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WHO needs USD 61.5 mn to respond to coronavirus outbreak
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Feb 5 (Sputnik/ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday that it needed USD 61.5 million to address the near-term impact of the coronavirus outbreak in China.
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WHO praised China's response to coronavirus outbreak: Envoy
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) has praised China's efficiency in detecting the coronavirus outbreak, isolating the virus and supporting other countries in combating the situation, Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong said on Friday.
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WHO praised China's handling of coronavirus outbreak: Chinese Envoy
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): China's Ambassador to India, Sun Weidong, on Friday said that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has praised China's efficiency in detecting the coronavirus outbreak, isolating the virus and supporting other countries in the situation.
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Facebook will remove content with misinformation about coronavirus
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
California [USA], Jan 31 (ANI): When it comes to the spread of misinformation in a public emergency situation, social media takes the limelight for all the wrong reasons. With the World Health Organisation (WHO) declaring coronavirus a public health emergency, Facebook announced the steps
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WHO declares public health emergency over coronavirus
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jan 31 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday announced a public health emergency of international concern over the coronavirus crisis in China and other countries.
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WHO to convene emergency meeting on Thursday on China virus
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jan 29 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Health Organisation (WHO) will convene an emergency meeting on Thursday over the deadly coronavirus outbreak in China, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a tweet on Wednesday.
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22 crore children at risk of intestinal worm infections, Health Ministry g
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 20 (ANI): As many as 22 crore children aged between 1-14 years are at the greater risk of catching intestinal worm infections as per the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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DRC faces bout of epidemic that has killed more than 6,000 already
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Jan 10 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported that 6,000 people have lost their lives to a measles epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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India reduces visual impairment by 52 %: Survey
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 10 (ANI): In a significant achievement, India has reduced the prevalence of visual impairment by about 52 per cent, surpassing the target of 25 set by World Health Organisation (WHO), according to National Blindness Visually Impaired Survey (2015- 2019).
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Ahead of World Mental Health Day, IMA organises workshop on mental stress
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 9 (ANI): A recent report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that suicide is the second-leading cause of deaths worldwide after serious diseases including cancer and tuberculosis.
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21st session of WHO-FAO coordinating committee of Asia begins
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Sept 24 (ANI): The 21st session of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and World Health Organisation (WHO) Coordinating Committee was inaugurated in Panaji on September 23.
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Work done under Ayushman Bharat scheme commended by UN, WHO, World Bank: H
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 23 (ANI): The work done under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship healthcare scheme Ayushman Bharat in the past one year has received commendation from the United Nations (UN), World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World bank alike, Union Health Minister Harsh V
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