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LONDON, April 6 (Reuters) - Cuts to aid budgets are threatening to undermine years of progress in reducing the number of women dying during pregnancy and childbirth, and could lead to a rise in deaths, the United Nations has warned.

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U.S. budget cuts are hitting measles vaccination and other disease prevention programs the hardest-- Study

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Measles Vaccination, Disease Surveillance And Labs Hit Hardest By US Budget Cuts - Health Policy Watch Cuts to global immunisation budgets are hitting measles vaccine coverage, disease surveillance, laboratory networks and outbreak response the hardest, Health Policy Watch

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TB cases continue to rise in the U.S. and Europe

Submitted by mike kraft on Mon, 2025-03-24 17:10

Tuberculosis cases in the US rose to their highest levels in more than a dozen years Tuberculosis continued to rise again in the U.S. last year, reaching its highest levels in more than a dozen years. AP News

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TB: WHO calls for urgent action to make up for cuts in anti-TB funding

Submitted by mike kraft on Fri, 2025-03-21 11:02

WHO calls for urgent action to address worldwide disruptions in tuberculosis services putting millions of lives at risk On the occasion on World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, marked on 24 March, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for an urgent investment of resources to protect and maintain tuberculosis (TB) care and support services for people in need acro

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Major Investments Are Key To Preventing Climate Displacement-- UN report

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2025-03-19 12:34

Major Investments Are Key To Preventing Climate Displacement, Says UN While developed countries fret about an 'influx' of climate refugees, developing countries are already grappling with the realities of climate displacement. Frey Lindsay Forbes

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Record temperatuires last year accelerated rise in sea levels and approach to key warming threshold --U.N.

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2025-03-19 10:22

Record 2024 temperatures accelerate ice loss, rise in sea levels, UN weather body says

SINGAPORE, March 19 (Reuters) - Record greenhouse gas levels helped bring temperatures to an all-time high in 2024, accelerating glacier and sea ice loss, raising sea levels and edging the world closer to a key warming threshold, the U.N. weather body said on Wednesday.

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