Niranjani, Aishwarya Menon, Arvind Kumar"Water is the soul of the Earth." – WH AudenIndia is a land of paradoxes. “Jal hi jivan hai (Water is life)” is a household saying in the subcontinent, while a
Our CorrespondentKohima | November 2 The first executive meeting of the Empowered Committee for the implementation of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Ar
New Delhi, October 3 (IANSlife) Over three years have elapsed since the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic, catalyzing a remarkable transformation in the landscape of work culture. In the pa
LONDON, July 23 (AP): The chief of the World Health Organization said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that now qualifies as a global emerge
Geneva, October 7 (IANS): The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that it has recommended widespread use of the world's first malaria vaccine called RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) for children in sub-Saharan Afric
WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 27 (IANS): The World Health Organization (WHO) is set to relaunch investigations into the origins of the Covid-19, with a fresh probe team, the media reported.
A new team consists of ab
Geneva, February 13 (AP): The head of the World Health Organization has said that the drop in confirmed COVID-19 infections around the world was encouraging, but cautioned against relaxing restrictions that hav
WUHAN, China, February 9 (AP) — A World Health Organization expert said Tuesday the coronavirus is unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese lab and most probably jumped to humans via an intermediary species
BRUSSELS, October 29 (Reuters): A vaccine scheme co-led by the World Health Organization is setting up a compensation fund for people in poor nations who might suffer any side-effects from COVID-19 vaccine
BRUSSELS/BERLIN, October 22 (Reuters): The European Union wants the World Health Organization to become more transparent about how states report emerging health crises, a draft proposal on reforming the U.
GENEVA, OCTOBER 7 (IANS): Roughly 10 per cent of the world's population may have been infected with the Coronavirus, leaving the vast majority vulnerable to the Covid-19 disease, the World Health Organizati
SINGAPORE, October 6 (Reuters): China is in talks to have its locally-produced COVID-19 vaccines assessed by the World Health Organization, as a step toward making them available for international use, a W
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Some 120 million rapid diagnostic tests for COVID-19 will be made available to low- and middle-income countries over a period of six months and will be priced at a maximum of $5 per unit, the World H
BEIJING, September 25 (Reuters): The World Health Organization gave China its support and understanding to start administering experimental coronavirus vaccines to people while clinical trials were still u
GENEVA, September 17 (Reuters): The World Health Organization's top emergency expert, asked on Thursday about contradictory remarks by President Donald Trump and U.S. health officials on COVID-19, said
HARARE, September 10 (Reuters): International donors have raised $700 million - less than half the target - to purchase future coronavirus vaccines for poor countries in a global initiative to ensure
GENEVA, August 31 (Reuters): The World Health Organization called on countries to persevere with restrictions to tackle COVID-19, director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday, saying ope
GENEVA, August 31 (Reuters): More than 90% of countries have seen ordinary health services disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with major gains in medical care attained over decades vulnerable to being wip
GENEVA, August 18 (Reuters): The world must administer widespread anti-flu vaccinations this year to help to ward off the risk of complicating coronavirus infections, World Health Organization senior advis
GENEVA, August 10 (Reuters): There is a "vast global gap" between funds needed to fight the coronavirus pandemic and funds committed, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus sa