Scientists develop effective, safer and less costly polio vaccine Hina Zahid1 Feb 2020 5:15 PM ISTBethesda, Md. – As the world nears poliovirus eradication, the vaccines themselves have become the greatest threat. In response to global demand for...
WHO declares China's novel coronavirus outbreak, a public health emergency Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli1 Feb 2020 10:08 AM ISTThe World Health Organization (WHO) has declared China's novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, a public health emergency of international concern...
WHO interim guidance on laboratory testing for coronavirus Hina Zahid31 Jan 2020 4:23 PM ISTThe World Health Organization (WHO) has released interim guidance on laboratory testing for 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in suspected human...
WHO issues advisory on outbreak of coronavirus Hina Zahid26 Jan 2020 3:00 PM ISTChina: The WHO Director-General has convened an emergency meeting of the Committee under the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) regarding...
VP Naidu Inaugurates 220 bedded Delta Hospitals in Rajahmundry Medical Dialogues Bureau27 Dec 2019 2:45 PM ISTVP asks doctors to treat their profession as service and not as a commercial vocationThe Vice President of India, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu stressed the...
WHO congratulates Sri Lanka for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV, Syphilis Medical Dialogues Bureau12 Dec 2019 9:21 AM ISTWorld Health Organization has congratulated Sri Lanka for achieving the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and congenital...
1.4 lakh patients died from measles worldwide in 2018: WHO Medical Dialogues Bureau8 Dec 2019 9:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: More than 140,000 people died from measles worldwide in 2018, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and US authorities said on December 5,...
AYUSH Ministry to host WHO Meetings on Standardized Terminologies, Benchmarks documents of Practice for Traditional Medicine Garima26 Nov 2019 9:40 AM ISTNew Delhi: Ministry of AYUSH is hosting two important WHO meetings during the last week of November and first week of December 2019 at the Institute...
One doctor for every 1445 patients in India, still behind WHO-prescribed 1:1,000: Govt Garima20 Nov 2019 3:40 PM ISTNew Delhi: There is one doctor for every 1,445 Indians as per the country's current population estimate of 135 crore, which is lower than the WHO's...
World Diabetes Day: WHO launches first-ever human insulin prequalification programme Garima14 Nov 2019 12:50 PM ISTThe World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the start of a pilot programme to prequalify human insulin to increase treatment for diabetes in...
Kerala to begin preventive drive against Nipah next month Garima14 Nov 2019 9:10 AM ISTThiruvananthpuram: Kerala would begin a comprehensive preventive drive against the outbreak of Nipah virus next month to equip the state health...
New Delhi's air pollution "visible killer": UN official Garima9 Nov 2019 4:58 PM ISTUnited Nations: India is grappling with a "public health disaster" and the air pollution levels in New Delhi are a "visible killer", a senior UN...
