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Covid wave looms as India’s population-level immunity wanes: WHO SE Asia Chief
New Delhi: Decreasing levels of immunity in our population may trigger new Covid waves and to tackle this, India needs a strong disease surveillance along with high vaccine coverage, WHO Regional Director,…
- India
COVID-19 surge: Centre asks states to stay alert, identify hotspots
New Delhi: Amid rising cases of coronavirus, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday held a review meeting and advised states to stay alert and be prepared for COVID-19 management. In the…
- World
World Health Organization turns 75, calls for health equity
Geneva: On the eve of its 75th anniversary, the WHO marked the occasion by calling for a renewed drive for health equity in the face of unprecedented threats. Seventy-five years ago, after…
- Technology
How Apple tools are helping people improve their hearing health
New Delhi: According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 430 million people globally, or 5 per cent of the world population have disabling hearing loss. To help people monitor and protect hearing…
- Hyderabad
Accelerated efforts needed for universal eye coverage, vision for all: WHO
Hyderabad: The World Health Organization on Tuesday called for accelerated action to provide quality, affordable, integrated and people-centered comprehensive eye care for everyone to address the increasing burden of vision impairment and…
- Telangana
Telangana: Banswada MCH becomes India’s first ‘breast feeding friendly’ govt hospital
Hyderabad: The Mother and Children Hospital in Banswada, Kamareddy district, has been designated as India’s first government ‘breastfeeding friendly’ hospital for implementing the World Health Organization’s (WHO) ten measures for successful breastfeeding…
- World
Monkeypox still international public health emergency: WHO
Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) said that a widespread outbreak of the mpox (monkeypox) remained a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The WHO officially declared in July 2022 that…
- World
WHO urges to ensure cross-border aid delivery between Turkey, Syria
Copenhagen: The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged governments and civil society to work together to ensure cross-border delivery of humanitarian aid between Turkey and Syria and within Syria itself. The WHO’s…
- World
Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines increased globally: Study
Washington: Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines increased globally, from 75.2 per cent in 2021 to 79.1 per cent in 2022, according to a survey in 23 countries that represent more than 60 per…
- World
WHO official urges science-based, non-discriminatory COVID-19 entry restrictions
Copenhagen: A senior official of the WHO has urged countries to take science-based precautionary Covid-19 entry restrictions that are proportionate and non-discriminatory. Hans Kluge, WHO’s Regional Director for Europe, made the appeal…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad Children’s parliament suggests affordable healthcare for all
Hyderabad: The cabinet members of ‘Hyderabad City Children’s Parliament’ have called for equitable and affordable healthcare for the less privileged sections of society. The members while hosting a meeting at the Press…
- World
WHO criticizes China for ‘under-representing’ COVID-19 cases
Geneva: The World Health Organization officials, who have grappled with Beijing’s tight control of data access throughout the pandemic, has become increasingly vocal in their calls for reliable information as a major…
- World
WHO asks China to regularly share data on COVID-19 situation
United Nations: The World Health Organization has again urged China to regularly share specific and real-time data on the COVID-19 situation in the country, amid a surge in coronavirus cases after Beijing…
- Hyderabad
Hetero’s COVID-19 oral drug gets WHO pre-qualification
Hyderabad: Leading pharmaceutical company Hetero on Monday announced that it has received the World Health Organization Prequalification of Medicines Programme (WHO PQ) approval for its generic version of COVID-19 oral antiviral treatment…
- World
Amid Covid resurgence, China’s hospitals seem to be filling up: WHO
Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that amid an ongoing resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic in China, hospitals across the country seem to be filling up. Addressing the media here…
