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World witnessing unexpected emergence of Monkeypox: WHO's Dr Poonam Khetra
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): Dr Poonam Khetrapal, Regional Director of the World Health Organization South-East Asia Region on Monday said that the world is witnessing an unexpected emergence of Monkeypox.
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Rapidly spreading Monkeypox cases is matter of concern: WHO's Dr Poonam Kh
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Expressing concern over rapidly spreading cases of Monkeypox, the first Indian elected as Regional Director of World Health Organization South-East Asia Region said that with cases concentrated among men who have sex with men, it is possible to curtail fu
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WHO's Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh congratulates India for administering over
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): First Indian elected as Regional Director of World Health Organization (WHO)'s South-East Asia Region, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh on Sunday congratulated India for setting a 'new record' by administering two billion vaccine doses within months.
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Greater efforts needed to get routine immunization back to pre-COVID-19 ti
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): The World Health Organization on Saturday called for greater efforts in the South-East Asia Region to revive routine immunization rates to pre-COVID-19.
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South-East Asia on 'alert' for monkeypox: WHO Regional Director
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 15 (ANI): WHO South-East Asia Regional Director Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh said that the region has been on alert for monkeypox and that nations have been taking steps to diagnose it quickly and prevent its spread.
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India confirms first case of monkeypox in WHO South-East Asia Region
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 15 (ANI): The first case of monkeypox in WHO South-East Asia Region has been reported from India, in a 35-year old man who arrived from the Middle East earlier this week.
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World Blood Donor Day: WHO urges blood donors to 'Join the effort' to save
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): To mark World Blood Donor Day, WHO has urged potential blood donors in the South-East Asia Region and across the world to "join the effort" to save lives, improve health and advance health equity by making regular, voluntary, unpaid blood donations.
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Book on elimination of infectious diseases in South-East Asia launched
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): To mark the World Environment Day this year, a book titled 'Elimination of Infectious Diseases from the South-East Asia Region Keeping the Promise' was launched at a virtual event on Monday.
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WHO hopes Jamnagar traditional medicine facility boosts global wellbeing
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): As India is set to establish WHO Global Centre for traditional medicine in Gujarat's Jamnagar, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia Region, on Tuesday said that it will be a hub of excellence which will help deliver safe, effect
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Global Centre for traditional medicine in India could be game-changer: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): With India set to establish WHO Global Centre for traditional medicine in Jamnagar, Gujarat, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia Region has called it a "game-changer."
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Urgently address gaps in cancer care: WHO
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 4 (ANI): Noting the increasing burden of cancer despite 30 per cent to 50 per cent of the cases being preventable, the World Health Organization today called on countries in South-East Asia Region to prioritize measures to reduce risk, detect and diagnose early an
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Take all measures to prevent further spread of Omicron, cautions WHO
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): With seven countries in South-East Asia Region confirming cases of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday emphasized on urgent scale-up of public health and social measures to curtail its further spread.
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