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New pneumococcal vaccine from Serum Institute of India achieves WHO prequa
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Seattle (USA)/Pune (Maharashtra) [India] Dec 23 (ANI/NewsVoir): PNEUMOSIL®, a vaccine against a leading cause of deadly childhood pneumonia - the pneumococcus bacterium - has achieved prequalification by the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Harsh Vardhan cycles to WHO meet, participates in yoga session
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 3 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday cycled to Hyatt Hotel, venue of the 72nd session of World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for South-East Asia (SEARO) and took part in a yoga session.
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Easy 3-step hand rub technique superior to 6-step technique: Study
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 15 (ANI): A shortened 15-second application time and an easy three-step technique for use of alcohol-based hand rub is as effective in reducing bacteria as the 30-second application and six-step technique recommended by World Health Organization (WHO), new resea
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WHO lists 10 threats to global health in 2019
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 21 (ANI): Taking to its website, the World Health Organization (WHO) has written that the world is facing multiple health challenges. These include outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, increasing reports of drug-resistant pathogens, growing rates of obesit
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WHO launches initiative to prevent, reduce alcohol-related deaths
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 29 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday released a new initiative and technical package outlining five high-impact strategies that can help governments reduce the harmful use of alcohol and related health, social and economic consequences.
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3 in 5 babies not breastfed in first hour of life
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): According to United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO), around 78 million babies or three in every five are not breastfed within the first hour of the birth, putting them at a higher risk of death and disease and making them
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WHO to member countries: Fast-track efforts to eliminate rabies
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal] May 3 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday called upon Member States and partners to accelerate efforts to end rabies which causes 59 000 agonizing and painful deaths globally every year, one person every nine minute, mostly children and the poor.
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WHO stresses on prioritising universal health coverage
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 5 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday called upon countries in its South-East Asia Region to step-up efforts towards universal health coverage, to provide quality health services to all people when and where they need them, without having to suffer
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WHO calls on international community to help Rohingyas
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Mar 30 (ANI): With a grossly underfunded health sector grappling to meet the needs of 1.3 million Rohingyas in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar, the World Health Organization (WHO) has appealed to the international community to contribute generously to enable appropriate and time
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Six unlikely signs of lung cancer revealed
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], January 12 (ANI): According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 7.6 million deaths globally each year are caused by cancer and data shows that lung cancer is by far the number one cancer killer.
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B’desh provides free diptheria vaccines to Rohingya children
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Cox's Bazar [Bangladesh], December 12 (ANI): The Government of Bangladesh, in support of United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO) and Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) launched a vaccination campaign against diphtheria and other preve
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World Breastfeeding Week: Sustaining breastfeeding together!
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 01 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes breast milk as the best nutritional food source for infants, which should be available to babies deprived of their mother's milk.
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