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Life expectancy almost back to pre-Covid-19 pandemic levels, says WHO

The coronavirus crisis plunged global life expectancy down to 71.5 years in 2021.

Indonesia’s Health Minister Budi Sadikin hopes to be first South-east Asian chief at WHO

Indonesian Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin is the only South-east Asian among six publicly known candidates vying to be the next WHO director-general.

Singapore aims to help WHO get new vaccines approved during global crises: Ong Ye Kung

Pointing to Covid-19, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said that the approval process for new vaccines could become a bottleneck as they all had to be certified by WHO.

WHO flags growing health workforce gap as doctors and patients age

By 2030, 67 countries will lack sufficient staffing to maintain the standards of medical treatment they currently enjoy.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Sept 10, 2026

A plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky landing in Gardermoen, Norway, on Sept 8. Zelensky’s plane was almost hit by a drone when taking off from Moldova, said Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store.

Ex-Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina’s daughter resigns as WHO regional head after fraud allegations

Saima Wazed (left), who has resigned as WHO’s South-east Asia regional director, is the daughter of ousted Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

Singapore-based research network appointed WHO collaborating centre for clinical trials

Mo Yin, director of Advancing Clinical Evidence in Infectious Diseases, speaking at a ceremony officially announcing the WHO appointment on Aug 31.

WHO says Congo Ebola outbreak can still be brought under control within three months

WHO said earlier in August that reversing Ebola’s spread would be possible within a three-month period, but since then there have been signs that it has worsened.

WHO defends immunisation schedules after Trump orders fewer childhood shots

US President Donald Trump signs an executive order calling for more research and flexibility on vaccines.

WHO pleads for more support to tackle Ebola outbreak

There have been 3,802 confirmed cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including 1,707 deaths.

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