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Ethiopia's Tedros Ghebreyesus is new WHO chief
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 24 (ANI): A former Ethiopian health minister, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been elected the new Director-General of World Health Organization (WHO).
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Deal with depression in natural way
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): Depression is world's leading illness and is one of the major reasons for suicides globally, says the World Health Organization (WHO). The story in India is no different.
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First malaria vaccine to be tested in Africa in 2018
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], Apr. 25 (ANI): In a promising development, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that it is ready to go-ahead with the testing of the first malaria vaccine in real-world settings next year.
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Sewer workers could be at Ebola risk with current guidelines
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 12 (ANI): Turns out, the guidelines from the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization might not go far enough to protect sewer workers from Ebola virus.
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World Tuberculosis Day 2017 - Unite to End TB: Leave No One Behind
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 24 (ANI): Tuberculosis is one of the top 10 causes of death across the globe, ranking above HIV and malaria. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2015, there were 10.4 million new cases of TB worldwide.
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UK choice for World Health Organisation chief visits India
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar.7 (ANI): At the end of May health ministers of 194 nations will meet for their annual assembly. They will elect the person who will - on July 1st - replace Dr Margaret Chan as the next Director General (DG) of the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Cipla initiates campaign for a pollution free Delhi; starts #saveyourlungs
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): The World Health Organization recently reported that 13 of the 20 most polluted cities in the world are in India. National Capital Delhi also figures in the list of 13. The environmental exposure to increasing air pollutants in Delhi is so immensely affecting
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WHO steps up response in Aleppo, demands protection for health personnel
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Dec. 14 (ANI): With conditions in Aleppo continuing to deteriorate as thousands of people are fleeing from the violence-hit area, the World Health Organization (WHO) alongside United Nations and other partners is working to provide care in the midst of conflict and to a
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Malaria remains acute public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa: WHO rep
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Dec. 14 (ANI): Despite major progress in the fight against malaria, the mosquito-borne disease remains an acute public health problem, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, home to 90 per cent of the world's malaria cases, according to an annual flagship report by th
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Stop buying medicines if you are not going to have it as prescribed
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 14 (ANI- Business Wire India): How often have you said this or heard people saying it? We forget many things in our daily lives, but there is a difference when we forget to take our prescribed medicines. If you missed yesterday's medicines, you can't take the
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India to discuss on tobacco control at 7th session of COP7
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 4 (ANI): The seventh session of the Conference of Parties (COP7) to World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) will be held from November 7 to 12 in Greater Noida.
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WHO calls for stronger measures against Zika as Thailand confirms disease-
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 2 (ANI): The World Health Organization has recently urged countries across the WHO South-East Asia region to continue to take decisive action to prevent detect and respond to Zika virus as Thailand confirmed two cases of Zika-related microcephaly.
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