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Finding affordable and effective ways to cool people has become a primary focus as cities around the world experience record-breaking temperatures. Heatwaves are one of the most severe natural disasters, having claimed the lives of almost 166 000 people between 1998 and 2017, and their frequency and intensity are increasing.

Scope and Focus The Covid-19 Vaccination Card has been the second ID that we need to have, carry, and show wherever we go since the pandemic. It is the new norm, and we are unsure how long we will need to have it with us. This project scope is to build an End-to-end…

Heh, heh. Monkeypox has changed its name. I have never started a column with an interjection. I suppose there is a first time for everything; though there is nothing new under the sun. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. Particularly to the disaffected. This will be, mercifully for some, mercilessly for…

Each year, the World Health Assembly (WHA) brings together Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) to decide on the WHO’s future trajectory and how decision-makers around the world can work together to tackle the world’s most pressing global health challenges. — During this year’s convening — the Assembly’s 75th — the stakes were higher than ever. Heads of state, ministers of health, and global health leaders came together in-person for the first time in three years to discuss, among other key global health issues, how to strengthen health emergencies preparedness and…

Mohammed Hassan gets really excited about garbage. On a recent visit to Omar Ibn Khatab Primary Health Centre in Khartoum, Sudan, the World Health Organization (WHO) infection prevention and control (IPC) specialist watched as a health worker carefully donned protective gear and threw away medical waste in a special blue…

We have not finished dealing with one virus, and another one comes along. Monkeypox, a usually mild cousin of the deadly smallpox virus, has been around since 1958. However, until now, it was mostly endemic in Africa. Now, like everything these days, it has become a global menace. According to…

“June and July last year we recorded as high as 20–30 cases of malaria per day.” Richard, a clinician at Kabonwuli CHPS explains “ We’re now seeing 5 cases per day, some days, recently, there are no cases.” …