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China nominates health official Song Li as WHO head

A former WHO senior official said China may use the candidature as leverage to gain greater influence in the WHO by making sure there are more Chinese senior officials at the organisation.

WHO says cannot conduct full risk assessment on Russia plague reports

A security official wearing a face mask looks out from the door of an infectious diseases hospital in the town of Shelekhov - where an employee of the Irkutsk Antiplague Research Institute died - in the Irkutsk region of Russia on Oct 7.

China plans late entry into WHO leadership race, sources say

The WHO leads international efforts to combat disease and health crises such as the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

‘Nobody seems to care’: Russian city shrugs off plague reports

Some residents in Irkutsk questioned whether the laboratory worker had died of plague at all.

WHO says ‘low’ risk in Russia following plague reports

A view of the Medical Assistance and Rescue Centre, an infectious diseases hospital in the town of Shelekhov in the Irkutsk region of Russia on Oct 5.

What to know about plague after suspected Siberian lab worker case

The Medical Assistance and Rescue Centre, an infectious diseases hospital, in Russia’s Irkutsk region. A worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East died earlier in October of severe pneumonia.

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.

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