All posts tagged "WHO"
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973News62-nations including India seek probe into WHO’s response to Coronavirus
A total of 62 countries including India have demanded independent inquiry into the WHO’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a...
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851NewsWHO declares Coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency
The World Health Organisation has declared Coronavirus outbreak which has infected more than 8,000 people across the world, a global health emergency....
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2.2KAuthored articleHow e-cigarettes play a crucial role in tobacco harm reduction?
Most of us know that tobacco is harmful to health. Over 60 lakhs of deaths are recorded due to direct tobacco use...
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1.5KNewsWorld Mental Health Day: WHO underlines youth and mental health in changing world
One in five adolescents experience mental and behavioural problems in any given year. Moreover, half of all mental health problems in adulthood...
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1.2KNewsASHA, Anganwadi workers incentives hiked: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced doubling of routine incentives given to ASHA workers by the Government. All ASHA workers and their helpers...
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2.9KGuest BlogWhy voluntary blood donations is need of the hour?
According to a 2016 World Health Organisation report, the average global citizens life expectancy has increased to 72 years. Incidences of cancer,...
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1.2KNewsWHO praises Swachh Bharats rural component
Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin (SBM-G) will likely to prevent more than three lakh deaths due to diarrhoea and protein-energy malnutrition between 2014-October...
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1.6KNewsParliamentarians commit to improve health of women, children
Over 30 parliamentarians from countries in WHOs South-East Asia Region have committed to take measures to reduce preventable diseases and death among...
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1.3KWellnessRegular check-ups and exercises keys to control diabetes
Diabetes is one of the fastest-growing epidemics in India and the disease burden is increasing at a rapid pace. According to WHO,...
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1.6KNewsFerring introduces carbetocin to prevent post-child birth bleeding
In a bid to reduce the mortality rate, Switzerland based Ferring Pharmaceutical has designed a heat stable carbetocin which is as effective as oxytocin, the current...
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1.7KNewsWHO publishes first essential diagnostics list
In the backdrop of the fact that many people worldwide dont have access to diagnostic services which proves costly at times, the...
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1.9KNews‘Ayushman Bharat’ a bold and courageous decision: WHO
Terming it a bold and ambitious move that has the potential to improve health and move people out of poverty, the World...
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1.8KNewsWHO acknowledges HP doctor’s affordable rabies protocol
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has endorsed a rabies immunisation protocol developed by a government doctor from Himachal Pradesh. 49-year-old Omesh Kumar...