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    New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children’s Fund UNICEF, reveal signs of immunisation services rebounding in some countries, but coverage still falls short of pre-pandemic levels, particularly in low-income countries, putting children at grave risk of disease outbreaks.

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    • “For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, HPV vaccination coverage has surpassed pre-pandemic levels. HPV vaccination programmes that began pre-pandemic reached the same number of girls in 2022 as in 2019” https://t.co/1If4o2NkgL

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    While no longer a global emergency, COVID-19’s long-term effects alongside such other threats as mpox and seasonal heat waves may challenge Europe through the summer months, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) regional office warned on Tuesday.

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    • 6/27/23 WHO: ‘Long COVID’ may obstruct return to normal life for 36 million Europeans https://t.co/MX7lOIv4JX 1 in 30 Europeans may still be finding it hard to return to “normal life” because of Long COVID. https://t.co/vLuOGAIq7E

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    Prospects for a robust global economic recovery remain dim as the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic carry on, according to the UN’s latest World Economic Situation and Prospects report, released on Tuesday.

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    • “the growth rate is still well below the average growth rate in the two decades before the pandemic, of 3.1 per cent” https://t.co/4ZDSiSEfpH

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    A new World Health Organization (WHO) report on obesity levels in Europe released on Wednesday, shows that roughly one in three primary school-aged children is living with obesity or are overweight, and this is only set to rise further.

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    • Obesity had been a #US problem but the same environmental, societal, and #food issues have spread globally. Now 33% of children are #overweight in the European region: ⁦@WHO⁩ report | ⁦@UN⁩ News https://t.co/kfnAlPJGBw

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    The head of the UN World Health Organization on Thursday spoke out forcefully against “misinformation on social media and in the mainstream media” which has falsely alleged that a new global pandemic accord being negotiated, would allow the WHO to override national sovereignty relating to a future outbreak.

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    • “No country will cede any sovereignty to WHO” – @DrTedros WHO chief warns against misinformation over global pandemic accord https://t.co/anetEQavdW via @WHO #ScienceUpFirst

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    In Trinidad and Tobago, some performers have been tapping into traditional art forms ahead of the carnival on February 20-21 to encourage their communities to continue following COVID-19 health protocols as the country lifts restrictions on public gatherings.

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    • “Over 4300 died from the disease and the economy which is largely based on oil and gas production suffered as demand for fuel plummeted during the global lockdown.” https://t.co/gggQfyGO7X

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    The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has unveiled plans to speed up the licensing and use of effective novel vaccines against tuberculosis (TB), the second leading infectious killer after COVID-19 and the 13th leading cause of death worldwide.

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    • “The challenges presented by TB and COVID-19 are different, but the ingredients that accelerate science, research and innovation are the same” https://t.co/lmd7mDQu9M

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    Although virus sequencing is vital to detect and track new variants in the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing this information must be stepped up globally, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday in Geneva.

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    • “Since the peak of the Omicron wave, the number of sequences being shared has dropped by more than 90 per cent, and the number of countries sharing sequences has fallen by a third,” https://t.co/O4uxBgLAfe