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Oct. 3, 2024, 1:32 PM ET (AP)
Rwanda's Marburg fever deaths rise to 11 as its source is being investigated
Sep. 30, 2024, 7:11 AM ET (AP)
Rwanda reports 8 deaths linked to Ebola-like Marburg virus days after it declared an outbreak
Sep. 29, 2024, 9:09 AM ET (AP)
Hospital clowns bring joy to young Ukrainian cancer patients who survived Russian missile attack
Sep. 26, 2024, 10:01 PM ET (AP)
Sudan military offensive sparks new fighting in Khartoum as cholera outbreak worsens
Sep. 19, 2024, 8:53 PM ET (AP)
Rwanda begins vaccinations against mpox amid a call for more doses for Africa
World Health Organization (WHO), specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) established in 1948 to further international cooperation for improved public health conditions. Although it inherited specific tasks relating to epidemic control, quarantine measures, and drug standardization from the Health Organization of the League of Nations (set up in 1923) and the International Office of Public Health at Paris (established in 1907), WHO was given a broad mandate under its constitution to promote the attainment of “the highest possible level of health” by all peoples. WHO defines health positively as “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and ...(100 of 798 words)