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WHO chief scientist welcomes India's decision to restart COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 21 (ANI): Chief scientist of World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Soumya Swaminathan on Tuesday welcomed India's decision to restart COVID-19 vaccine exports. She said that the decision will go long way to achieve global Vaccine Equity.
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Lebanon crisis needs international assistance urgently: WHO chief
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 17 (ANI): Lebanon's enduring economic crisis risks reversing decades of gains in people's wellbeing, the head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday.
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MEA hold talks with DG WHO, discuss cooperation chains in Health sector
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] September 14 (ANI): Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Secretary (West) Reenat Sandhu called on Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in Geneva to discuss cooperation chains between India and the WHO in the health sector. Read More
Mandaviya holds informal meeting with WHO chief, other officials
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Rome [Italy] September 6 (ANI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday had an informal meeting with the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and other officials on the second day of the G20 Health Ministers' meeting.
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Dr Soumya Swaminathan lauds India for achieving 1 crore jabs
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 28 (ANI): As India administered over 1 crore vaccine doses against COVID-19 on Friday until 10 pm, which is the highest vaccination that happened in a single day, Dr Soumya Swaminathan, chief scientist, World Health Organization (WHO), congratulated the country f
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Healthcare needs grow as humanitarian crisis worsens in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 22 (ANI): The World Health Organization has raised alarm regarding the healthcare situation in Afghanistan, where conflict has left countless people vulnerable to hunger and illnesses.
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Over threefold rise in trauma cases in Afghanistan: WHO
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 19 (ANI): There has been more than a threefold rise in the number of trauma cases in Afghanistan in recent weeks, said the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday, urging that delivery of lifesaving aid and medical supplies to millions of Afghans must not
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China rejects need for further WHO coronavirus origins probe
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 13 (ANI): China has opposed next-phase COVID-19 origins-tracing, saying that it is "inappropriate" that the World Health Organization (WHO) came up with the second phase of the study that focused on a lab-leak theory.
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WHO forms new expert group to continue studies into origins of COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 13 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the next step in the search of the origins of COVID-19 will be the creation of a new advisory group that will develop a global framework to study pathogens with pandemic potential.
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Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya meets WHO Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swami
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday met World Health Organization (WHO) Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan and held a discussion over the world body's approval of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin.
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WHO tests three drugs for COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] August 12(ANI/FENA): The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday that it will soon test three drugs used for other diseases to find out if they can help patients with coronavirus.
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US passes bill to support Taiwan's participation in WHO
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan] August 7 (ANI): The US senate-house on Friday passed a bill to strengthen support for Taiwan to participate in the World Health Organization (WHO).
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