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COVID-19 crisis exacerbates the global shortage of 900,000 midwives
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India]/ New York [US], May 6 (ANI/NewsVoir): Millions of lives of women and newborns are lost, and millions more experience ill health or injury, because the needs of pregnant women and skills of midwives are not recognized or prioritized.
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WHO chief welcomes US support for temporary waiver on intellectual propert
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 6 (ANI): WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has praised the commitment shown by Joe Biden's administration to support the temporary waiver of intellectual property on COVID-19 vaccines.
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Monumental moment in fight against COVID-19, says WHO chief after US annou
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 6 (ANI): Lauding the United States for extending support to waiving patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines amid the global health crisis, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus termed the Biden administration's decision
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India's COVID-19 situation 'beyond heartbreaking', says WHO chief
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 26 (ANI): Highlighting that several countries are still experiencing intense COVID-19 transmission, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that situation in India is "beyond heartbreaking".
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Covid-19 pandemic long way from over, warns WHO chief
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 13 (ANI): There have been now seven consecutive weeks of increasing Covid-19 cases and four weeks of increasing deaths globally, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, said on Monday adding that the coronavirus pandemic is '
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WHO laments 'shocking imbalance' in COVID-19 shot distribution
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 11 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that there is a "shocking imbalance" in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines for poorer countries.
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WHO denies issuing warning of 50,000 COVID-19 deaths in India by April 15,
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) has refuted reports claiming that it has issued a warning on 50,000 fatalities due to COVID-19 in India by April 15.
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India 'fully supports' WHO's call for China to share comprehensive data on
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): India on Thursday said that it fully supports the World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom's expectation that future collaborative studies will include more timely and comprehensive data sharing but raised concerns over China's delaying t
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Tedros extends condolences to kin of women medics killed in Afghanistan's
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 31 (ANI): World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday extended condolences to the kin of the polio vaccinators who were killed while on duty in Afghanistan.
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World leaders call for international treaty on pandemics
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 30 (ANI): Global leaders have called for a new treaty to help the world prepare for future pandemics, in a warning against rising vaccine nationalism.
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WHO grants emergency use authorization to Johnson & Johnson vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 13 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday issued emergency use authorization for Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for the one-shot dose to be used as part of the United Nation's international vaccine distribution effort.
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WHO incapable of holding China accountable for COVID-19: Dissident
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 6 (ANI): The chances of a deeper investigation on the origins of the coronavirus pandemic and holding Beijing accountable will depend a great deal on Joe Biden administration, said Jianli Yang, a Chinese dissident and son of a former Communist Party leader, a former po
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