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Easy 3-step hand rub technique superior to 6-step technique: Study
Updated : 7 years, 2 months 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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Vikram Patel conferred with John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], Apr 2 (ANI/NewsVoir): The Gairdner Foundation on Tuesday announced the 2019 Canada Gairdner Award laureates, recognising Boston-based Vikram Patel for his research career raising the global profile of mental health problems.
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Project PaTHWays : a partnership to improve NCD care implemented in Karnat
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
India is currently faced with the triple burden of communicable, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and injuries. According to the World Health Organization, NCDs in India have huge negative implications on the health and development of the nation.
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WHO lists 10 threats to global health in 2019
Updated : 7 years, 5 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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Bill Gates congratulates Indian govt for Ayushman Bharat scheme
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 17 (ANI): Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has congratulated the Indian government for the successful completion of the first 100 days of the healthcare scheme Ayushman Bharat from its launch.
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WHO launches initiative to prevent, reduce alcohol-related deaths
Updated : 7 years, 9 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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Global Rotavirus vaccine options expand with WHO prequalification of new v
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 28 (NewsVoir): PATH welcomes the World Health Organization's (WHO's) prequalification of the thermostable rotavirus vaccine, ROTASIIL®, manufactured by Serum Institute of India.
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3 in 5 babies not breastfed in first hour of life
Updated : 7 years, 11 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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Here's a solution to cure your dental cavity
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 13 (ANI): Are dental treatments burning a hole in your pocket?
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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, 3 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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