World Health Organisation
What is 'diabetic rice'?
About 422 million people worldwide have diabetes, the majority living in low-and middle-income countries, and 1.5 million deaths are directly attributed to diabetes each year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)
What you need to know about monkeypox
According to the BBC, over 80 cases of monkeypox have been verified in at least 12 countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Italy, and Sweden recently. The situation is evolving and the World Health Organisation (WHO) expects there will be more cases of monkeypox identified as surveillance expands in non-endemic countries. Immediate actions focus on informing those who may be most at risk for monkeypox infection with accurate information, in order to stop further spread.
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.
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,
New recommendations to accelerate progress on TB
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued new guidance to improve treatment of multidrug resistant TB (MDR-TB). WHO is recommending shifting to fully oral regimens to treat people with MDR-TB.
Trouble mounts for Sanofi dengue vaccine over safety concerns
The World Health Organization said on Monday it hopes to review safety data on Sanofi's dengue vaccine this month, while the Philippines ordered an investigation of its now suspended massive immunization program after the French drugmaker said it could actually worsen the disease in some cases.
Editorial / Pollution: killer of children
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), pollution in its many manifestations is killing some 280,000 children in Bangladesh annually.
Rio 2016 / Golfer Grace pulls out of Olympics due to Zika
South African Branden Grace joins a growing list of leading golfers withdrawing from the Rio Olympics on Friday due to concerns about the Zika virus.
Extra-strong condoms for Aussie Olympic team
Australia's Olympians will be issued with free super-strength condoms in Rio to minimise any infection from the Zika virus, officials say on Monday.
Better treatment for crash victims
According to the World Health Organisation, 21,000 people die due to road accidents in Bangladesh.
Govt to bear treatment cost if anyone is found with Zika virus
If anyone is detected with Zika virus, the government will bear the cost of their treatment, Health Minister Mohammad Nasim says. Bangladesh government has taken all necessary steps to control the spread of the Zika virus, he tells reporters at the health ministry.
Guinea to be declared free of Ebola virus
Guinea is to be declared free of Ebola by the World Health Organization (WHO), two years after the epidemic began there.
Brazil links Zika fever to birth defects
The Brazilian health ministry has confirmed a link between a mosquito-borne virus from Africa, Zika Fever, and a high incidence of birth defects.
21,316 deaths in Bangladesh road crashes in 2012: WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that total 21,316 people died across Bangladesh in just a year – 2012 – while pedestrians account to 32 percent of the total casualty.
Cuba stamps out mother-to-child HIV
Cuba successfully eliminates mother-to-child transmission of both HIV and syphilis, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says.
Liberia declared Ebola-free after weeks of no cases
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Liberia free of the Ebola virus, as the country has had no new cases in 42 days.
Ebola survivors ‘safe sex warning’
The WHO urges Ebola survivors to be even more cautious during sexual contact to ensure the virus is not passed on to their partners.
Make food safe, avoid deaths
A preliminary report made public by the World Health Organisation (WHO) paints a bleak picture where 2 million people die of food-borne diseases globally.
Sierra Leone vice president in quarantine
Sierra Leone's Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana has placed himself in 21-day quarantine after one of his bodyguards died of Ebola.