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PM Modi, WHO chief discuss ways to strengthen health sector
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday held talks with World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus and discussed ways to further strengthen the health sector.
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WHO's centre in India aims to strengthen evidence-based traditional medici
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Jamnagar (Gujarat) [India], April 19 (ANI): World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the WHO's Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM) will help harness the power of science to strengthen evidence-based traditional medicine.
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WHO chief to begin 3-day Nepal visit on Thursday
Updated : 3 years, 10 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, 10 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 Chief to attend ground-breaking ceremony of Jamnagar Global Centre for
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will attend the inauguration of the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in Jamnagar, Gujarat on Tuesday.
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WHO chief, Taliban delegation discuss 'dire' health crisis in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 10 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said that he met the 10-member Taliban delegation headed by health minister Qalander Ebad and discussed the "dire" health and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
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WHO board nominates its chief Tedros for re-election in May
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 25 (ANI): The World Health Organisation's Executive Board nominated its chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for re-election as Director-General, a position to be decided at the 75th World Health Assembly in May 2022.
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COVID-19 pandemic can end in 2022 if international community takes compreh
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 24 (ANI): The international community can put an end to the coronavirus pandemic in 2022 if it takes comprehensive measures, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.
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Omicron 'dangerous' virus for unvaccinated people, warns WHO chief
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 12 (ANI): The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is a "dangerous virus" particularly for those who are unvaccinated, World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday.
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'If we end inequity, we end COVID-19 pandemic': WHO chief
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 1 (ANI): As the world enters its third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was confident that the pandemic will end in 2022 "if we end inequity" together.
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Vaccines still effective against Omicron as T cell immunity holds up bette
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 30 (ANI): Emphasising that the Omicron variant is infecting both vaccinated and unvaccinated people worldwide, WHO Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan has said that it appears that vaccines are still proving to be effective because even though the numbers
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Omicron variant leading to tsunami of COVID cases: WHO chief
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 30 (ANI): The World Health Organisation's chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that the Omicron variant is very transmissible and is leading to a tsunami of COVID cases.
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