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How games can inform, educate and raise awareness

Using fun elements such as challenges, goals and rewards, games are playing a significant role in learning, lifestyle management and disease awareness.

The battle to reduce road deaths

In the move to a more sustainable and safer future, tackling road accident injuries and fatalities will require a more concerted effort.

The ‘scamdemic’ affecting everyone

Cyber scams are rising globally, targeting the vulnerable, especially youth. Understanding tactics and regional efforts is key to a safer cyberspace.

HMPV is a silent threat to respiratory health

HMPV infections can look like other lung illnesses and it can be hard to make a correct diagnosis.

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Could mpox become established in the Indo-Pacific?

While the Indo-Pacific has been one of the regions least affected by mpox in the past, that could change if the virus spreads unchecked.

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Could bird flu lead to the next pandemic?

The first case of H5N1 bird flu was reported in Australia this week. Is the world prepared for what could lead to the next pandemic?

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Welcome to a brave new world of therapeutics

The field of RNA therapeutics has expanded incredibly over the last 30 years, and mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines are just the start.

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Video: Infectious disease control, elimination and eradication: what’s the difference?

Eradicating an infectious disease is a lofty goal and not possible for every disease. Controlling or eliminating a disease can be the targets countries aim for.

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How do you eliminate or eradicate an infectious disease?

Public health experts are looking beyond controlling diseases to see whether they can be eliminated locally or eradicated entirely.

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Targeting infectious diseases

Global cooperation, resources and sustained efforts are crucial in the fight against infectious diseases.

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Here’s how to control, eliminate or eradicate diseases

Combining lessons learnt from past outbreaks and the opportunities afforded by new technologies will give the world its best chance of controlling diseases.

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Would eradicating smallpox be possible today?

The World Health Organization declared smallpox eradicated in 1980. But would a similar eradication of the disease be possible today?

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Bat scan could insure against future pandemics

Even mismatched vaccines could confer some immunity against related coronaviruses. To prepare for the next pandemic, the world could build a vaccine library.

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Vaccines beyond COVID

For WHO Immunisation Week, we explore what could drive the next great leap forward on vaccines.

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How games can inform, educate and raise awareness

The battle to reduce road deaths

The ‘scamdemic’ affecting everyone

HMPV is a silent threat to respiratory health

Could mpox become established in the Indo-Pacific?

Could bird flu lead to the next pandemic?

Welcome to a brave new world of therapeutics

Video: Infectious disease control, elimination and eradication: what’s the difference?

How do you eliminate or eradicate an infectious disease?

Targeting infectious diseases

Here’s how to control, eliminate or eradicate diseases

Would eradicating smallpox be possible today?

Bat scan could insure against future pandemics

Vaccines beyond COVID

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