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TGA secures WHO designation
TGA joins the European Medicines Agency and Health Canada among the world’s top medicines regulators Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration has been designated as a World Health Organization (WHO) Listed Authority (WLA). The listing ensures the regulator …
World news wrapup: 23 January 2025
USA to withdraw from WHO; Glasgow pharmacist found guilty of assault on patient; Walgreens Boots unlawful scripts allegations Geneva, Switzerland: The World Health Organization has expressed regret that the United …
WHO issues global warning on fake GLP-1 RAs
WHO Global Surveillance and Monitoring System observes increasing reports of “falsified semaglutide products in all geographic regions” The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a medical product alert related to …
Nine Coronavirus cases confirmed
The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak of novel Coronavirus to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern According to WHO figures from 30 January, more than 170 …
Polio on its way out
One strain of a vaccine preventable disease has been declared eradicated by world health experts On World Polio day on 24 October, an independent commission of experts concluded that wild …
20 million miss out
More than 10% of the world’s children are not being vaccinated against preventable diseases such as measles, diphtheria and tetanus, new data show The World Health Organization and UNICEF’s new …
Focusing on meds safety
Pharmacists are invited to contribute to a major new medication safety initiative The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care is seeking feedback on the draft of Australia’s …
Are Aussies drinking too much?
According to a WHO report, Australians are drinking at levels much higher than the global average and outside low-risk recommendations – especially men and boys The World Health Organization (WHO) …
Non-communicable disease targets won’t be met
The world is set to miss its lifestyle disease targets, according to a new report from the World Health Organization Unless there is serious change in the meantime, the global …
Bid to halve meds errors
The WHO aims to reduce medication errors by 50% worldwide within five years A new global initiative for error reduction was launched in Brisbane today, as part of a push …
Australia among most depressed, anxious countries in the world
More than 300 million people across the world are now living with depression – an increase of more than 18% over the past decade According to the latest estimates from …
The 12 priority pathogens that pose the greatest health risk
WHO today published its first list of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens” – a catalogue of 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health The list was drawn …