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WHO: People living longer, healthier lives but COVID-19 threatens to throw progress off track

All over the world, the COVID-19 pandemic is causing significant loss of life, disrupting livelihoods, and threatening the recent advances in health and progress towards global development goals highlighted in ...

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COVID-19

WHO launches the WHO Academy and WHO Info mobile apps to support COVID-19 response

WHO announces the launch of the WHO Academy app designed to support health workers during COVID-19, and the WHO Info app designed to inform the general public. Today, the WHO Academy, World Health Organization’...

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Coronavirus grim reality: UN report projects world economy will shrink by 3.2%

In its World Economic Situation and Prospect (WESP) report update, launched on Wednesday, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) said that as of mid-2020, the gross domestic product (GDP) in de...