Now playing Next Health Developing countries get free access to Spanish COVID testing tech Spain's public medical research body and the World Health Organization struck a deal that could make COVID testing cheaper and more accessible for poorer nations. 24/11/2021
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Now playing Next Health COVID-19 pandemic 'far from over', warns WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned there will be more pandemics in the future. 25/10/2021
Now playing Next world news 'No way to sugarcoat this': Vaccine equity still way off, WHO says High-income countries have administered 133 vaccine doses per 100 people vs just four doses per 100 population in low-income countries. 21/10/2021
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Now playing Next Health Nipah virus could cause a deadly COVID-scale pandemic. But what is it? The Nipah virus has a 40 per cent to 75 per cent mortality rate and there is no treatment or vaccine. 15/10/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom Long COVID now has an official WHO clinical definition In September, there were more than one million people living in the UK who reported they were suffering from long COVID. 09/10/2021
Now playing Next Health WHO recommends world's first malaria vaccine for African children WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called it a "historic moment". 06/10/2021
Now playing Next Health COVID: EMA backs 3rd vaccine dose for people with weak immune systems The EMA has advised people with "severely weakened immune systems" to get a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID vaccines. 05/10/2021
Now playing Next Green News Air pollution is worse than we thought - but there's hope of a fix How can the new Global Air Quality Guidelines help countries tackle both air pollution and climate change? 24/09/2021
Now playing Next Health WHO suspends Sputnik V approval process over 'manufacturing' concerns A regional WHO official said one manufacturing plant for the vaccine had failed to meet the necessary standards. 16/09/2021
Now playing Next Switzerland WHO chief will 'continue to call for vaccine equity until we get it' Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus appealed again for drug companies to prioritise the UN-backed COVAX initiative designed to share vaccines globally. 14/09/2021
Now playing Next world news Vulnerable can get 3rd jab as Europe face 'worrying' COVID surge: WHO A further 236,000 people could lose their lives to the pandemic across Europe by December 1, the World Health Organization confirmed. 30/08/2021
Now playing Next Health Are COVID-19 vaccines safe for pregnant women? Euronews Next spoke to the World Health Organization to find out the impact of COVID vaccines on pregnant women, fertility and periods. 27/08/2021
Now playing Next world news WHO calls for COVID booster jab moratorium until the end of September The head of the UN agency stressed that "hundreds of millions" worldwide are still waiting for their first dose. 04/08/2021
Now playing Next world news Delta variant of COVID-19 now dominant in Europe, says WHO The World Health Organization has said that the Delta variant of COVID-19 is now dominant in much of the European Region and has urged governments to step up vaccination programmes. 23/07/2021
