10th Sept: World Suicide Prevention Day
KARACHI: World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is being observed on Tuesday (10th November, 2024) all over the globe. Endorsed by WHO the WSPD was established in 2003 International Association for…
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In Gaza the best medicine is Peace: WHO Chief
GENEVA: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, DG of WHO, talking to the journalists at a Presser held here on Wednesday (12th June, 2024) has informed that more than eight thousand children aged…
PM speaks about global inequity in health sector at WEF
RIYADH: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has termed the global inequity in health sector as the first and foremost problem and called upon bridging the widening gap between the Global South…
9K patients in Gaza require evacuation: WHO
GENEVA: Some 9,000 patients in the Gaza Strip require evacuation for emergency care, with the war-torn Palestinian territory down to just 10 barely functioning hospitals, the head of the WHO…
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WHO on Israel’s relentless missile strikes
UNITED NATIONS: Exhausted medical workers in Gaza on Tuesday (27th Dec, 2023) continued to try to save victims of Israel's relentless missile strikes, including attacks near refugee camps in the…
Ghaza: WHO Terms Al-Shifa Hospital A ‘Bloodbath’
MANHATTAN: WHO personnel delivering medical supplies to the Al-Shifa Hospital in north Gaza on Saturday (16th of Dec, 2023) have described the emergency department as a bloodbath, with hundreds of…
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WHO terms Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital as death zone
GAZA: Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories, Nov 19 (AFP/APP):Gaza's largest hospital has become a "death zone," the World Health Organization said Sunday (19th of Nov, 2023) announcing plans to evacuate the…
Gaza hospitals at breaking point: WHO
MANHATTAN: Hundreds of thousands of besieged Palestinians still in northern Gaza face unprecedented hardship after being isolated by deadly Israeli military operations, while a medical convoy sent by the UN…
Ensuring clean, drug-free sport
GENEVA: WHO and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) have boosted their support for drug-free sport through a four-year agreement signed here on Monday (2nd of October, 2023). The memorandum of…
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WHO urges to raise awareness on child nutrition
ISLAMABAD: World Health Organization (WHO) has urged all stakeholders to collaborate in raising awareness, provide accurate information, and create breastfeeding-friendly environments at workplaces. According to WHO, the organization is also…
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WHO holds first traditional medicine summit
NEW DELHI: WHO held its first summit on traditional medicine on Thursday (17th August, 2023), with warnings that treatments rooted in natural products can be effective alternative healthcare only if…
Global Covid cases up 80% as new sub-variant rises
PARIS: The number of new Covid-19 cases reported worldwide rose by 80 percent in the last month, the World Health Organization said on Friday (11th of August, 2023), days after…
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Make reforms to prepare for next pandemic: WHO chief
GENEVA: Although COVID-19 may no longer be a global public health emergency, countries must still strengthen response to the disease and prepare for future pandemics and other threats, Tedros Adhanom…
Mpox no longer a global health emergency
The World Health Organization declared that mpox no longer constitutes a global health emergency on Thursday (11th day of May, 2023), almost exactly a year after the disease formerly known…
WHO assures to assist Pakistan to contain monkeypox
UNITED NATIONS: WHO has assured to assist Pakistan as per its requirement to contain the monkeypox. WHO said it has been working and investigating with government of Pakistan on monkeypox,…
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One in six people affected by infertility: WHO
GENEVA: According to WHO one in six people worldwide is affected by infertility and access to affordable care is insufficient. Infertility, which affects men and women, is a reproductive condition…
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A woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth every two minutes: UN
MANHATTAN: Maternal health setbacks in many parts of the world have contributed to the worrying finding that a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth around every two minutes, UN agencies…
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WHO chief arrives in Syria’s quake-hit Aleppo
ALLEPO: World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived on Saturday in Syria's quake-stricken city of Aleppo, state media reported. Tedros "arrived at Aleppo airport to tour some hospitals and…
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WHO urges investment in neglected tropical diseases
GENEVA: WHO on Monday (30th of Jan 2023) called for greater investment in combating neglected tropical diseases, which left more than 1.6 billion people, often in least-developed countries, requiring treatment…
January, cervical cancer awareness month
KARACHI (WHO): More than 300,000 women die from cervical cancer every year. Yet, the disease can be prevented through vaccinations, regular screenings and treatment. Cervical cancer develops in a woman's…
27th Dec, Int’l Day of Epidemic Preparedness
KARACHI (WHO): Today is 'International Day of Epidemic Preparedness.' Major infectious diseases & epidemics can have devastating impacts on people's lives. To avoid future pandemics, we need to focus on…
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How climate change affects health?
PARIS: Climate change is deadlier than Covid, or even rivaling cancer? Researchers have been increasingly attempting to calculate the effect climate change will have on health if the world does…
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TB firmly on the rise after years of decline: WHO
GENEVA: Tuberculosis has rebounded after years of decline, killing an estimated 1.6 million people in 2021, up 14 percent in two years, new World Health Organization figures showed Thursday. TB,…
WHO says Covid still an international emergency
GENEVA: The World Health Organization said Wednesday it is too early to lift the highest-level alert for the Covid crisis, with the pandemic remaining a global health emergency despite recent…
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