The World Health Organization announced on Friday that it had given prequalification approval to a malaria treatment for newborns and infants for the first time. Artemether-lumefantrine is the first antimalarial formulation designed specifically for the youngest victims of the mosquito-borne disease. “The prequalification designation indicates that the medicine meets international standards of quality, safety and efficacy,” the WHO said in a statement. Up to now, infants have been treated with...
Dr. Bharti has been included as an independent expert of neglected zoonotic diseases in the 18 membered oversight committee
Evacuations will remain suspended until further notice, WHO says, adding that the incident is under investigation.
Israel's military says troops fired at a vehicle driven by the Palestinian because they believed it posed "an immediate threat".
WHO driver Majdi Aslan was killed and a WHO doctor wounded, along with several other Palestinians.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says 'multiple attacks' on Iranian healthcare facilities have been reported.