road safety worldwide at the Fourth Global Ministerial Conference on Road safety that will be hosted by the Kingdom Morocco and the World Health Organization (WHO] in Marrakech this week.Leaders are set to endorse the ‘Marrakech Declaration on Global Road Safety’ which urges countries to make road safety a political priority and boost actions to achieve the goal of halving global road deaths by 2030 as set out in the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030 and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Road crashes kill nearly 1.2 million people each year, which is more than two deaths every minute. Road crashes cost most countries around 3 to 5 per cent of their gross domestic product (GDP) and transport accounts for around a quarter of the world’s harmful greenhouse gas emissions.“Road safety is a priority for people, planet and prosperity. It underpins individu
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#DYK❓ Road crashes take more than two lives every minute—over 3,200 every day! They are the leading cause of death for kids and young adults aged 5 to 29. Read how countries are strengthening #RoadSafety 👉 https://t.co/qMvr9PWhzg https://t.co/QRSLtk3Zyb
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Worldwide, there were an estimated 10.3 million cases of measles in 2023, a 20% increase from 2022, according to new estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC).
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#Measles cases are on the rise globally. ↗️ More than 10 million people globally were infected with measles in 2023, a 20% increase from the previous year. Low vaccination rates are driving the surge in cases. https://t.co/mwIS9XxmDy https://t.co/U8QbS3lEKo
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Mashup Score: 304International Condom Day - 30 day(s) ago
Join WHO, communities, and partners worldwide in celebrating International Condom Day 2025 on 13 February! Condoms remain a trusted and highly effective option for triple protection: preventing HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and unplanned pregnancies.
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Condoms prevent most sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) prevents HIV but not other sexually transmitted infections. Choose both for maximum protection! https://t.co/Yduj6UBJjU https://t.co/wAmahleNIl
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Mashup Score: 304International Condom Day - 30 day(s) ago
Join WHO, communities, and partners worldwide in celebrating International Condom Day 2025 on 13 February! Condoms remain a trusted and highly effective option for triple protection: preventing HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and unplanned pregnancies.
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Condoms prevent most sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) prevents HIV but not other sexually transmitted infections. Choose both for maximum protection! https://t.co/Yduj6UBJjU https://t.co/wAmahleNIl
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Mashup Score: 84Contraception - 30 day(s) ago
Contraception
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Correct and consistent use of a condom means you can enjoy sex while: 🤰🏾 preventing unplanned pregnancy, 🛡️ preventing HIV and other sexually transmitted infections https://t.co/wsUCVBzJrO #InternationalCondomsDay https://t.co/XZXnZIAPK9
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Mashup Score: 304International Condom Day - 1 month(s) ago
Join WHO, communities, and partners worldwide in celebrating International Condom Day 2025 on 13 February! Condoms remain a trusted and highly effective option for triple protection: preventing HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and unplanned pregnancies.
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Condoms prevent most sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) prevents HIV but not other sexually transmitted infections. Choose both for maximum protection! https://t.co/Yduj6UBJjU https://t.co/wAmahleNIl
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Mashup Score: 412Anaemia - 1 month(s) ago
WHO fact sheet on anaemia, including definitions, symptoms, causes, treatments and WHO response.
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Tips to prevent #anaemia: Choose foods rich in iron, folate, vitamin A and B12. Learn more 👉https://t.co/XDo6lZ4VjX https://t.co/VnQYPNFFg4
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Mashup Score: 6Measles - 1 month(s) ago
Measles remains one of the leading causes of death among young children globally, despite the availability of a safe and effective vaccine.
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A big problem with Twitter is that extreme anti-vaxx activists with paid blue checks spout utter garbage & their followers lap it up/promote it In 2022, measles killed about 136,000 people, most of whom were unvaccinated or under-vaccinated kids under 5 https://t.co/Zji3YbX9fb https://t.co/zbEZDpnm7W
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.@WHO announces new collaborating centre on #AI for #healthcare governance https://t.co/k9NeyokiDh