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21st session of WHO-FAO coordinating committee of Asia begins
Updated : 6 years, 9 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, 9 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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Over 2,000 people dead in DR Congo Ebola outbreak: WHO
Updated : 6 years, 10 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, 10 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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Dark chocolate reduces depression, finds study
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 4 (ANI): Eating dark chocolate may positively affect mood and relieve depression symptoms, found a recent study looking at whether different types of chocolate are associated with mood disorders.
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Congo's Ebola outbreak declared 'Public Health Emergency of International
Updated : 6 years, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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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Over 1000 killed in Libya since armed clashes began: WHO
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], July 6 (ANI): Over 1000 people have been killed and 5000 people wounded in Libya since the beginning of the armed conflict between Khalifa Haftar-led Libyan National Army (LNA) and UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), World Health Organisation said on Friday. Read More
Unusual parasite metabolism, a ray of hope against drug-resistant parasite
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 2 (ANI): According to a report issued by World Health Organisation, it has been found that over one billion people, including 880 million children, are infected with intestinal nematode worms, such as roundworms, hookworms and tapeworms.
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2.2 billion people lack access to safe drinking water globally: UN
Updated : 7 years 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 : 7 years 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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