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Uganda declares end of Ebola outbreak

STORY: Uganda declares end of Ebola outbreak DATELINE: Jan. 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:40 LOCATION: Kampala CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Kampala 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TEDROS ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS, WHO Director-General 3. various of healthcare workers caring for patients 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MATSHIDISO MOETI, WHO Regional Director for Africa 5. WHO staff talking to a healthcare worker 6. various of the healthcare worker unboxing supplies 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MATSHIDISO MOETI, WHO Regional Director for Africa 8. various of participants in a workshop STORYLINE: Uganda on Wednesday said the Ebola Sudan Virus outbreak in the country has ended after no new case was reported over a period of 42 days. The World Health Organization (WHO) requires that for a country to be declared Ebola-free, it should spend 42 days (two 21-day incubation cycles of the virus) without any new cases reported. Minister of Health Ruth Aceng made the announcement in the Central Region district of Mubende, which was

WHO official urges science-based, non-discriminatory COVID entry restrictions

STORY: WHO official urges science-based, non-discriminatory COVID entry restrictions DATELINE: Jan. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:54 LOCATION: Copenhagen CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the WHO Regional Office for Europe 2. various of street views in Copenhagen 3. SOUNDBITE (English): HANS KLUGE, WHO's regional director for Europe STORYLINE: A senior official of the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries to take science-based precautionary COVID-19 entry restrictions that are proportionate and non-discriminatory. Hans Kluge, WHO's regional director for Europe, made the appeal at a press conference in Copenhagen on Tuesday. SOUNDBITE (English): HANS KLUGE, WHO's regional director for Europe "Scientifically, there is no immediate threat for the European region at this point and time based on the information we have from China, because the (virus) variants which are circulating in China are those also circulating in Europe. We do acknowledge that a number of countries, based on the precaution

Hong Kong holds Asia Summit on Global Health

STORY: Hong Kong holds Asia Summit on Global Health DATELINE: Nov. 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the second Asia Summit on Global Health 2. SOUNDBITE (English): JOHN LEE, HKSAR chief executive 3. A shot of Zsuzsanna Jakab, deputy director-general of the World Health Organization STORYLINE: The second Asia Summit on Global Health, co-organized by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), kicked off on Thursday. Under the theme of "Charting a New Course in Healthcare through Collaboration," the two-day summit has brought together experts and industry people from around the world to discuss the latest trends and developments in the healthcare and medical fields online and offline. John Lee, chief executive of the HKSAR, said at the opening ceremony that innovation and technology are at the heart of the city's policy priorities and they are Hong Kong's drive to build colla

WHO Regional Committee for Europe convenes in Israel

STORY: WHO Regional Committee for Europe convenes in Israel DATELINE: Sept. 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: TEL AVIV, Israel CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. shots of Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, giving a report on the work of the WHO Regional Office for Europe 2. shots of WHO representatives 3. shots of WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus delivering his keynote speech 4. shots of Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaking 5. shots of Hans Henri P. Kluge speaking STORYLINE: The annual session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Europe kicked off in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv on Monday. The session, first held in person since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, is the premier meeting on public health in the European Region, discussing and endorsing regional policies, activities and financial plans to improve people's health and well-being, WHO noted. Representatives from 53 countries attended the meeting, according to WHO. Xinh

WHO, G20 members warn of potential "silent pandemic" from antimicrobial resistance

STORY: WHO, G20 members warn of potential "silent pandemic" from antimicrobial resistance DATELINE: Aug. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: BALI, Indonesia CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): HANAN BALKHY, Assistant Director-General for the AMR Division at the WHO 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DANTE HARBUWONO, Indonesian Vice Health Minister STORYLINE: The World Health Organization and the Group of 20 members warned on Wednesday at a meeting in Indonesia's Bali of a potential "silent pandemic" of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) triggered by overdosage of drugs and antibiotics. This meeting is a side event of the third G20 Health Working Group, which was held from Monday to Tuesday. The Lancet journal published in January said that drug-resistant infections killed 1.27 million people in 2019, more than HIV/AIDS (864,000 deaths) or malaria (643,000 deaths). Assistant Director-General for the AMR Division at the WHO Hanan Balkhy said a stronger health system is import

