Test Module 2

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

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched target product profiles to drive the rapid development of novel tuberculosis (TB) preventive treatment today. The target product profiles characterise the most important product attributes to be considered for developing the best suited TB prevention treatments in future.

One quarter of the global population is estimated to be infected with TB and are at greater risk of developing TB disease, especially those with weakened immunity. Treatment of T

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Regions: Canada , France , Italy , United Kingdom

Topics: Global Health

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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WHO and the Stop TB Partnership’s New Diagnostics Working Group (NDWG) launched today a framework for the evaluation of new tests for tuberculosis infection. The document provides details on study design, populations, reference standards, sample size calculation and data analysis to guide the future development of these tests.

Approximately a quarter of th

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Regions: Italy

Topics: Global Health

A software application has been developed to make it easier for healthcare workers and the public to get instant, real-time information on the estimated ten neglected tropical diseases of the skin (also known as SkinNTDs).

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Regions: France

Topics: Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation

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Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation

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Regions: United Kingdom

Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Science, Technology, and Innovation