The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO)Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, today acknowledged difficulties in negotiating a global treaty for pandemic preparedness, and warned member countries that “future generations would not forgive” if it was not achieved. “I am concerned that Member States are not fulfilling their commitments, time is ticking and there are still […]
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WHO launches guide for ethical use of artificial intelligence in health
The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a guide with new ethical guidelines to promote and guarantee safe use in the healthcare field of large language models (LMM), a type of artificial intelligence (AI) generative in rapid development. Capable of generating texts and other predictive content from massive data processing, LMMs, like the controversial tool […]
Tobacco consumption falls in almost the entire world, according to the WHO
The number of adults who consume tobacco has been falling constantly in recent years in the world, reported on Tuesday the World Health Organization (WHO)although he warned that the tobacco industry is struggling to reverse the trend. In 2022, one in five adults worldwide were smokers or used other tobacco products, compared to one in […]
WHO alarmed by number of hungry patients in Gaza hospitals
The World Health Organization (WHO) sees with concern the number of hungry patients found in the hospitals of Loop. A mission led by the organization visited hospitals in the city on Saturday and delivered more than 19,000 liters of fuel to Al Chifa hospital, the largest in the country. palestinian territorywhich was besieged by israeli […]
WHO recommends increasing taxes on alcohol and sugary drinks
The member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) should increase taxes on the consumption of alcohol and sugary drinks, the United Nations health agency indicated today after publishing data on these tax measures and a guide of recommendations on the matter for governments. . According to these data, although 108 countries apply taxes on […]
China reaffirms that respiratory outbreaks are due to known pathogens
The health authorities of China reaffirmed, based on recent data obtained from case monitoring, that the high incidence of respiratory diseases in recent weeks it is due to known pathogens. The National Health Commission of the Asian country indicated in a press conference that it has not detected any infection due to new viruses or […]
How does climate change affect health?
He climate change It is a multiple and growing threat to the health human, to the point that COP28which begins on Thursday, will dedicate a day to this topic for the first time. “To avoid catastrophic health effects and prevent millions of deaths”it is necessary to limit the average increase in temperature on Earth to […]
China explains increase in respiratory diseases
The increase in respiratory diseases in China that has attracted the attention of the World Health Organization (WHO) is caused by the flu and other known pathogens and not by a new virus, the Health Ministry said on Sunday. Recent clusters of respiratory infections are caused by an overlap of common viruses such as influenza, […]
WHO decides to combat the “pandemic” of loneliness, a risk factor for global health
The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the creation of a commission of experts to promote global social connection and combat loneliness, which increasingly affects a greater number of people and is already considered one of the greatest risk factors for health in various age groups. The new Commission for Social Connection will be made […]
WHO and ILO warn that working in the sun causes one in three deaths from carcinoma
Almost one in three deaths from carcinomas (skin cancers that are not melanomas) are due to exposure to ultraviolet solar radiation during outdoor work, warns a study from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labor Organization (ILO). The joint study published today also finds that exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation is the third […]