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A collaborative approach between nephrologists and gastroenterologists led to improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis C virus across 31 dialysis facilities in Changhua County, Taiwan.

Researchers have been exploring the use of genetically modified mosquitos as a potential control method for vector-borne diseases.

Efforts to end HIV, viral hepatitis and STIs by 2030 were off-track even before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, according to a new report.

The 12th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was declared over Monday following 12 confirmed cases and six deaths, according to the WHO’s Regional Office for Africa.

As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues worldwide, WHO marked World Immunization Week with the theme “vaccines bring us closer.”

None of the 43 traditional antibiotics in the clinical pipeline that target WHO priority pathogens, Clostridioides difficile or tuberculosis sufficiently addresses drug resistance, according to a new report.

The World Council of Optometry announced that it will continue its relationship with WHO into 2023, with an objective to “promote policies and strategies derived from the decisions of governing bodies” of WHO.

The last patients from the ongoing Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Guinea were discharged from care this week, initiating the countdown to declaring the outbreaks over, WHO said.

Newly reported study findings offered support for a recent WHO guideline recommending dolutegravir plus two nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors as preferred second-line therapy for HIV, a researcher said.

El Salvador became the first Central American country and 38th country globally to eliminate malaria, the Pan American Health Organization announced.