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New Delhi: 172 economies are now engaged in discussions to potentially participate in COVAX, a global initiative aimed at working with vaccine manufacturers to provide countries worldwide equitable access to safe and effective vaccines,…

Interim trial results show that hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir produce little or no reduction in the mortality of hospitalized COVID-19 patients when compared to standard of care: WHO Geneva:The World Health Organization…

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) hopes that the interim results from clinical trials of drugs that might be effective in treating COVID-19 patients can be expected within the next two weeks. WHO Director General, Tedros…

New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) is hopeful that the COVID-19 vaccines could be available before the end of this year, said the agency’s chief scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan. In a press briefing, Dr. Swaminathan said that…

New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) will resume the clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine for potential use against the coronavirus. It has been informed by WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday. The WHO had…

Bhubaneswar: A World Health Organisation team visiting the state to inspect the preparedness of Covid Hospitals has appreciated the Odisha Covid Hospital managed by Ashwini Hospitals in Cuttack. The visiting team has praised the…

New Delhi: Leading health experts from around the world have been meeting at the World Health Organization’s Geneva headquarters to assess the current level of knowledge about the new COVID-19 disease, identify gaps and work together to…

New Delhi: If governments boost their focus on healthier eating, 3.7 million deaths could be prevented by the year 2025, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest guidelines on improving nutrition, released on Wednesday.…

Geneva: Measles outbreaks continue to spread rapidly around the world, according to the latest preliminary reports provided to the World Health Organization (WHO), with millions of people globally at risk of the disease.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).