WHO calls for urgent efforts to bridge gaps by Covid-19

On World Health Day this year, WHO celebrates 75 years of improving public health and well-being in the South-East...

"Committed to prevent birth defects": WHO regional director

Globally, an estimated 8 million newborns are born with a birth defect every year. Nine out of every ten children...

Urgent, accelerated efforts needed for universal eye care: WHO

The World Health Organization has called for accelerated action to provide quality, affordable, integrated, and...

Whole-of-government, society key to universal health coverage:WHO

A whole-of-government, whole-of-society action is needed to protect, promote and support health and well-being,...

WHO reiterates commitment to achieve world free of AIDS threat

WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia, Poonam Khetrapal Singh informed that in the South-East Asia region alone,...

AMR will reduce global annual GDP by 3.8 pc by 2050: WHO

New global estimates show that in 2019, nearly 5 million human deaths worldwide were associated with bacterial AMR,...

India will soon introduce HPV vaccination: WHO

India will soon introduce the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health...

1.5 million deaths directly attributed to diabetes every year

According to Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia, around 422 million people have...

WHO expert on healthcare

New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked countries to recognize the...

"South-East Asia region making strides in universal eye care"

New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): As October 14 marks World Sight Day, World Health Organization Regional...

WHO regional director calls for intensified action

Geneva [Switzerland], October 10 (ANI): As October 10 marked World Mental Health Day, World Health Organization...

WHO calls for addressing unsafe medication practices

Geneva [Switzerland], September 17 (ANI): World Health Organization Regional Director Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh on...