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WHO South-East Asia region marks '16 Days of Activism against Violence aga
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh highlighted that almost 1 in 3 women worldwide experiences physical and/or sexual violence in her lifetime.
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World Mental Health Day: Mental Health is a Universal Human Right says WHO
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia, Poonam Khetrapal on Tuesday said that this year's theme of the World Mental Health Day, Mental Health is a Universal Human Right, calls for WHO, Member States and partners to accelerate efforts in mental health in a human-rights based approach.
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India taking steps to eliminate trans-fatty acids from national food suppl
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh has said India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Thailand have taken steps to eliminate trans-fatty acids from their national food supplies, potentially benefiting over 1.7 billion people.
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WHO South-East Asia region member countries adopt Gandhinagar declaration
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Regional Director WHO South-East Asia, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh in her address to a ministerial meeting ‘Sustain, Accelerate, and Innovate to end TB in the South-East Asia Region’ on Thursday said: “Today, urgent action is needed more than ever to achieve our goal of a region free of tuberc
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WHO congratulates India on becoming 1st country to regulate anti-tobacco w
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
On World No Tobacco Day on May 31, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya released OTT guidelines for the regulation of online depiction of tobacco products in online curated content.
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WHO lauds Sri Lanka's efforts on trans fat to prevent premature deaths fro
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The World Health Organization on Tuesday lauded Sri Lanka for enacting legislation on trans-fat to protect health and prevent premature deaths from coronary heart disease.
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Scaling up of efforts needed to prevent, detect, control hypertension: WHO
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
"Hypertension is often called a 'silent killer' as many people are unaware of their problem which if left untreated, can lead to disability, poor quality of life or even a deadly heart attack or stroke," said Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia Region, adding th
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Bangladesh eliminates lymphatic filariasis: WHO
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis, occurs when filarial parasites are transmitted to humans through mosquito bites.
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World Malaria Day 2023: Time to deliver zero malaria, says WHO
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
To commemorate World Malaria Day 2023, World Health Organization has urged the countries affected by the disease globally to accelerate the reach of high-impact tools and strategies to prevent, detect and treat malaria, with a focus on reaching the most vulnerable, ensuring that no person or
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On World Birth Defects Day, WHO reaffirms commitment to prevent, control b
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Globally, an estimated 8 million newborns are born with a birth defect every year. Nine out of every ten children born with a serious birth defect are in low- and middle-income countries. The most common severe birth defects are heart defects, neural tube defects and Down syndrome, but there
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Urgent and accelerated efforts needed for universal eye coverage, vision f
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The World Health Organization has called for accelerated action to provide quality, affordable, integrated, and people-centred eye care for everyone, in order to address the increase in vision impairment and blindness in the WHO South-East Asia Region.
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Cervical Cancer Elimination Day of Action: India will soon introduce HPV v
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
India will soon introduce the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem, said Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for South-East Asia.
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