Tag: world health Organisation
Sri Lanka has eliminated measles, WHO declares; last case in 2016
World Health Organisation has announced that Sri Lanka has eliminated measles
The World Health Organization today announced that Sri Lanka has eliminated measles. India's southern...
Avoid tie-ups with foundation with Philip Morris links, Centre to states
Indian health ministry has asked states to avoid working with Foundation For Smoke Free World
Union health ministry has written to all state governments asking...
One in three people in Cambodia infected with threadworm
One third of Cambodia is infected with the threadworm - Strongyloides stercoralis, finds study
Strongyloides stercoralis a soil transmitted threadworm is endemic in many tropical...
Physical fitness in middle age lowers risk of chronic lung disease
Good cardiovascular fitness delays development, progression, and death from COPD, finds major study
Good heart and lung (cardiorespiratory) fitness in middle age is associated with...
Workplace burnout does happen, says WHO, but isn’t a disease
New edition of International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) brought out by WHO classifies burnout as an occupational phenomenon not a disease
Burnout is included in...
On No Tobacco day, govt commissions three world class testing labs
Three National Tobacco Testing Laboratories (NTTL) which possess world class facilities to analyze various kinds of tobacco products have now been commissioned
Union health ministry on...
1.2 million registered health professionals in India don’t work
Study finds the actual size of the health workforce in India is smaller than what data from various registries suggest
The actual size of the...
WHO wants to halve deaths, disability following snakebite
World Health Organisation has drawn up a strategy to reduce by 50% deaths and disabilities the world over caused by snakebite
WHO has released its...
World’s 1st malaria vaccine pilots in Malawi; Kenya Ghana next
The first ever malaria vaccine is piloting in Malawi, could change the malaria landscape
The world's first malaria vaccine is piloting in Malawi. The country...
AI-based solution for river blindness: to Africa from India
Indian health-tech company Niramai to develop an AI-based computer-aided software for controlling spread of river blindness
Indian health-tech company Niramai will develop an AI-based computer-aided...
