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Dr. Dominic Dixon

Nigeria inundated by floods; UN steps up disease prevention efforts

With over 826,000 people affected by heavy flooding affecting most of Nigeria, humanitarian agencies continue to step up efforts to...

Dr. Dominic Dixon

WHO airlifts over 500 tons of essential medicines and medical supplies to Yemen

The World Health Organization (WHO) airlifted, through several shipments in August, over 500 tons of essential medicines and medical...

Dr. Dominic Dixon

Inactivity puts physical and mental health of more than 1.4 billion adults at risk | WHO

Insufficient physical activity is a leading risk factor for non-communicable disease, negatively impacting mental health and overall...

Dr. Dominic Dixon

DR Congo: Ebola outbreak spreads to eastern ‘no-go’ zone surrounded by rebels

Rebel violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is escalating inside the vast country’s Ebola-hit North Kivu province,...

Dr. Dominic Dixon

Combat against devastating effects of tobacco can only be won ‘if the UN stands united’

United Nations agencies must join forces at the policy level and refuse interference from tobacco companies in their programmes so the...

Dr. Dominic Dixon

Breastfeeding within an hour after birth is critical for saving newborn lives

An estimated 78 million babies – or three in five – are not breastfed within the first hour of life, putting them at higher risk of death...

Dr. Dominic Dixon

6 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT EBOLA

Find out how Ebola is transmitted, who is at risk of infections, what needs to be done to stop the chain of transmission and to stop an...

Dr. Dominic Dixon

Attack on Yemen's largest hospital raises risk of new cholera epidemic

A deadly attack on one of the last functioning hospitals in Yemen in the key port city of Hudaydah has put hundreds of thousands of...