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    More access to breastfeeding support could save 820,000 young lives annually, UN agencies say

    UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the attraction in a joint assertion to mark the beginning of World Breastfeeding Week, noticed yearly from 1-7 August. “When moms obtain the help they should breastfeed their infants, everybody advantages. Improving breastfeeding charges may save over 820,000 youngsters’s lives every year, […] More

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    Giving an antibiotic to all children under 5 in Africa would save lives, researchers say

    Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When UC San Francisco analysis confirmed that routinely treating youngsters in Sub-Saharan Africa with a standard antibiotic might scale back deaths in youngsters underneath 5, the World Health Organization (WHO) moved rapidly to advocate the remedy—however just for infants between 1 and 11 months previous. Now, UCSF researchers have proven that […] More

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    Heat claims more than 175,000 lives annually in Europe, latest data shows

    Across Europe, greater than 50 nations “are paying the final word value”, stated WHO Regional Director Dr. Hans Kluge, solely days since Earth recorded its warmest common temperature but, at 17.16 levels Celsius (62.89 Fahrenheit), and as exhausting summer season heatwaves hit throughout the northern hemisphere. Dr. Kluge stated that the three warmest years on […] More

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    Torrential rains claim nearly 200 lives across Pakistan since July 1: NDMA

    People passing by way of collected water on the highway throughout rain in Lahore. — APP Seven deaths reported throughout nation in previous 24 hours, confirms NDMA. Says 362 folks, together with 147 youngsters, injured in rain-related incidents. 1,559 homes partially, 734 absolutely broken within the devastating downpours. ISLAMABAD: At least 195 folks have been […] More

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    Ghotki bus accident claims eight lives

    Officers of Sindh Rangers are serving to in shifting a physique to a hospital in Ghotki on August 19, 2024. —Screengrab/ Reporter GHOTKI: A passenger bus collided with a trailer truck on Sukkur-Multan motorway early Monday morning, leaving at the least eight folks useless and 7 others wounded in Ghotki. The Motorway Police mentioned the […] More