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India shows significant results in immunization, reveals WHO and UNICEF da
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21: Post Covid-19, India has achieved significant results through successful social mobilization and strategic communication in tackling vaccine hesitancy and boosting confidence in promoting importance of immunization.
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Half of health care facilities globally lack basic hygiene services: UN re
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland]/ New York [US], August 30 (ANI): Half of health care facilities worldwide lack basic hygiene services with water and soap or alcohol-based hand rub where patients receive care and at toilets in these facilities, according to the latest Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) re
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WHO, UNICEF welcome Taliban's decision to allow polio vaccination of all A
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 18 (ANI): The WHO and UNICEF have welcomed the decision of the Taliban to allow polio vaccination of all children in Afghanistan, reported local media.
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WHO calls for global investment in hand hygiene in underdeveloped countrie
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva, [Switzerland], October 15 (ANI/Sputnik): A global investment of just USD 1 per person in hand hygiene annually could prevent thousands of deaths in the least developed countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
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WHO, UNICEF provide equipment, supplies to help India fight pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 29 (ANI): The United Nations on Wednesday said that UN bodies including the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF are supporting India's response to the pandemic by providing equipment and supplies, including 7,000 oxygen concentrators and 500 nasal devices f
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2.1 billion people lack safe drinking water at home, more than twice as ma
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland]/New York[United States], July 13 (ANI): Some three in ten people worldwide, or 2.1 billion, lack access to safe, readily available water at home, and 6 in 10, or 4.5 billion, lack safely managed sanitation, according to a new report by WHO and UNICEF.
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