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WHO launches South-East Asia Regional Strategy for comprehensive cancer pr
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
On the occasion of World Cancer Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) highlighted its continued efforts to address the growing cancer burden in the South-East Asia region.
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Gaza health needs 'immense': WHO
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The UN's World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Friday that humanitarian needs in Gaza remain "immense," despite a rise in aid deliveries following the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
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US President Trump issues executive order to withdraw from WHO
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
US President Donald Trump, in a major shocker, cut his ties with the global health agency, World Health Organisation (WHO), as he issued an executive order of withdrawing the US from the organisation on Monday (local time).
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WHO South-East Asia Regional Director Saima Wazed meets JP Nadda, talks fo
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
WHO South-East Asia Regional Director Saima Wazed recently engaged in discussions with JP Nadda, the Minister of Health and Family Welfare, focusing on health priorities in the WHO South-East Asia region.
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Sierra Leone confirms first Mpox case
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Sierra Leone has recorded its first case of Mpox since the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared it a public health emergency of international concern in August last year, the country's health authorities announced late Friday.
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WHO shares details of HMP Virus in North America, notes rate of infection
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The World Health Organisation (WHO) shared the trends of acute respiratory infection, including human metapneumovirus (HMP virus) in the Northern Hemisphere and noted that the rate of increase of virus infections follows the usual trends.
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UAE evacuates 127 injured people, patients, family members from Gaza
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The United Arab Emirates conducted the 23rd evacuation flight on Tuesday (local time), in cooperation with the World Health Organisation (WHO), as part of a humanitarian initiative to evacuate 55 critically wounded people and patients from the Gaza Strip - including children and cancer patie
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South Korea becomes "super-aged" society, one in five now aged 65 or older
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
South Korea has now officially entered the category of a "super-aged" society, with individuals aged 65 and older making up one-fifth of its population, as per a government data released on Tuesday, according to a report by CNN.
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Climate crisis threatens to exploit and exacerbate division and polarisati
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday said that the climate crisis threatens to only exploit and exacerbate division and polarisation.
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WHO provides oxygen concentrators, medicines, lab supplies amid malaria ou
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
World Health Organization on Friday dispatched oxygen concentrators, lab supplies, rapid malaria tests, and essential medicines to hospitals and health centres in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Panzi health zone and other areas affected from malaria outbreak.
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French President Macron and WHO Chief Ghebreyesus inaugurate WHO academy i
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
French President Emmanuel Macron and Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus inaugurated the WHO Academy in Lyon.
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WHO affiliate to observe annual commemoration day in traditional medicine
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has designated 10th January as "Ayush Medical Coding and Records Day," starting next year. This decision was made during the 10th World Ayurveda Congress in Dehradun. The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), under India's Ministry of
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