Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health has confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in the South Ethiopia Region, the first of its kind in the country, following laboratory testing of samples from a cluster of suspected cases of viral haemorrhagic fever, a World Health Organisation statement said.
Diabetes poses a significant economic threat to the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO) region and could cost $1.5 Trillion by 2050, a new study indicates.
World Health Organization (WHO) and global partners are calling for the protection of people’s health to be recognised as the most powerful driver of climate action, as a new global report warns that overreliance on fossil fuels and failure to adapt to a heating world are having a devastating toll on human health.
