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WHO job cuts threaten the global fight against air pollution

The World Health Organization is losing about 2,000 staff, or a quarter of its workforce, as humanitarian funding is cut. The reductions could weaken international work on air pollution and its major public-health consequences.

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WHO job cuts threaten the global fight against air pollution

Geneva

Geneva non-profit drugmakers unite as global health funding shrinks

Three Geneva-based non-profit drug developers are joining forces as funding for global health innovation comes under pressure. Their work includes treatments for malaria in newborns, hepatitis C and drug-resistant infections that commercial pharmaceutical companies have often neglected.

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Geneva non-profit drugmakers unite as global health funding shrinks

Ebola

Scientists race to develop vaccine as Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak grows

Researchers and global health organisations are accelerating human trials for a vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, amid warnings that the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo could expand rapidly.

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Scientists race to develop vaccine as Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak grows

healthcare

Novartis receives approval for breakthrough infant malaria drug

Swiss regulator greenlights Coartem Baby, marking significant advancement in treating malaria in infants weighing between two and five kilos

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Novartis receives approval for breakthrough infant malaria drug

health

Geneva-based WHO reveals one in six people worldwide affected by loneliness, with significant health and economic implications

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