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Phото: who.int It is not true that the World Health Organization is killing children in Gaza. On the contrary, WHO representatives are constantly delivering medical and non-medical aid to Gaza, where hospitals have been demolished and conditions for medical treatment are dreadful. WHO collects donations for Gaza and relentlessly calls for a ceasefire in the region. WHO has representatives on...

Russia is still an active Member-State of both the World Health Organization and the World Trade Organization. The Russian Parliament has neither considered nor voted on an initiative to withdraw the membership from the two major global organizations, nor has such a thing been announced for the upcoming, writes Truthmeter.mk.   A post on the social network Facebook claims that Russia...

The vaccine is protecting against COVID-19 and life is easier with it. Last summer we didn't have any vaccines, and now when we do have them, there isn't much interest in them. What is very important now is that people should get vaccinated, including the children older than 12, says Dr. Aleksandar Stojanov, an epidemiologist and former Director at...

The Health Ministry and the Institute for Public Health of North Macedonia have opened the new Center for Epidemic Preparedness. The Center will provide centralized information in real-time, monitoring the situation, reporting, and providing advice about how to act in events and emergency situations related to public health. The need for this center was imposed by the COVID-19 epidemic. "Also,...

Not only the Government, but also the whole society has to take part in finding the contacts during the early phase, as this is the only way to be ahead of the virus. If this is not done, we shall experience an explosive situation and that will additionally damage the economy. Now is not the time to lower the...

The claim that North Macedonia has the highest death rate in the region is not correct. I know that North Macedonia is among the countries that are most transparent in sharing national numbers and statistics, said Jihane Tawilah, a representative of the World Health Organization in Macedonia for the Telma TV's show "Code". "We should be very careful when we...

The portal for promotion of critical thinking CriThink.mk warned that the Facebook page of the web portal Think.mk has published a disinformation with false claims about the behavior of the novel coronavirus which can lead to serious health consequences and further spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. These claims are contrary to the information published by the experts from the Ministry...

The World Health Organization (WHO) released the latest edition of its International Compendium of Diseases, adding “gaming disorder” and “hazardous gaming” to the updated version. According to WHO's definition, the disorder is characterized by a pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behaviour (‘digital gaming’ or ‘video-gaming’), which may be online (i.e., over the internet) or offline, manifested by "impaired control...