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Top experts question WHO figures on excess COVID deaths in India, its meth
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): After the World Health Organisation (WHO) said that India had 4.7 million "excess" COVID deaths, the country questioned the modelling methodology used by the organisation and said it is disappointed with its ''one-size-fits-all'' approach.
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India objects to WHO's methodology to calculate COVID-19 death toll
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): India on Saturday questioned the World Health Organisation's (WHO) methodology to estimate the COVID-19 death toll in the country, stating that the same mathematical model cannot be used to estimate the mortalities of a country like India which has a lar
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DCGI claims India on course to become global drugs hub
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): Claiming that India is on course to become a 'global hub for medicines', Dr VG Somani, Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), said that there has been a fourfold increase in applications of the investigational new drugs in the country.
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Hyderabad-based Biological E to get mRNA technology from WHO to produce CO
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 4 (ANI): Hyderabad-based vaccine manufacturer Biological E on Monday announced that it has been selected as a recipient of mRNA technology from the World Health Organisation (WHO) technology transfer hub.
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No impact on efficacy and safety of Covaxin: Bharat Biotech after WHO susp
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana)[India], April 3 (ANI): Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech on Sunday issued a clarification that there is "no impact on efficacy and safety of the COVID-19 vaccine COVAXIN" after the World Health Organisation suspended it from its Covax facility.
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New COVID mutant 'XE' found in UK, more transmissible than Omicron sub-v
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 2 (ANI): A new COVID mutant 'XE' has been found in the UK, the World Health Organisation has said in its latest report and noted that it may be more transmissible than the BA.2 sublineage of COVID-19.
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WHO calls on global stakeholders to invest in South-East Asia to prevent T
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 23 (ANI): On the eve of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, the World Health Organisation called on the national, international and global stakeholders to invest at least USD 3 billion annually in the South-East Asian region to prevent over 1.5 million TB deaths by 2025.
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Research: Treatment length for children with tuberculosis now reduced
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 11 (ANI): A recent UCL-led international trial that explored tuberculosis (TB) treatment effectiveness in children has led to a change in the World Health Organisation's global guidelines for managing the disease.
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Raging measles outbreak killed 150 in Afghanistan in January: WHO
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 14 (ANI): Amid the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the raging measles outbreak infected tens of thousands and killed more than 150 people in Afghanistan last month, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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WHO shows J-K as part of Pak, China; TMC leader questions Home Ministry, M
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO), on its website, has shown Jammu and Kashmir as part of Pakistan and China, Trinamool Congress MP Dr Santanu Sen said in his letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to take up steps to correct the mistake.
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TMC MP writes to PM Modi as WHO site shows J-K as part of China, Pak
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): Trinamool Congress MP Santanu Sen has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issue of Jammu and Kashmir being shown as a part of China and Pakistan on the site of the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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Pelosi expresses support for Taiwan's participation in WHO, other global b
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], January 29 (ANI): US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has expressed her support for Taiwan's participation in international organisations especially the World Health Organisation stating that Taipei's participation is crucial based on its pandemic prevention res
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