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WHO and IOC team up to improve health through sport
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 17 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Saturday signed an agreement to work together to promote health through sport and physical activity.
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Risk of return to COVID-19 lockdowns real unless states lift restrictions
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 6 (Sputnik/ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday that risk of returning to lockdowns amid the COVID-19 pandemic is real if countries do not lift restrictions carefully and gradually.
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Combating COVID-19: WHO to hold emergency committee meeting on Thursday
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 29 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) will convene an emergency meeting on coronavirus on Thursday, said its Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday.
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WHO chief urges Europe to ease COVID-19 containment measures with caution
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 28 (ANI): The European countries must find, isolate, test and treat all cases of COVID-19 while easing their containment measures, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday (local time).
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WHO launches 'landmark' collaboration to develop COVID-19 drug, vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 24 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday launched a 'landmark' international collaboration to accelerate the development of a vaccine for COVID-19, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
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Deepika Padukone's talk session on mental health with WHO put on hold
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): Days after announcing her collaboration with the World Health Organization for a talk on the issue of prioritisation of mental health during coronavirus pandemic, actor Deepika Padukone on Wednesday night said that the session has been put on hold due to "u
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WHO chief calls on US to reconsider funding freeze
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 23 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday (local time) called on the United States to reconsider its decision to freeze funding to the organization, and hoped that the country will once again support WHO's work and
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Over 81,000 COVID-19 cases reported worldwide in last 24 hours: WHO
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 20 (ANI): A further 81,153 people have tested positive for the coronavirus disease over the preceding 24 hours, taking the overall number of cases confirmed since the start of the outbreak above 2.24 million, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Sunday
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WHO chief hails India's step to engage in polio surveillance network to fi
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 16 (ANI): WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday appreciated India's collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the systematic engagement of polio surveillance network across the country to fight against coronavirus.
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Trump's decision to suspend funding for WHO comes under criticism
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 15 (ANI): Russia's permanent representative to the UN office in Geneva on Wednesday criticised the US decision to suspend funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO), saying that such steps do "significant damage" to the international organisation that has play
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Regret US President's decision to order halt in funding to WHO: D-G Tedros
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 15 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) has regretted the decision of US President Donald Trump to order stopping the funding to the UN's global health body.
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COVID-19 ten times deadlier than swine flu: WHO
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 14 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday (local time) warned that the COVID-19, which originated in China's Wuhan last year, is 10 times deadlier than the swine flu.
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