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Feb 2020

World Health Organisation warns of uncertain future for children

The United Nations agency say children are being put at risk through climate change, under-age drinking and harmful advertising encouraging fast-food consumption. Although the UK was ranked amongst the top ten countries in the world for the overall health and wellbeing of children, it fell behind in safeguarding the environment for their future. The report…

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11
Feb 2020

WHO warns that global rates of cancer are set to soar by 60% in next twenty years if rates of HPV, hepatitis and smoking do not decline

In a new report, The World Health Organisation have warned that the world could see a 60 per cent rise in cases of cancer over the next two decades, driven by persistently high rates of hepatitis, smoking and HPV, with 80 per cent of these expected to be diagnosed in low-income countries. Around 90 per…

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