Tag: World Health Organization

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Vision problems affect 2.2 billion people, warns WHO

Geneva: The World Health Organization’s first report on vision warns that the excessive time children spend indoors is linked to an increase in eye conditions such as myopia. The report published on Tuesday has not linked these increasing problems directly to the use of smartphones or any other kind of screen, the Efe news reported. […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
WHO Calls For Strategy To Prevent A Suicide Every 40 Seconds

New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for developing and implementing strategies to prevent suicide and promote mental health. Ahead of the World Mental Health Day, to be observed on Thursday, Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia, said the region’s member states are taking important steps to address the issue. […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
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Ministry of Health launches 'Mission 2023'

New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched the ‘World Health Organization (WHO) India Country Cooperation Strategy 2019-2023: A Time of Transition programme in New Delhi. Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that the scheme begun in collaboration with the WHO will bring major changes in the health sector. He said that […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
WHO Launches Global Research Forum Against Coronavirus

Geneva: A two-day global research and innovation forum led by the World Health Organization (WHO) was launched here Tuesday to mobilise international action in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak. Co-hosted by the WHO and the Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness and funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the forum kicked off […]

  • Monday, 19 April 2021
Coronavirus Not Pandemic Yet, But World Should Be Ready: WHO

London: The World Health Organisation has said it is too early now to call the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic yet, but the world should do more to prepare for such an eventuality, reports said on Monday. The WHO said countries should be “in a phase of preparedness” for a pandemic, when an infectious disease spreads […]

  • Monday, 19 April 2021
COVID-19 At Decisive Point: WHO Chief

Geneva: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that the world is at a “decisive point” to tackle the coronavirus outbreak as new cases outside China have outnumbered the new cases reported in the Asian country. “We are at a decisive point,” Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organisation (WHO) was quoted as saying by Xinhua news […]

  • Monday, 19 April 2021
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COVID-19 outbreak at 'decisive point' as China toll now 2,788

Beijing/Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the coronavirus outbreak has reached a “decisive point” and has “pandemic potential” as the toll in China, the deadly disease’s country of origin, increased to 2,788 on Friday. “We are at a decisive point… For the past two days, the number of new cases reported in […]

  • Monday, 19 April 2021
WHO Raises COVID-19 Risk To 'Very High' At Global Level

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday raised the risk assessment of COVID-19 from ‘high’ to ‘very high’ at global level. “Our epidemiologists have been monitoring these developments continuously, and we have now increased our assessment of the risk of spread and the risk of impact of COVID-19 to very high at a global […]

  • Monday, 19 April 2021
WHO expects India to take aggressive action to combat COVID-19 pandemic
WHO expects India to take aggressive action to combat COVID-19 pandemic

Geneva: Praising India for eradicating two silent killers – Smallpox & Polio, World Health Organization (WHO) has backed India to take aggressive action against the global pandemic coronavirus or COVID-19 that has claimed over 16,000 lives across the globe so far. Speaking at a press conference on Monday, Michael J. Ryan, WHO Executive Director said the […]

  • Sunday, 18 April 2021
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COVID-19 Cases To Reach 1 Million In Next Few Days, Toll To Hit 50,000- WHO

Geneva: The chief of World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday said, within next few days, the world will see confirmed COVID-19 cases reach one million and the death toll climb to 50,000. “As we enter the fourth month since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, I am deeply concerned about the rapid escalation and global […]

  • Sunday, 18 April 2021
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Now, ICMR to go for Covid-19 therapeautic trial with WHO

New Delhi: India will participate in the WHO’s multi-country “solidarity trial” for developing potential treatments and drugs for COVID-19 (coronavirus), apex health research body Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Friday. The decision came as the country reported 2,547 cases of the coronavirus infection, including 62 deaths so far. “ICMR will collaborate with […]

  • Sunday, 18 April 2021
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COVID-19 crisis: UN chief defends WHO after Donald Trump threat

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres underscored the necessity of the World Health Organization (WHO) during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis in the face of a threat by US President Donald Trump to withhold funds for the UN agency. “The WHO, with thousands of its staff, is on the front lines, supporting member states and their […]

  • Sunday, 18 April 2021
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COVID-19 Outbreak: 'No Community Transmission In India', Admits WHO

New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) admitted that one of its reports had shown COVID-19 community transmission in India due to an error which has now been fixed. The Indian government has maintained that community transmission has not yet started in India. The WHO rectified the mistake in its latest situation report on COVID-19 […]

  • Sunday, 18 April 2021
No evidence suggests BCG vaccine can protect against COVID-19: WHO
No evidence suggests BCG vaccine can protect against COVID-19: WHO

Geneva: There is no evidence that the Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine, which is primarily used against tuberculosis, protects people against infection with the novel coronavirus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. The WHO, therefore, didn’t recommend BCG vaccination for the prevention of COVID-19 in the absence of evidence, according to its daily situation report on […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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US President Donald Trump Halts Funding To WHO

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced halting America’s funding of the World Health Organization while a review is being conducted to assess its role in “severely mismanaging and covering up” the spread of the deadly coronavirus. The novel coronavirus, which originated from Wuhan City of central China’s Hubei province in November, has so […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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