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New cases of leprosy are decreasing, but not at the anticipated rate. In order to accelerate the annual decline, countries should screen contacts and treat eligible contacts with single-dose rifampicin, as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) in its guidelines.

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Regions: India , Indonesia , Sri Lanka

Topics: Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues

This letter will focus largely on WHO’s efforts to address the double challenge of malaria & COVID-19. Our work in recent months has been carried out in close collaboration with country-based experts and global partners. We are very grateful to all of our partners for their ongoing commitment and contributions.

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Regions: Chad , China, France , Italy , Rwanda , Sierra Leone , United Kingdom

Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

Togo has received validation from the World Health Organization (WHO) for having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis or “sleeping sickness” as a public health problem, becoming the first country in Africa to reach this milestone.

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Regions: Ghana , Togo , United Kingdom

Topics: Global Health

Joint release by the World Health Organization, United for Global Mental Health and the World Federation for Mental Health

Mental health is one of the most neglected areas of public health. Close to 1 billion people are living with a mental disorder, 3 million people die every year from the harmful use of alcohol and one person dies every 40 seconds by suicide. And now, billions of people around the world have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which is having a furth

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Regions: Argentina, Peru , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

Meaningful youth engagement to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights  

Every day, young people are enriching institutions and processes at the local, national, and global levels.  

This year, the theme of International Youth Day is "Youth Engagement for Global Action

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Rome – More people are going hungry, an annual study by the United Nations has found. Tens of millions have joined the ranks of the chronically undernourished over the past five years, and countries around the world continue to struggle with multiple forms of malnutrition.

Strengthening accountability to end TB