House-to-house polio vaccination set to recommence across Afghanistan in November KABUL/AMMAN/KATHMANDU, 18 October 2021 – WHO and UNICEF welcome the decision by the Taliban leadership supporting the resumption of house-to-house polio vaccination across Afghanistan. The…
WHO welcomed the addition of another therapeutic to the world’s arsenal against COVID-19, but… Geneva, 24 September 2021 – The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomed the addition of another therapeutic to the world’s arsenal against…
Why is Patient Safety important? World patient safety day theme 2021. World safety day 2021 date. Geneva, 16 September 2021 – The World Health Organization is calling on healthcare facility managers, leaders and health workers…
New Delhi/Geneva. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for innovative health technologies that can help countries improve health outcomes by providing shortcuts to solutions despite a lack of infrastructure and resources. However, many of…
Kabul/Cairo, 30 August 2021 – A plane carrying WHO medicines and health supplies landed in Afghanistan today, 30 August, at 12:25 pm local time. The first shipment of medical supplies to Afghanistan since the country…
KABUL/CAIRO/KATHMANDU,22 August 2021: “As humanitarian needs in Afghanistan increase, the abilities to respond to those needs are rapidly declining. WHO and UNICEF call for immediate and unimpeded access to deliver medicines and other lifesaving supplies…
Call for experts to join Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens Issued on: 20 August – Deadline: 10 September: New Delhi, 21st August 2021: The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday issued an…
The people of Afghanistan need support and solidarity today more than ever: Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari 18 August 2021, Cairo, Egypt — After the Taliban’s occupation of Afghanistan, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that…
Ebola vaccination in Cote d’Ivoire health workers and first responders in Abidjan Abidjan/Brazzaville, 17 August 2021 – Cote d’Ivoire has launched Ebola vaccination of high-risk populations, including health workers and first responders in Abidjan, where…
West Africa’s first-ever case of Marburg virus disease confirmed in Guinea The WHO informed that Marburg, which is in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola, was reported in Guinea’s Gueckedou. Is the…
FIFA launches Reach Out campaign for better mental health #Depression affects more than 260 million people in the world while around half of all #mentalhealth conditions start by age 14. Geneva 2 August 2021: FIFA…
Ten steps to successful breastfeeding New Delhi, 02nd August 2021. World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) launched the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) to help motivate facilities providing maternity and newborn services…
The variant’s spread, along with increased social mobility and the inconsistent use of proven public health measures, is driving an increase in both case numbers and deaths, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO)…
Latest estimates reveal that 3 in 10 people worldwide could not wash their hands with soap and water at home during the COVID-19 pandemic Geneva/New York 1 July 2021. Billions of people around the world…
WHO issues first global report on AI in health and 6 guiding principles for its design and use The growing use of Artificial Intelligence for health presents governments, providers, and communities with opportunities and challenges…
The first WHO World Local Production Forum organized New Delhi, 26 June 2021 : The first WHO World Local Production Forum ended yesterday after five days of discussions centered on promoting quality and sustainable local…
Govt. of India in collaboration with WHO has developed M-Yoga Mobile App PM Modi launched ‘WHO M-Yoga’ App New Delhi 21 JUN 2021: The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi launched the ‘WHO M-Yoga’ App…
Vidya Bhushan Rawat The second wave of Coronavirus has stuck hard in India particularly states such as Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar-Pradesh and Delhi have seen an alarming rise in the cases and the governments…
Younger women among those most at risk: WHO Report on Violence against women GENEVA/ NEW YORK — 9 March 2021 — Violence against women remains devastatingly pervasive and starts alarmingly young, shows new data from…
Hearing technology, such as hearing aids and cochlear implants, when accompanied by appropriate support services and rehabilitative therapy are effective and cost-effective and can benefit children and adults alike.
