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...

WHO urges 'accelerated measures' against measles in SE Asia

The WHO has called on all the nations in South-East Asia to take urgent and accelerated measures against measles.

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,...

WHO launches regional forum for phc-oriented health system

The World Health Organisation South-East Asia Region and partners on Tuesday launched the South-East Asia Regional...

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...