Worldwide, 1 in 4 women are victims of domestic violence before the age of 50.
© ShutterstockThe figure is chilling, nonetheless: according to a recent study conducted jointly by researchers from McGill University (in Canada) ...
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One in 6 people worldwide suffer from infertility, WHO warns
© ShutterstockA major public health problem in all countries and all regions of the world. Qualified byWorld Health Organization as ...
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Nearly 67 million children deprived of vaccines worldwide because of Covid-19, worries UNICEF
© ShutterstockBetween 2019 and 2021, almost 67 million children worldwide have not been vaccinatedtotally or partially, alerts Unicef in a ...
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Depression: 300 million sufferers worldwide
© ThinkstockNew figures from the World Health Organization (WHO) have just come out: worldwide, 300 million people suffer from depression. ...
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Violence kills 1.6 million people a year worldwide
The World Violence Prevention Report 2014 published by the WHO focuses on interpersonal violence. She understands the child abuse, youth ...
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Drowning: 42 deaths every hour worldwide
© iStockYoung men and children under 5 are the first victims of drowning according to a WHO report which has ...
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Top 100 worldwide sales. How are the French classified?
Neck and neck, the Peugeot 208 and Renault Clio are the best-selling French cars in the world. But they are ...
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Suicide: 1 person dies every 40 seconds worldwide
Suicide has thus become a "major public health problem which must be tackled imperatively, without further delay", according to the ...
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Multiple sclerosis: 2.3 million patients worldwide
© HuntstockNumber of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients in the world has continued to increase (10% over the past five years) ...
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1 suicide every 40 seconds worldwide
© Thinkstock10,000: the number of people who voluntarily give up life each year in France. This corresponds to approximately 25 ...
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More than 300 million people are affected by rare diseases worldwide
© GettyImagesFor the first time, a study makes it possible to estimate the number of people affected by rare diseases ...
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Surge in measles cases worldwide
© Getty picturesEpidemics of measles continue to rage globally. The latest preliminary reports provided to the WHO paint a worrying ...
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A quarter of adults worldwide are too sedentary
© Getty picturesNearly one in four adults do not move enough. This represents 28% of the world's adult population, or ...
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Measles on the rise worldwide
© Getty picturesThe number of cases of measles soared in 2017 compared to 2016, according to a report by the ...
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Measles cases have jumped 300% worldwide this year
© Getty ImagesThe figures are still provisional and incomplete, but bear witness to a worrying situation. The cases of measles ...
Read moreDepression: 300 million sufferers worldwide
© ThinkstockNew figures from the World Health Organization (WHO) have just come out: worldwide, 300 million people suffer from depression. ...
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One in four deaths worldwide linked to environmental causes
© fotoliaThe numbers are chilling. Nearly a quarter of deaths worldwide are linked to an environmental cause, estimates the World ...
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Ebola: already more than 5,100 dead worldwide
The latest update from the World Health Organization (WHO) on the Ebola virus presents a mixed picture of the fight ...
Read moreViolence kills 1.6 million people a year worldwide
The World Violence Prevention Report 2014 published by the WHO focuses on interpersonal violence. She understands the child abuse, youth ...
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World IBD Day: 10 million patients worldwide
© Getty ImagesThis Sunday, May 19, 2019 is World IBD Day. IBD, kezako? Inflammatory bowel diseases affect 10 million people ...
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Pneumonia, a disease that kills two children every minute worldwide
© Thinkstock"Fighting for breath" is the name of the latest report from the humanitarian association Save The Children, published on ...
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Heart disease: the leading cause of death worldwide
© iStockPhotoThe World Health Organization has just published its report on leading causes of death in the world in 2011. ...
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The 2008 crisis responsible for 500,000 cancer deaths worldwide
© istockHalf a million people have died from a Cancer the aftermath of the 2008 economic crisis. Massive unemployment and ...
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The environment kills 1.7 million children worldwide
© iStockPhotos1.7 million child deaths worldwide are attributable to the environment. This is the alarming observation made by the World ...
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2 million women are mothers before the age of 15 worldwide
© iStock2 million mothers had their children under the age of 15. This alarming conclusion is echoed by the United ...
Read moreMultiple sclerosis: 2.3 million sufferers worldwide
© HuntstockNumber of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) worldwide has steadily increased (10% in the last five years) and now ...
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1 in 11 adults worldwide have diabetes
© iStockPhotosThe data published in the 8th edition of theDiabetes Atlas from the International Diabetes Federation confirm that the disease ...
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Air pollution kills 3 million people every year worldwide
September 12, 2016. Pollution kills millions of people every year. This is the conclusion of a recent study, which shows ...
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Tobacco and hypertension associated with 57% of deaths worldwide
© ThinkstockBetween 1990 and 2013, deaths due to preventable factors such asarterial hypertension where the tobacco increased by 23% and ...
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High blood pressure: more than half of people affected worldwide do not take treatment
While high blood pressure kills 8.5 million people worldwide each year, a WHO-funded study conducted by Imperial College London finds ...
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