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Injuries and violence cause 12,000 deaths worldwide each day: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
As reflected in a new WHO report, Preventing injuries and violence: an overview, 3 of the top 5 causes of death among people aged 5-29 years are injury-related, namely road traffic injuries, homicide and suicide.
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MoS Health Pawar vouches for AMR to be recognized as global health threat
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Union Minister of State for Health, Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar on Thursday highlighted that Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR) is a silent and invisible pandemic and said that AMR should be recognized as a global health threat at the third global high-level conference held in Muscat, Oman.
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Three candidate Ebola vaccines in Uganda to be shipped next week: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Uganda is going through a major outbreak of the deadly disease, and there have been 141 confirmed cases to date, and 22 probable cases, the UN News reported.
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WHO advises immediate skin-to-skin contact for babies born prematurely
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In a statement, the WHO said guidelines advise that skin-to-skin contact with a caregiver - known as kangaroo mother care - should start immediately after birth, without any initial period in an incubator.
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WHO Chief expresses gratitude to PM Modi for collaboration on building glo
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed gratitude to PM Modi for collaborating with WHO on building the global traditional health centre.
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Demonic tendencies making society hollow, says UP CM Yogi Adityanath
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 5 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that demonic tendencies are making the society hollow and promoting anarchy.
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WHO expresses concern over wave of diseases, deaths post floods in Pakista
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 18 (ANI): The World Health Organization on Saturday expressed deep concerns about the potential for a "second disaster in Pakistan: a wave of diseases and deaths" following the unprecedented floods caused by climate change, that have engulfed over 1,500 lives
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COVID deaths lowest since March 2020, end of pandemic in sight: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 15 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Wednesday said that the number of weekly reported deaths from COVID-19 last week plunged to its lowest since March 2020 and added that the end of the pandemic is now in sight.
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After six months of war, Ukraine's life-saving health system prepares for
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 25 (ANI): At the six-month mark of the war in Ukraine, the country's badly affected but still-resilient health system is taking stock of lessons learned in providing life-saving care with the support of WHO and partners as it prepares for a challenging winter ahe
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UP Government schools' "Aadhaarshila" lab will prepare children for the di
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 22 (ANI/GPRC): For the students attending government schools in the district Meerut, a unique lab called "Aadharshila" that is equipped with technology, science, mathematics and space has been created to execute the National Education Policy-2020's coun
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Indonesia announces its first case of Monkeypox
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], August 20 (ANI): Amid a global rise in Monkeypox cases, Indonesia announced its first case of the viral disease on Saturday.
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We cannot pretend COVID-19 is not here, says WHO Chief
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 18 (ANI): With a surge in deaths due to coronavirus, World Health Organization Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on said "we cannot pretend it's not there."
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