India TB Report 2020
<p>India accounts for nine per cent of all HIV-associated tuberculosis (TB) deaths in the world, the second-highest number globally. Around 9,700 people die every year among TB-HIV co-infected patients,
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COVID-19 In African Cities: Impacts, Responses and Policies
<p>COVID-19, a global pandemic declared by the World Health Organization (WHO), is crippling the global economy and upending people’s lives thereby threatening sustainable development across all
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Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report (2020)
<p>Despite accelerated progress over the past decade, the world will fall short of ensuring universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy by 2030 unless efforts are scaled up
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Marketing of breast milk substitutes: national implementation of the international code, status report 2020
<p>This report provides updated information on the status of implementing the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and subsequent relevant World Health Assembly (WHA) resolutions
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Nutrition during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa, Eastern Mediterranean and Arab Regions
<p>Governments and partners across the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) are acting to protect citizens from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). These crucial efforts will save many lives. However,
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Policy Brief: Impact of COVID-19 in Africa
<p>It is too early to know the full impact of COVID-19 on Africa. To date the experience has been varied. There are causes for concern, but also reasons for hope. Early estimates were pessimis­tic
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Spotlight on adolescent health and well-being
<p>A new report from the international Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study published by the WHO Regional Office for Europe on the health and social behaviours of schoolchildren aged 11,
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World Health Statistics 2020: Monitoring health for the SDGs
<p>The World Health Statistics 2020 summarizes recent trends in life expectancy and reports on progress towards the main health and health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and associated targets.
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The cost of inaction: COVID-19-related service disruptions could cause hundreds of thousands of extra deaths from HIV
<p>A modelling group convened by the World Health Organization and UNAIDS has estimated that if efforts are not made to mitigate and overcome interruptions in health services and supplies during the COVID-19
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Public Transport and Feeder Modes considering Social Distancing Norms
<p>Public transport which include buses and metro plays major role in people mobility in urban and rural areas of India. Presently, around 10 cities are having operational metro network with a total network