Search For "the world health organization"
France to work with WHO, WTO to ensure intellectual property never becomes
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Paris [France], June 11 (ANI): French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said that Paris will work with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) to ensure that intellectual property never becomes an obstacle to accessing COVID-19 vaccines
Read More
WHO, UNICEF declare end of polio outbreak in Philippines
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], June 11 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) hailed the Philippines on Friday for ending the polio outbreak almost two years after the highly infectious disease re-emerged in the Southeast Asian country.
Read More
Dr Harsh Vardhan addresses WHO high-level coalition on Health and Energy P
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): India's human-centric approach could be a force multiplier for global good, said Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare while addressing the World Health Organization's (WHO) high-level coalition on Health and Energy Platform of Actio
Read More
China's 'massive cover-up' on COVID still happening: WHO advisory board me
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 8 (ANI): China is continuing with a "massive cover-up" on Covid-19 even as the theory that the coronavirus had leaked from Wuhan lab gains credibility, Fox News has reported citing advisory board member to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Read More
WHO warns against overpriced vaccines, substandard COVID products
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 8 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday of the danger of buying overpriced vaccines from intermediaries, reminding those countries should buy vaccines certified by the WHO and make sure to identify the origin of the product.
Read More
US students who took India's Covaxin, Russia's Sputnik V, asked to get re-
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 4 (ANI): Since March, over 400 US colleges and universities have announced students get Covid-19 vaccinations, ahead of the Autumn semester but those who have been inoculated with India's indigenous Covaxin or the Russian-made Sputnik V are being asked to re-vaccinate a
Read More
Must find ways to ensure affordable access to key drugs amid COVID-19: Har
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): As Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan completed his tenure as the Chairman of the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board, he said that there is no scope for industries to stick to intellectual property rights (IPR) of COVID-19 vaccines and that o
Read More
COVID-19: WHO renames coronavirus B.1.617.2 strain as 'Delta variant'
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 1 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday renamed the B.1.617.2 variant of the coronavirus, first identified in India, as the 'Delta variant'.
Read More
WHO seeks more data on China's CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 27 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking more data on China's Sinovac Biotech-made COVID-19 vaccine, named CoronaVac, as it weighs whether to authorise a second Chinese vaccine under international pressure to help distribute more shots.
Read More
Bharat Biotech submits 90 pc documentation, confident of WHO emergency use
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): Bharat Biotech is confident about obtaining the World Health Organization's (WHO) Emergency Use Listing for its COVID-19 vaccine given its experience of getting its other vaccines pre-qualified and has submitted 90 per cent of the documentation required for E
Read More
UK launches plans for Global Pandemic Radar to detect COVID-19 variants, e
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 21 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Friday that the United Kingdom will work with the World Health Organization, other partners and nations to develop an advanced international pathogen surveillance network to identify COVID-19 variants and emergin
Read More
COVID-19 vaccination drive in Africa hampered by shortages, financing issu
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Brazzaville [Congo], May 21 (ANI): Africa's rollout of coronavirus vaccines is being undermined by supply shortages and financial difficulties, the African regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
Read More