Spain confirms first monkeypox-related death

STORY: Spain confirms first monkeypox-related death DATELINE: July 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:54 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference of the Ministry of Health 2. various of the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom, at a press conference 3. various of people walking and patients at the entrance to the hospital in Barcelona 4. various of monkeypox researchers in a laboratory 5. various of monkeypox vaccine manufacturing 6. various of people walking around Barcelona STORYLINE: The Spanish Health Ministry on Friday confirmed the first death from monkeypox in the country. The news came less than a week after the World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global health emergency. Until now, 4,298 cases of the virus have been confirmed in Spain, and 120 people were admitted to the hospital for treatment, according to data collected by the National Epidemiological Surveillance Network (RENAVE). Of the total, only 64 were wome

Ghana confirms first two cases of Marburg virus disease

STORY: Ghana confirms first two cases of Marburg virus disease DATELINE: July 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:32 LOCATION: Accra CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of crowds in markets 2. various of people getting vaccinations 3. various of crowds in markets STORYLINE: Ghana has confirmed the country's first two cases of Marburg virus disease (MVD), the Ghana Health Service (GHS) said in a statement late Sunday. The confirmation came after samples from suspected infected individuals that had been sent to the Institute Pasteur in Dakar (IPD) tested positive for MVD. The GHS first announced the suspected infections on July 7, after identifying two persons who had met the case definition of acute hemorrhagic fever in Ghana's Ashanti Region. The samples from the individuals tested positive for MVD at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research. With assistance from the World Health Organization (WHO), the samples were forwarded to the IPD for further confirmation. "So far, 98 contacts have been identifi

Africa sees 63-pct jump in diseases spread from animals to people in last decade: WHO

STORY: Africa sees 63-pct jump in diseases spread from animals to people in last decade: WHO DATELINE: July 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:33 LOCATION: Brazzaville CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MATSHIDISO MOETI, WHO Regional Director for Africa 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MATSHIDISO MOETI, WHO Regional Director for Africa 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MATSHIDISO MOETI, WHO Regional Director for Africa STORYLINE: Africa is facing a growing risk of outbreaks caused by zoonotic pathogens, such as the monkeypox virus which originated in animals and then switched species and infected humans, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Thursday, noting a 63-percent increase in the number of zoonotic outbreaks in the region from 2012 to 2022 compared to the period from 2001 to 2011. According to the statement by the WHO regional office for Africa, citing a new WHO study, the African region has reported 1,843 substantiated public health events since 2001, 30 percent of which were zoonotic disease outbr

Tedros re-appointed as WHO chief

STORY: Tedros re-appointed as WHO chief DATELINE: May 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: GENEVA, Switzerland CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): TEDROS ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS, WHO Director-General STORYLINE: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the incumbent director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), was reappointed to a second five-year term by the 75th World Health Assembly (WHA) here on Tuesday. Elected to the post at the 70th WHA in May 2017, Tedros was the sole candidate this year. In his first remarks after his reelection, Tedros said he appreciated the WHO family for their hard work and thanked the WHO member states for their trust. SOUNDBITE (English): TEDROS ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS, WHO Director-General "We have already presented this. It's to promote health and keep people healthy. That should be at the center. Managing this should not be the center. Of course, people will be sick. That has to be managed, but we have to focus on promoting health. That's No.1. No.2, we have

Over two thirds of Africans exposed to virus which causes COVID-19: WHO

STORY: Over two thirds of Africans exposed to virus which causes COVID-19: WHO DATELINE: April 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Brazzaville CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the WHO regional office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo 2. SOUNDBITE (English): MATSHIDISO MOETI, WHO Regional Director for Africa 3. various of people getting vaccinated in Johannesburg, South Africa 4. various of airport in Johannesburg, South Africa 5. SOUNDBITE (English): MATSHIDISO MOETI, WHO Regional Director for Africa 6. various of aerial view of Nairobi, Kenya STORYLINE: Up to 65 percent of Africans have been infected by SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, a World Health Organization (WHO) analysis finds. The analysis revealed that the true number of infections on the continent could be as much as 97 times higher than the number of confirmed reported cases. This compares to the global average where the true number of infections is 16 times higher than the number of confirmed reported cases, according to

WHO declares western Pacific region polio-free

KYOTO, Japan - Shigeru Omi (C), regional director of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the western Pacific, declares the region free of the virus that causes polio at a one-day event in Kyoto on Oct. 29 in which more than 1,000 people from around the world participated.

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