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Coronavirus survey reveals WHO faces credibility crisis among Hongkongers
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hong Kong, Feb 26 (ANI): The majority of Honkongers do not trust coronavirus-related data published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Beijing, according to the non-profit Lion Rock Institute think tank.
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Centre comes into action after Novel Corona Virus outbreak in China
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 17 (ANI): Witnessing deadly outbreak of Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) in China, the Centre is aggressively reviewing the situation in India. The Union Health Ministry is monitoring the situation in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO).
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New pneumococcal vaccine from Serum Institute of India achieves WHO prequa
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Seattle (USA)/Pune (Maharashtra) [India] Dec 23 (ANI/NewsVoir): PNEUMOSIL®, a vaccine against a leading cause of deadly childhood pneumonia - the pneumococcus bacterium - has achieved prequalification by the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Countries' medicines lists differ from one another, WHO's model list: Stud
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 3 (ANI): A recent study suggests that most of the country's essential medicines lists differ from one another and from the World Health Organization's (WHO) model list, emphasising on need for significant care in choosing medicines that best meet the health care req
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Project PaTHWays : a partnership to improve NCD care implemented in Karnat
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
India is currently faced with the triple burden of communicable, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and injuries. According to the World Health Organization, NCDs in India have huge negative implications on the health and development of the nation.
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WHO lists 10 threats to global health in 2019
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 21 (ANI): Taking to its website, the World Health Organization (WHO) has written that the world is facing multiple health challenges. These include outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, increasing reports of drug-resistant pathogens, growing rates of obesit
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WHO launches initiative to prevent, reduce alcohol-related deaths
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 29 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday released a new initiative and technical package outlining five high-impact strategies that can help governments reduce the harmful use of alcohol and related health, social and economic consequences.
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Global Rotavirus vaccine options expand with WHO prequalification of new v
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 28 (NewsVoir): PATH welcomes the World Health Organization's (WHO's) prequalification of the thermostable rotavirus vaccine, ROTASIIL®, manufactured by Serum Institute of India.
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WHO to member countries: Fast-track efforts to eliminate rabies
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal] May 3 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday called upon Member States and partners to accelerate efforts to end rabies which causes 59 000 agonizing and painful deaths globally every year, one person every nine minute, mostly children and the poor.
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WHO stresses on prioritising universal health coverage
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 5 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday called upon countries in its South-East Asia Region to step-up efforts towards universal health coverage, to provide quality health services to all people when and where they need them, without having to suffer
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WHO calls on international community to help Rohingyas
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Mar 30 (ANI): With a grossly underfunded health sector grappling to meet the needs of 1.3 million Rohingyas in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar, the World Health Organization (WHO) has appealed to the international community to contribute generously to enable appropriate and time
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Six unlikely signs of lung cancer revealed
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], January 12 (ANI): According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 7.6 million deaths globally each year are caused by cancer and data shows that lung cancer is by far the number one cancer killer.
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