Bhutan announces successful elimination of rubella: Report 

In the past 20 years, Bhutan's health workers have worked tirelessly and fought against rubella.

SII's Meningococcal meningitis vaccine gets WHO prequalification

"As the first conjugate vaccine to safeguard against the five predominant causes of this deadly disease,...

WHO classifies aspartame as possibly carcinogenic to humans

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and...

WHO announces 37 sites testing sewage for polio amid rising cases

The World Health Organization (WHO) said that it has 37 sites across Afghanistan to collect sewage samples and check...

CAG GC Murmu reelected as external editor at WHO for another term

Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Girish Chandra Murmu, has been re-elected as External Auditor of the...

WHO lauds Sri Lanka's efforts on trans fat

The World Health Organization on Tuesday lauded Sri Lanka for enacting legislation on trans-fat to protect health...

Union Cabinet approves collaboration between DHR, WHO

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was apprised of the signing of the Project Collaboration...

WHO warns against artificial sweeteners

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new guideline cautioning the use of non-sugar sweeteners for...

413 people have died in Sudan fighting so far: WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) said that 413 people have died in the current Sudan conflict, while the UN...

Dr Sanjay Chaudhary was honoured with Ophthalmologist of the Year

New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI/GPRC): India is home to over 1.3 billion people, and according to the World Health...

IMA celebrates World Health day in over 1750 branches

Every year April 7 is celebrated as World Health day. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of WHO...

UAE issues travel advisory against dangerous Marburg virus

Disease is passed on to people from fruit bats and is from the same virus family responsible for the deadly Ebola. ...