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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
ISLAMABAD: World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday provided medicines and essential health supplies to health department Sindh to support flood victims. WHO Representative in Pakistan, Dr Palitha Mahipala handed over…
GENEVA: The number of newly reported Covid-19 cases has dropped dramatically, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, urging the world to seize the opportunity to end the pandemic. Newly reported…
LONDON: A top European health official warned Friday that cases of the rare monkeypox virus could accelerate in the coming months, as the virus has spread to at least eight…
thIt is celebrated annually and each year draws attention to a specific health topic of concern to people all over the world. The date of 7 April marks the anniversary…
GENEVA: A full 99 percent of people on Earth breathe air containing too many pollutants, the World Health Organization said Monday, blaming poor air quality for millions of deaths each year.…
UNITED NATIONS: Health teams worldwide need much safer working conditions to combat the “dangerous neglect” they have faced during the COVID pandemic, the UN health and labour agencies said Monday.…
GENEVA:The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday he had met with the Taliban's health minister for talks on the "dire" health and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. WHO chief…
COPENHAGEN: Two years after the outbreak of Covid-19, Europe could soon enter a "long period of tranquility" due to high vaccination rates, the milder Omicron variant and the end of winter,…
GENEVA: The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is dangerous -- and especially so for those who have not been vaccinated against the disease, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. The WHO said…
GENEVA: The new COVID variant called B.1.640 being monitored by the World Health Organization (WHO) is not "circulating widely at the moment" and has so far been identified in less…
BERLIN: WHO warned Tuesday that the Omicron coronavirus variant could lead to overwhelmed healthcare systems even though early studies suggest it leads to milder disease, as China and Germany brought…
GENEVA: WHO Emergencies Chief Michael Ryan is optimistic that humanity will change course and take the steps needed to tame COVID-19. As concern grows about the fast-spreading coronavirus variant Omicron…
