Globally one in eight people today are migrants: WHO

Climate change, rising inequality, conflicts, trade, and population growth are accelerating these trends. The health...

3 candidate Ebola vaccines in Uganda to be shipped next week: WHO

Uganda is going through a major outbreak of the deadly disease, and there have been 141 confirmed cases to date, and...

'Skin-to-skin contact for babies born prematurely needed'

In a statement, the WHO said guidelines advise that skin-to-skin contact with a caregiver - known as kangaroo mother...

WHO Chief expresses gratitude to PM Modi

WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed gratitude to PM Modi for collaborating with WHO on building the...

WHO releases first data on global vaccine market since COVID-19

Approximately 16 billion vaccine doses, worth USD 141 billion, were supplied in 2021, almost three times the 2019...

Health must be front, centre in COP27 climate change talks: WHO

WHO believes the conference must conclude with progress on the four key goals of mitigation, adaptation, financing...

WHO concerned over wave of diseases, deaths after Pak floods

Islamabad [Pakistan], September 18 (ANI): The World Health Organization on Saturday expressed deep concerns about...

COVID deaths lowest since March 2020: WHO

Geneva [Switzerland], September 15 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Wednesday...

Ukraine's life-saving health system prepares for winter

Geneva [Switzerland], August 25 (ANI): At the six-month mark of the war in Ukraine, the country's badly affected but...

Indonesia registers first Monkeypox case

Jakarta [Indonesia], August 20 (ANI): Amid a global rise in Monkeypox cases, Indonesia announced its first case of...

We cannot pretend COVID-19 is gone, says WHO Chief

Geneva [Switzerland], August 18 (ANI): With a surge in deaths due to coronavirus, World Health Organization Chief...

WHO says Monkeypox vaccines efficacy below 100 per cent

Geneva [Switzerland], August 18 (ANI): Vaccines against monkeypox are not 100 per cent effective and that is why,...