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          A man is treated for a suspected cholera infection at a hospital in Sanaa on July 1, 2017. Hani Mohammed / AP Photo

          Yemen cholera epidemic slowing after infecting 400,000

          July 25, 2017
          yemeni cholera patients receive treatment at a hospital in Sanaa on June 22, 2017. Yahya Arhab / EPA

          Yemen now has biggest cholera crisis in the world, says UN

          WorldJune 25, 2017
          A health worker administers polio drops to a child in Karachi. Asim Hafeez/The National

          On community and compassion in the fight against polio

          OpinionJune 21, 2017
          A Yemeni family receives Thalassaemia medication at a pharmacy in Sanaa on March 2, 2016. Mohammed Huwais / AFP Photo

          WHO sent expired medicines to Taez, say Yemen health officials

          WorldJune 01, 2017
          A Yemeni woman buys food at a market in the old city of Sanaa, Yemen, on May 19, 2017. The conflict-plagued Arab country is facing an acute cholera outbreak which has killed at least 242 in the past three weeks. Yahya Arhab / EPA

          Yemen coping with nearly 23,500 cholera cases, 242 deaths in three weeks: WHO

          WorldMay 19, 2017
          An old man infected with cholera lies on a bed at a hospital in Sanaa on May 12, 2017. Mohamed Al Sayaghi / Reuters

          115 dead as Yemen cholera outbreak spreads

          WorldMay 14, 2017
          Cholera-infected Yemenis receive treatment at a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen on May 8, 2017. According to the World Health Organisation, more than 1,300 cases of cholera have been reported since April 27, 2017. Yahya Arhab/EPA

          Cholera outbreak in Yemen kills 34

          WorldMay 09, 2017

          Ten people catch Mers after outbreak in Saudi hospital: WHO

          WorldApril 04, 2017
          Parents have been urged to get their children vaccinated after an outbreak of measles in Europe. Joe Raedle / Getty Images

          Low risk of measles if children vaccinated

          HealthMarch 30, 2017
          An Indian boy wearing a face mask cycles in smog, one day after the Diwali festival, in New Delhi, India, on October 31, 2016. According to a news report, hundreds of people faced breathing problem and poor visibility due to heavy smog after fireworks set off during the Diwali festival in Delhi have worsened the pollution problem. Rajat Gupta/EPA

          India capital chokes on toxic smog after Diwali

          WorldOctober 31, 2016
          It is important to be prescribed the right kind of antibiotics. Amoxicillin, a type of penicillin, will treat different bacteria to ciprofloxacin, a variety of the fluoroquinolone antibiotic. Getty Images/Science Photo Library

          The urgent need ‘to change the way we prescribe and use antibiotics’

          WellbeingOctober 16, 2016
          The World Health Organization, in a statement timed for World Obesity Day, has recommended that countries use tax policy to increase the price of sugary drinks like fizzy drinks, sport drinks and even 100 per cent fruit juices. Seth Perlman, File/AP Photo

          WHO recommends increasing price of sugary drinks to fight obesity and diabetes

          WorldOctober 11, 2016

          Fears of ageing may cause earlier death: UN

          WorldSeptember 29, 2016
          A woman wears a mask as she rides her bicycle along a street near Tiananmen Square in Beijing. AFP

          ‘Public health emergency’ as WHO says more than 90 per cent of world breathing bad air

          WorldSeptember 27, 2016
          Millions of children have received vaccines, including against polio, pictured, in the schemes run by the UAE. Credit / WAM

          Millions get polio jab thanks to UAE

          HealthSeptember 25, 2016
          Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan have a new lofty goal: to cure, manage or eradicate all disease by the end of this century. Jeff Chiu / AP Photo

          The UN should focus on health

          OpinionSeptember 24, 2016
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