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WHO consultations on approval of Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine underw
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said on Monday that consultations with the World Health Organization (WHO) on approval of the Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine are still underway.
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CCHFW passes resolution on WHO's modelling of projecting India's COVID dea
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Narmada (Gujarat) [India], May 6 (ANI): A resolution was passed at the conference of the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare (CCHFW) on Friday strongly objecting to the World Health Organization's (WHO) estimates of 4.7 million COVID-19 deaths in India, informed sources on Friday
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BJP questions WHO's methodology of projecting COVID death estimates, says
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday questioned the process of the World Health Organization (WHO) in projecting excess mortality estimates due to COVID, and said that the source of the data must have accuracy while also stating that the health body itself does
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WHO COVID-19 death estimates have no scientific basis: Expert
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): The World Health Organization's (WHO) COVID-19 death estimates are based on modelling which has no scientific or epidemiological basis, claimed senior epidemiologist at AIIMS Delhi, Dr Sanjay Rai.
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India objects to WHO using mathematical models for excess COVID mortality
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): India has strongly objected to the use of mathematical models by the World Health Organization (WHO) for projecting excess mortality estimates concerning coronavirus and has said that authentic data is available.
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WHO estimates 14.9 million excess COVID associated deaths in 2020, 2021
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 5 (ANI): New estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that the full death toll associated directly or indirectly with the COVID-19 pandemic between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2021 was approximately 14.9 million (range 13.3 million to 16.6 million)
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US passes bill to aid Taiwan's WHO bid
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 29 (ANI): The US House of Representatives has passed legislation calling on the US State Department to submit a plan to help Taiwan acquire observer status at the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Second Ebola patient died in NW DR Congo: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], April 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reported a second case of Ebola in the northwestern part of the country after declaring a new Ebola outbreak over the weekend, confirmed Tuesday the World Health Organization (WHO).
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WHO reports around 170 Hepatitis cases of unknown origin
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 24 (ANI): Nearly 170 cases of Hepatitis of unknown origin among children have been reported by the World Health Organization (WHO), which says that there has been at least one death already.
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WHO chief to begin 3-day Nepal visit on Thursday
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], April 19 (ANI): Nepal's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday formally announced the visit of Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) to the country starting on Thursday.
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PM Modi lays foundation stone of WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicin
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Jamnagar (Gujarat) [India], April 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in Jamnagar.
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WHO calls for prioritising equitable health for fairer, greener, healthier
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): With climate change emerging as the single biggest threat facing humanity and nearly 13 million lives lost every year due to avoidable environmental causes, the World Health Organization on Wednesday called for prioritising equitable health and accelerati
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