75th World Health Assembly to focus on “Health for Peace, Peace for Health” for recovery and renewal Geneva/ New Delhi 18th May 2022: In a world threatened by conflict, inequities, the climate crisis and pandemics, the Seventy-fifth session of the World Health Assembly will stress the importance of building a …
Read More »WHO recommended two new drugs to treat COVID-19
The drugs add to an expanding toolbox for COVID-19 treatment COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines: In its latest COVID guidelines, WHO ‘strongly recommends’ the Baricitinib antibody treatment for critical patients. New Delhi/ Geneva 14 January 2021 | The world Health Organization (WHO) has recommended two new drugs for COVID-19, providing yet more …
Read More »Antibiotic resistance: A safe and easy process to produce antimicrobial agents
New Delhi, Dec 14: A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)-Bhopal, has developed a safe and easy procedure to produce silver nanomaterials that can be used as antimicrobial agents. What is Antibiotic resistance? Antibiotic resistance is a serious condition in which bacteria and …
Read More »More than half a billion people pushed or pushed further into extreme poverty due to health care costs
Monitoring universal health coverage – WHO COVID-19 pandemic disrupts health services worldwide DUBAI/GENEVA/WASHINGTON DC — 12 December 2021 — New evidence compiled by the World Health Organization and the World Bank shows that the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to halt two decades of global progress towards Universal Health Coverage. The …
Read More »When people with HIV can live normal lives then why 680,000 AIDS deaths in 2020?
When we know how to prevent HIV transmission, and how to keep every person living with HIV healthy, then how can one fathom the deaths of at least 680,000 people due to AIDS-related illnesses in 2020 worldwide? And how can one explain, at least 1.5 million new HIV infections occurring …
Read More »WHO’s World Patient Safety Day Goals 2021 promote safe maternal and newborn practices
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 around the world to adopt a set of 5 World Patient Safety Day Goals 2021 …
Read More »Call for experts to join Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens
Deadline extended to 17 September (from 10 September) New Delhi/Geneva 11th September 2021: The World Health Organization (WHO) extended today to 17th September (previously set for 10th September) an open call for experts to serve as members of the new WHO Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens …
Read More »Know whether WHO has announced the COVID-19 Compensation Lottery Prize?
Fraudulent “COVID-19 Compensation Lottery Prize” scam, falsely alleges association with WHO and others WHO Alert on “COVID-19 Compensation Lottery Prize” scam New Delhi-11th August 2021–The World Health Organization (WHO) has been made aware of correspondences being circulated by scammers (acting under the name of Capital Finance, Inc. London), falsely notifying …
Read More »COVID-19 booster strategy as Delta multiplies, highlights ‘disappointing inequality’: WHO
Geneva 12th July 2021. The COVID-19 Delta variant is travelling around the world at a “scorching pace” driving a new spike in cases and deaths, but it’s exposing a ‘hugely uneven and inequitable’ global gap in vaccine supply, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. Who …
Read More »Interleukin-6 antagonists improve outcomes in hospitalised COVID-19 patients
New Delhi, 07th July 2021: Findings from a study published on 6 July 2021 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) have prompted new World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations to use interleukin-6 antagonists in patients with severe or critical COVID-19 along with corticosteroids. A trial done on 11,000 …
Read More »WHO issues new guidance for research on genetically modified mosquitoes to fight malaria and other vector-borne diseases
Geneva, 20th May – New guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) sets essential standards to inform future research and development on genetically modified mosquitoes, particularly in addressing issues relating to ethics, safety, affordability and effectiveness. More than 40Lakhs people a year die from malaria alone. Malaria and other vector-borne …
Read More »Unless we end inequities, we will fail to achieve Health For All
Special article for World Health Day “Everyone is trying to apply the human rights lens. But unfortunately, on key matters of equity, a lot of many communities right now are in the rear-view mirror and not being observed through the lens of equity and human rights. This pandemic is uneven …
Read More »WHO recommends continued use of AstraZeneca vaccines amid blood clot fears
New Delhi, 18th March 2021. The World Health Organization (WHO) stated that it still recommended the use of the AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine as its benefits outweigh its risks. Full text of the “WHO statement on AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine safety signals” is as follows “Some countries in the European Union have …
Read More »World leaders, celebrities to join WHO’s Big Event for Mental Health on 10 October
Geneva, Switzerland, 1 October 2020: On 10 October, World Mental Health Day, world leaders and internationally-recognized celebrities and mental health advocates will come together for the World Health Organization’s Big Event for Mental Health. WHO’s first-ever online advocacy event for mental health will focus on the urgent need to address the world’s …
Read More »COVID-19 pandemic: Countries urged to take stronger action to stop the spread of harmful information
New York, 23rd September 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) together with the UN, specialised agencies and partners today called on countries to develop and implement action plans to promote the timely dissemination of science-based information and prevent the spread of false information while respecting freedom of expression. WHO held …
Read More »WHO and UNICEF recommit to accelerating health and well-being at all ages
The two organizations collaborated to provide high-impact health, immunization, nutrition, HIV and early child development interventions, as well as safe water and sanitation services in every region of the world, including in fragile and conflict settings.
Read More »WHO calls for global action on sepsis – cause of 1 in 5 deaths worldwide
Geneva, 8 September 2020: The World Health Organization’s first global report on sepsis finds that the effort to tackle millions of deaths and disabilities due to sepsis is hampered by serious gaps in knowledge, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. According to recent studies, sepsis kills 11 million people each …
Read More »World Mental Health Day: An opportunity to kick-start a massive scale-up in investment in mental health
Geneva, 27 August 2020 – Mental health is one of the most neglected areas of public health. Close to 1 billion people are living with a mental disorder, 3 million people die every year from the harmful use of alcohol and one person dies every 40 seconds by suicide. And …
Read More »Globally, 30% of women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner: WHO’s data is gruesome
FIFA, European Commission and World Health Organization launch #SafeHome campaign to support those at risk from domestic violence Geneva 26th May 2020. FIFA, WHO, and the European Commission have joined forces, to launch the #SafeHome campaign to support women and children at risk of domestic violence. The campaign is a …
Read More »WHO and International Olympic Committee team up to improve health through sport
Geneva, 16 May 2020: The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today signed an agreement to work together to promote health through sport and physical activity. “I am pleased to formalize this longstanding partnership with the International Olympic Committee,” said Dr Tedros Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO …
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