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Landmark agreement reached at WHO over tackling future pandemics

Aimed at avoiding a repeat of the mistakes made during the Covid-19 crisis

World Physical Activity Day: Be active for health and well-being

The World Health Organization (WHO) designated this day in 2002 to promote physical activity and its role in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

WHO launches plan for free child cancer medicines

The first medicines were being delivered to Mongolia and Uzbekistan

Trump team eyes WHO reforms

Trump has since suggested the US could return if the WHO was "cleaned up"

Trump signs order to pull US from WHO, citing funding disparities

Speaking at the White House hours after his inauguration, Trump said the United States was paying far more to the UN body compared to China

Jimin’s ‘Who’ becomes second longest-charting K-Pop solo song in UK history

For the week of January 16-22, BTS member Jimin’s hit track “Who” held steady at No. 13 on the Official Singles Chart, widely regarded as the UK equivalent of Billboard’s Hot 100.

FIFA launches 2022 World Cup legacy fund for initiatives with WHO, WTO and UNHCR

FIFA launched a $50 million legacy fund for social programmes on Wednesday in collaboration with 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar and the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Trade Organization (WTO) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

Monkeypox outbreak: Just when you thought it was safe to go outside

Here’s all you need to know about Monkeypox, from its effects to ways in which you and your family can stay safe and happy.

Mpox is not the new COVID, says WHO official

Mpox, a viral infection that causes pus-filled lesions and flu-like symptoms, is usually mild but can kill.

May 23, 2022
May 23, 2022

No evidence monkeypox virus has mutated: WHO

The World Health Organization does not have evidence that the monkeypox virus has mutated, a senior executive at the UN agency said on Monday, noting the infectious disease that is endemic in west and central Africa has tended not to change.

May 11, 2022
May 11, 2022

WHO chief's remarks on China's Covid policy removed from social media

A United Nations Weibo post on the World Health Organization chief's comments that China's zero-tolerance Covid-19 policy is not sustainable was removed from the Chinese social media platform on Wednesday morning shortly after being published

May 5, 2022
May 5, 2022

Global Covid-19 deaths nearly 3 times higher than reported: WHO

Almost three times as many people have died as a result of COVID-19 as the official data show, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report, the most comprehensive look at the true global toll of the pandemic so far.

April 17, 2022
April 17, 2022

India opposes WHO methodology to estimate Covid-19 deaths

India has opposed the methodology used by World Health Organization (WHO) for estimating deaths caused by Covid-19 in the country.

March 3, 2022
March 3, 2022

Covid has taken severe mental health toll: WHO

The Covid pandemic has taken a dire toll on mental health, the WHO said yesterday, indicating that cases of anxiety and depression had swelled by over 25 percent globally.

April 21, 2019
April 21, 2019

First guideline on digital health interventions

The World Health Organisation (WHO) released new recommendations on 10 ways that countries can use digital health technology, accessible via mobile phones, tablets and computers, to improve people’s health and essential services.

April 14, 2019
April 14, 2019

Traffic-related air pollution associated with 4m new cases of childhood asthma every year

The first global estimates of their kind suggest that more than one in ten childhood asthma cases could be linked to traffic-related air pollution every year,

March 12, 2019
March 12, 2019

MENSTRUATION HYGIENE MANAGEMENT

Menstruation is painful, socially awkward, quite expensive and most of the time very problematic to manage for the girls and women

December 8, 2018
December 8, 2018

Road crash killed 25k in '16: WHO

At least 24,954 people were killed in road crashes in the country in 2016, according to a World Health Organisation report.

August 27, 2018
August 27, 2018

Are Bangladesh's expectant mothers being coerced into unnecessary, dangerous operations?

The phrase “too posh to push” was first used by British tabloids in the 2000s highlighting the trend among celebrities choosing to have their babies by caesarean section, as opposed to natural childbirth.