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• Five years after the pandemic, the world is poorly prepared for another one

  This winter, healthcare in much of the developed world has been hit by a combination of flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and COVID, leading to rising hospital admissions and deaths. We don't have real control of any of these diseases.

  

• WHO rolls out early retirement option to slash costs ahead of planned US exit

  The WHO, which typically receives about a fifth of its overall annual funding from the U.S., has been forced to freeze hiring and initiate budget cuts ever since President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal.

  

• WHO, Encephalitis International release technical brief on brain disease to deal with 'global threat'

  The brief detailed the global impact of encephalitis and outlines key measures needed to enhance prevention, surveillance, diagnostics, treatment, aftercare, awareness, and research innovation.

  

• Mpox still a health emergency, says WHO

  The WHO, which first declared the emergency in August last year, said its decision was based on the continuing rise in the number of mpox cases and the geographic spread of the outbreak.

  

• New cases of breast cancer could be up 38 pc by 2050 globally; related deaths by 68 pc: Study

  The findings, published in the journal Nature Medicine, showed that only seven countries meet the World Health Organization's goal of reducing mortality by 2.5 per cent a year, including Denmark, Switzerland and the Netherlands.

  

• WHO identifies encephalitis as increasing global threat, matter of urgent public health priority

  WHO and Encephalitis International urged policymakers, public health professionals, healthcare providers, and researchers to implement its recommendations to save lives and reduce disability associated with encephalitis.

  

• Indonesia launches $183 million free health screening to prevent early deaths

  The programme is initially targeting under-sixes and adults aged 18 and over, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin told Reuters last week.

  

• Threat of disease in DRC "multiplied" by conflict, WHO says

  Fighting between Rwandan-backed M23 rebels and Congolese armed forces has exacerbated an already "dire situation" for millions of people, Dr Boureima Hama Sambo, WHO representative for the DRC told reporters in Geneva via video link from the capital Kinshasa.

  

• Argentina says it will withdraw from the World Health Organization, echoing Trump

  The loss of another member country will further fracture cooperation in global health, though Argentina was expected to provide only about USD 8 million to WHO for the agency's estimated $6.9 billion 2024-2025 budget.

  

• WHO chief asks countries to push Washington to reconsider its withdrawal

  For 2024-2025, the U.S. is WHO's biggest donor by far, putting in an estimated $988 million, roughly 14per cent of WHO's $6.9 billion budget.

  

• Ugandan health authorities are set to begin an Ebola vaccine trial after new outbreak kills a nurse

  A range of scientists are developing research protocols relating to the planned deployment of more than 2,000 doses of a candidate vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola, said Pontiano Kaleebu, executive director of Uganda Virus Research Institute.