World Health Organization

Saturday, Apr 20, 2024 | Last Update : 12:30 AM IST

World Health Organization Page-3

117 million children face measels risk from corona response: WHO

Over two dozen countries have officially suspended measles vaccine programmes

14 Apr 2020 5:55 PM

The Supreme Court had, on February 17, 2020, appointed senior lawyer Sanjay Hegde and Sadhana Ramachandran to talk to the anti-CAA and NRC protestors at Shaheen Bagh and persuade them to shift to an alternate place.

Maintain your mental wellbeing whilst COVID-19 outbreak

The situation is evolving by the hour with governments issuing notifications, regulations and advisories just about every day.

31 Mar 2020 10:02 PM

Covid19 is a long term battle, can't let down our guard: WHO

WHO does not expect any country to be safe, as the coronavirus will eventually get everywhere

31 Mar 2020 1:43 PM

TV grab taken from the World Health Organization website shows WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as he delivers a news briefing on COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) from the WHO headquarters in Geneva on March 30, 2020. (AFP)

Covid-19 is this century’s global inflection point

In the post-Covid-19 world the institutions of global governance would have to be revisited and remodelled

31 Mar 2020 11:56 AM

Funeral company Hyowon began offering the living funerals to help people appreciate their lives, and seek forgiveness and reconciliation with family and friends, said Jeong Yong-mun, who heads the healing centre. (Representative Image)(AP)

South Koreans lie inside closed coffins for 10 minutes for life lessons

Jeong said he is heartened when people reconcile at a relative’s funeral, but is saddened they wait that long.

06 Nov 2019 1:48 PM

Union Minister Vardhan cycled from his residence at Tees January Marg to the venue of WHO SEARO health minister's meet at New Delhi's Bhikaji Cama Place. (Photo: ANI)

Harsh Vardhan cycles to WHO meet, participates in yoga session

Health Ministers of several other countries participating in the WHO SEARO also took part in the yoga session.

03 Sep 2019 12:10 PM

WHO called for further analysis of microplastics in the environment and their potential health significance. (Photo: AP)

WHO says microplastics in water not harmful to health

UN: Don’t worry about drinking microplastics in water.

22 Aug 2019 11:47 AM

The year-old Ebola epidemic in eastern DR Congo, the second deadliest on record, has largely been contained to remote areas, but this week saw a patient diagnosed with the virus in provincial capital Goma, the first case in a major urban hub. (Photo: AFP)

DR Congo Ebola outbreak an emergency of global concern: WHO

The Ebola virus is highly contagious and has an average fatality rate of around 50 percent.

18 Jul 2019 6:38 PM

An Ebola health worker is seen at a treatment centre in Beni, Eastern Congo. (Photo: AP)

World Health Organization plagued by travel expense abuses

The UN health agency struggles with travel abuses, while they try to raise funds their fight against Ebola, according to the latest auditors' report.

21 May 2019 4:58 PM

Strongman Khalifa Haftar's self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) launched an offensive against Tripoli. (Photo:AP)

UN warns of worsening humanitarian situation in Libya

Fierce fighting for control of Libya's capital that has displaced thousands of people, threatens to bring further damage.

29 Apr 2019 4:54 PM

The clashes have displaced more than 18,000 people. (Photo:AP)

WHO estimates around 150 casualties in battle of Libya's Tripoli

At least 147 people have been killed and 614 wounded in the offensive launched by Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar.

15 Apr 2019 8:07 PM

Around half of those between 12 and 35 risk damaging their hearing due to "prolonged and excessive exposure to loud sounds, including music they listen to through personal audio devices," the WHO said. (Photo: AFP)

Turn down the volume

WHO takes aim at harmful smartphone use and other audio devices to safeguard against hearing loss.

13 Feb 2019 8:40 PM

The World Health Organization credits the widespread use of insecticide-treated bed nets with playing a huge role in the reduction of the number of malaria cases in sub-Saharan Africa since 2001. (Photo: Pixabay)

Men, school-going children more vulnerable to malaria

Study also showed that when households have an adequate supply of treated bed nets, these gender and age disparities shrink.

13 Dec 2018 7:16 PM

Tuberculosis killed at least 1.7 million people in 2017, according to the WHO, making the airborne infection the world's deadliest infectious disease.

Scientists create new tuberculosis drug that cures 8 in 10 patients

The World Health Organization says currently only 55 per cent of people with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis are successfully treated.

24 Oct 2018 10:36 AM

Malaria is a parasitic disease that is carried by Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes. (Photo: Pixabay)

Death of Malaria: Scientists wipe out whole colony of mosquitoes in new experiment

The results mark the first time this technology has been able to completely suppress a population.

26 Sep 2018 8:23 AM

The next step would be reducing the number of deaths,” he said. (Photo: ANI)

‘3 infants die every 2 min in India’

Over 8,00,000 infants died in India in 2017, highest in the world, claims UN report.

19 Sep 2018 1:09 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI/File)

WHO praises PM Modi’s initiative

The ambitious healthcare scheme, touted as the world’s largest, aims to benefit more than 10 crore poor families in the country.

08 Sep 2018 12:59 AM

Around 40 percent of adults in the United States, 36 percent in Britain and 14 percent in China did too little exercise to stay healthy. (Photo: Pixabay)

Quarter of adults too inactive, putting health at risk

There has been no improvement in global levels of physical activity since 2001, according to the study.

06 Sep 2018 9:09 AM

Senior advocate Aspi Chinoy, however, pledges allegiance to the rigors of the profession.

Playing politics with religion

The long-drawn issue of Female Genitial Circumcision has taken political and religious overtones, delaying its resolution.

30 Aug 2018 12:08 AM

Indians would live for about four years longer on an average if the country meets the WHO's air quality standards, according to a new study.

'Indians may live 4 years longer if they get WHO quality standards air'

Air pollution alone may cost India more than USD 500 billion per year.

13 Aug 2018 3:44 PM

3 of 5

Columns

Shobhaa De