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On average, the pandemic caused low-income countries to experience an average progress loss of 16.5% across all health indicators, whereas high-income countries have seen losses as low as 3%, the authors said.

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Comparitive cost effectiveness of forest regeneration methods for climate mitigation

Thu, 2024-07-25 11:27 — mike kraft

Cost-effectiveness of natural forest regeneration and plantations for climate mitigation | Nature Climate Change

Cost-effectiveness of natural forest regeneration and plantations for climate mitigation Nature Climate Change - It is important to understand the cost-effectiveness of natural regeneration and plantations, which are common reforestation methods for mitigation. The authors estimate and... Nature

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Mpox remains global health threat,WHO warns; Dengue persists in Caribbean

Fri, 2024-07-12 11:13 — mike kraft

WHO warns mpox remains global health threat The WHO warned Thursday that mpox remains a global health threat, voicing particular concern at a swelling outbreak of a new deadlier strain of mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Science X Medical Xpress

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The World Health Organization said it had received reports of cases from 26 countries in the past month alone....

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Gavi Includes Ebola, Meningitis, Rabies and Hepatitis B Vaccines in its Portfolio for high risk countries

Tue, 2024-06-25 12:24 — mike kraft

Gavi Includes Ebola, Meningitis, Rabies And Hepatitis B Vaccines In Its Portfolio - Health Policy Watch (healthpolicy-watch.news)

Gavi Includes Ebola, Meningitis, Rabies And Hepatitis B Vaccines In Its Portfolio - Health Policy Watch Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, announced last week that it will offer high risk countries the option of obtaining preventative Ebola vaccines, particularly for Health Policy Watch

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Dengue: Honduras declares health emergency as Central America enters peak dengue season

Mon, 2024-06-03 10:29 — mike kraft

Honduras declares health emergency as Central America starts peak dengue season | CNN Honduras has declared a national health emergency after reporting a rise in hospitalizations and deaths from dengue, the health ministry announced on Friday. Michael Rios CNN

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Migrants must be a focus of catch-up vaccination campaigns-- global health experts

Wed, 2024-05-29 10:02 — mike kraft

Migrants must be a focus of catch-up vaccination campaigns, warn global health experts

More needs to be done to ensure migrant communities are a key focus of receiving vital routine vaccinations to ensure health equity. That is according to Dr. Sally Hargreaves from St George's, University of London, whose research is published as part of the new migrant health Series in The Lancet Regional Health—Europe and is speaking at a World Health Assembly side event at The Geneva Health Forum.

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