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WHO sounds alarm on viral hepatitis infections that claim 3,500 lives each
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The report, released at the World Hepatitis Summit, highlights that despite better tools for diagnosis and treatment, and decreasing product prices, testing and treatment coverage rates have stalled.
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South-East Asia region made "notable progress" in advancing right to healt
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
"Our South-East Asia Region has made notable progress in advancing this right to health. From enhancements in healthcare coverage to declines in maternal and child mortality rates, there are achievements to be celebrated," Wazed said on the eve of World Health Organisation's founding anniver
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TB mortality rate in South-East Asia rose 8.6 per cent in 2021: WHO
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The tuberculosis mortality rate in the Southeast Asia region saw a rise of 8.6 per cent in 2021 as compared to 2015, according to an official release from the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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India's UN envoy in Geneva Arindam Bagchi meets WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom G
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
India's permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Arindam Bagchi met the Director General of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in Geneva on Tuesday.
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Amid Israel-Hamas war, WHO chief says 9,000 Gaza patients in need of urgen
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Amid the continuing Israeli onslaught on Gaza in retaliation to the Hamas terror attacks on October 7, last year, and fears of a new front opening up in Rafah amid the ongoing war, World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday said approximately 9,000 p
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Working together for a healthier, safer world: WHO and IPU renew partnersh
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) today signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU), reaffirming the critical role that parliamentarians play in enabling good health to foster stable and equitable societies.
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Deinstitutionalise mental health care, strengthen community-based services
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Regional Director released a report on 'Deinstitutionalisation of people with mental health conditions in WHO South-East Asia Region', which while acknowledging the complexities and unique contexts of each country, offers recommendations that can be adapted to local realities.
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International Women's Day: WHO director urges to "invest in women" to acce
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Ahead of International Women's Day (IWD) on March 8, Saima Wazed, the World Health Organization's (WHO) Regional Director for Southeast Asia, underscored the urgent need to prioritize investments in women to propel progress towards gender equality.
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WHO stresses need to invest in women's health to accelerate progress
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Ahead of International Women's Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) stressed the need to invest in women's health and wellbeing to accelerate progress.
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WHO South-Asia Director calls for awareness, action against birth defects
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
World Health Organisation South-Asia Director, Saima Wazed called on the member states to raise awareness and take action against the alarming situation of congenital anomalies being reported in the region.
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Let's make ear and hearing care a reality for all: WHO
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
It is estimated that over 1.5 billion people globally are affected by hearing loss, nearly 80 per cent of whom live in low- and middle-income countries of the world. In South-East Asia region itself, an estimated 400 million people currently have ear and hearing problems.
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WHO calls to enhance field epidemiology workforce in South-East Asia Regio
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"One of the lessons from COVID-19 pandemic is that field epidemiology workforce is a critical component of national health security systems. Continued efforts are needed to invest in field epidemiology capacity strengthening," said Saima Wazed, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia, in her
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