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chronic diseases

September 10, 2025

Child obesity level surpasses underweight cases worldwide: UNICEF

Obesity has surpassed underweight as the most common form of malnutrition among school-age children and adolescents worldwide for the first time in history.

Obesity
November 5, 2024

Over 100 patients to be evacuated from Gaza: WHO

The organisation said the patients would be evacuated on Wednesday in a rare transfer out of the war-ravaged enclave.

Explosion at a Gaza hospital
June 26, 2024

2.6 million people die annually of alcohol, drug abuse, says WHO

“The death rates due to alcohol consumption per litre of alcohol consumed are highest in low-income countries and lowest in high-income countries.’’

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