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Over 2,000 people dead in DR Congo Ebola outbreak: WHO
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Aug 30 (Sputnik/ANI): Over 2,000 people have died from the Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic (DR) of the Congo since last August while the number of registered Ebola cases has reached 3,000 in the African country, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Frid
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Karnataka: Kashmiri man arrested for posing as WHO director in Mangaluru
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mangaluru(Karnataka) [India], Aug 25 (ANI): The city police arrested a Kashmiri man and his driver for posing as director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) here.
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Congo's Ebola outbreak declared 'Public Health Emergency of International
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], July 18 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), calling on countries to "take notice and redouble...efforts."
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Cases of trachoma trichiasis -- a cause of blindness -- on rise in India
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Union Health Ministry has received fresh cases of trachomatous trichiasis (TT) with prevalence rate at 3.5 per 1,000 population while the World Health Organisation (WHO) restricts the disease's prevalence to less than two per 1,000 population.
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Over 5,500 people injured, 1,048 killed due to infighting in Tripoli: WHO
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], July 10 (ANI): At least 5,558 people have been injured while a total of 1,048 people have lost their lives ever since infighting started in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli in April, as per World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates.
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2.2 billion people lack access to safe drinking water globally: UN
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 19 (ANI): Some 2.2 billion people around the world do not have access to safely managed drinking water services, while 4.2 billion people lack access to safely managed sanitation services, according to a new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nat
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Deadly Ebola virus spreads to Uganda from DR Congo
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Kasese [Uganda], Jun 12 (ANI): The outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, which has infected more than 2,000 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has spread to Uganda, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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Over half of HIV patients in Pak's Sindh province remain without treatment
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Jun 10 (ANI): Over half of 751 people diagnosed with HIV in Pakistan's Sindh province still await medical assistance, according to a report by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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CAG Rajiv Mehrishi chosen External Auditor for WHO
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI) Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) Rajiv Mehrishi has been elected to the position of External Auditor of the World Health Organisation (WHO) for a four-year-term from 2020-23.
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WHO probes HIV outbreak in Pakistan's Sindh province
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Jun 2 (ANI): In the wake of the recent HIV outbreak in the Sindh Province of Pakistan, with nearly 700 cases registered thus far, an international team of experts from the World Health Organisation (WHO) has initiated a probe to ascertain the source of the outbreak.
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This Google app can translate spoken words for the hearing impaired in rea
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
California [USA], February 9 (ANI): As per the World Health Organisation (WHO), an estimated 900 million people will have hearing loss by the year 2025. Google wants to make the lives of such people easier with the use of technology through smartphone apps.
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K'taka, Tamil Nadu record highest TB cases, Sikkim lowest
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 6 (ANI): Notwithstanding developing new modalities for diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, thousands of people are still falling prey to this infectious disease, which adversely affects human lungs, and leading to death if not properly treated.
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