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Cholera is on the rise around the world, with outbreaks in 31 countries and more than 400,000 cases, and nearly 5,000 deaths, according to WHO. Fed by war, poverty, and climate change, this averted disease is at “very high risk.” Misinformation and myths are making the crisis worse — and clearing them up can save lives.
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The US withdrawal “has made our financial situation more acute,” WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told staff in an email
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Trachoma, a leading cause of infectious blindness, is a chlamydial infection that happens due to lack of hygiene and unclean water supply and can spread by contact with the eye, nose or throat secretions of a person suffering from the disease or indirectly via flies.
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The WHO on Wednesday declared the mpox surge a public health emergency of international concern -- its highest alert level -- with Clade 1b cases soaring in the Democratic Republic of Congo and spreading beyond its borders.
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Intakes below the ADI are not expected to pose health risks. Only very high intakes above the ADI may be concerning. Products containing aspartame must declare it in the ingredients list.
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned against using sugar substitutes to control body weight or reduce the risk of noncommunicable diseases.
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The Punjab Food And Drug Administration and the Drugs Controller General of India have collected the cough syrup's sample for tests. "The results are awaited, but we are confident of coming out clean," QP Pharmachem's MD said.
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On December 27, Uzbekistan had said that 18 children may have died after consuming contaminated DOK-1 Max syrup by Marion Biotech. WHO issued a medical product alert for two substandard cough syrups by the Uttar Pradesh-based drug maker on February 12
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The House Intelligence Committee on December 15 put out a declassified report examining the response of the Intelligence Community towards the pandemic following a two-year investigation.
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The WHO maintains that its labs have confirmed dangerous levels of ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol, which should not be present in any medicine ever.
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Pawar was speaking at the ministerial plenary of the third Global High-Level Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance in Muscat, Oman. According to the World Health Organisation, AMR is a global health and development threat. Misuse and overuse of antimicrobials are the main drivers in the development of drug-resistant pathogens.
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Monkeypox cases have remained low but the World Health Organisation continues to classify the disease as a global health emergency, its highest level of alert.
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Recently WHO chief warned about devastating long Covid situation, underscoring the impact of persistent Covid symptoms on health and productivity of people. Over the last year researchers have focused on understanding the long-term effects of the disease. So what do the studies tell us?
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday warned that four "contaminated" and "substandard" cough syrups allegedly produced by Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited based in Haryana's Sonepat could be the reason for the deaths in the West African nation.
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday warned that four ”contaminated” and ”substandard” cough syrups allegedly produced by Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited based in Haryana’s Sonepat could be the reason for the deaths in the West African nation.
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Poor lifestyle choices like smoking, a sedentary lifestyle, and over-strenuous exercise without a doctor’s advice lead people to develop risk factors like high blood pressure, cholesterol, a dilated heart, and more.
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At least for the time being, there are no recommended antibody therapies to treat COVID. There are, however, still other treatment options.
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In Mumbai, there was a six-fold increase in deaths due to diabetes in 2020 from 2015, a report by an NGO said
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Union Minister of State for Environment Ashwini Kumar Choubey said this in the Lok Sabha in response to a question by Congress MP Jyotsna Charandas Mahant.
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In this research, surveys were sent to the mothers or guardians of children 0-14 years of age who had tested positive for Covid-19 between January 2020 and July 2021
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An expert group drafted by the World Health Organisation to help investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic says further research is needed to determine how COVID-19 first began, including a more detailed analysis of the possibility it was a laboratory accident.
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was re-elected by the members of the World Health Organization's (WHO), the president of the World Health Assembly said on Tuesday.
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The UN health agency’s director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, told officials gathered in Geneva for opening of the WHO’s annual meeting that “declining testing and sequencing means we are blinding ourselves to the evolution of the virus.” He also noted that almost 1 billion people in lower-income countries still haven’t been vaccinated.
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India’s ten lakh all-women ASHA volunteers were honoured by the WHO on Sunday for their crucial role in providing direct access to healthcare facilities in rural areas and their indefatigable efforts to rein in the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
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The latest report on ‘Vital Statistics of India based on the Civil Registration System’ for 2020 provides an overview of the data compiled on registered births, deaths, infant deaths and still births with rural-urban and sex-wise break-ups based on civil registration records.
