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What do we know about Mpox and the current Outbreak?
The World Health Organisation has confirmed the first mpox case outside Africa has been found in a patient in Sweden.......
WHO and UN call to end human rights abuses in mental health care
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (UN) have jointly released a......
A New Weapon Against Malaria
In 2021, there were 247 million malaria cases globally, which led to 619,000 deaths in total. Ninety-five per cent of......
WHO declares Monkeypox to be a global health emergency
Yesterday, World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the growing monkeypox outbreak a global emergency. Given the sharp increase......
WHO’S First World Drowning Prevention Day
The 25th July 2021 marked the first World Drowning Prevention Day, established by the World Health Organisation and United Nations......
Torres Strait Health Concerns Raised Over Climate Change
While climate change has generated much spotlight over recent months, it appears its effects on Indigenous health has left the......
Ebola outbreak in Congo declared an international health emergency
Emerging again in Western Africa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ebola has made the second-largest outbreak in history. Although......