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CAG Girish Murmu reelected as external auditor of WHO for 4-year term

Comptroller and Auditor General of India Girish Chandra Murmu has been reelected as the external auditor of the World Health Organization (WHO) for a four-year term from 2024 to 2027. CAG is already holding this position in WHO for a four-year term from 2019 to 2023. "The present election was held on May 29, 2023 in the 76th World Health Assembly in Geneva, where the CAG of India was reelected with an overwhelming majority (114 out of 156 votes) in the first round of voting itself," the CAG said in a statement. CAG's appointment is a recognition of its standing among the international community as well as its professionalism, high standards, global audit experience and strong national credentials, it added. "This resounding victory was made possible by the sustained support and tireless efforts of the Permanent Representative of India to The United Nations at Geneva, his officers and a special team of handpicked officers from CAG," it said. CAG was present in the meeting and in h

WHO chief warns countries about 'Disease X'; here's all you need to know

Even as the wrath of the Covid-19 pandemic begins to wade, the horrors of the medical emergency still seem fresh in the memories

World must prepare for even deadlier diseases than covid 19, says WHO chief

WHO chief says covid-19 is not over yet and urges member states that it's time to advance negotiations to prevent the next pandemic.

Taiwan excluded from WHO annual assembly following Chinese opposition

The assembly on Monday decided not to extend Taiwan an invitation to the event which runs from May 21 to 30

WHO recommends new Covid-19 shots should target only XBB variants

The bivalent booster shots developed and distributed last year targeted two different strains - the Omicron variant as well as the original virus

Carefully examining risks involved in using ChatGPT, in healthcare: WHO

Carefully examining the risks involved is imperative while using artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT, Bard, and Bert in healthcare, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday

India likely to achieve SDG goals for reduction in newborn deaths: WHO

India, which has taken proactive steps to reduce neonatal mortality, is likely to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal targets in this key area by 2030, a top WHO official has said, citing data on the annual rate of reduction for newborn deaths in the country between 2016 and 2021. "India has taken important steps to improve the quality of care during labour and childbirth, leading to reductions in maternal deaths. This will also bring better outcomes for newborns," Dr Anshu Banerjee, Director, Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing at the World Health Organisation, Geneva, told PTI here. "If we use the annual rate of reduction for newborn deaths between 20162021 and apply it to 20222030, it is likely that India will be able to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal targets," Dr Banerjee, who was here last week to attend the 'International Maternal Newborn Health Conference' (IMNHC 2023), said. India has been proactive in taking action to ...

WHO advises against non-sugar sweeteners like stevia for weight control

In addition, the review found that there may be potential undesirable effects from long-term use of NSS, such as an increased risk of Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and mortality in adults

WHO declares end to viral disease 'mpox' public health emergency

Almost 90% fewer mpox cases were reported in the past three months, compared with cases in the same duration before that, the WHO chief said

Global health need structural changes else we'll be doomed again: Expert

Kamal-Yanni said that people in developing countries should never again wait for the "good will" of rich countries, nor the charitable actions of pharmaceutical companies

China's Covid-19 cover-up had huge help from Western elites: Report

WHO, the chief global health watchdog, played the role of a megaphone for China's claims about the virus' origin too many times to count, The New York Post wrote

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Someone duplicated cough syrup to defame India: QP Pharma on WHO's alert

The World Health Organisation has issued a 'WHO Medical Product Alert' after "Substandard (contaminated)" Guaifenesin Syrup TG Syrup was found in the Marshall Islands and Micronesia

Time to deliver on promise of zero malaria: WHO on World Malaria Day

On the eve of World Malaria Day, the WHO has urged the countries affected by the disease globally to accelerate the reach of high-impact tools and strategies to prevent, detect and treat malaria, with a focus on reaching the most vulnerable, ensuring that no person is left behind. In the shadow of the COVID-19 crisis, the world is not on track to reach the two critical targets of the WHO Global Technical Strategy (GTS) for malaria 2016-2030: reducing global case incidence and mortality by 90 per cent or more by 2030, based on 2015 levels, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for South-East Asia, said. In 2021, an estimated 619,000 people globally died of malaria compared to 625,000 in 2020. There were an estimated 247 million new cases of malaria, compared to 245 million in 2020, Singh said. By the end of 2020, the South-East Asia Region was the only WHO region to achieve a 40 per cent reduction in malaria case incidence and mortality compared

413 people have died in ongoing Sudan conflict so far, informs WHO

WHO said that 413 people have died in the current Sudan conflict, while the UN children's agency said children are paying a high price, with at least nine reportedly killed in the fighting

80 killed, 30,000 displaced in renewed clashes in northern Somalia: WHO

Recurring clashes between security forces and clan leaders in Las Anod in northern Somalia have resulted in the killing of 80 people and displacement of 30,000 more, the WHO said

Death toll due to unrest in Sudan reaches 270, over 2,600 injured: WHO

United Nations spokesman said, "We have not received any indications here that there's been a halt in the fighting"

A healthy India means a healthy world because its investments: WHO official

India's achievements and investments in healthcare have a global bearing and go a long way towards meeting crucial health goals for the world, Roderico H Ofrin, the WHO representative to India, said on Tuesday. Ofrin, who is attending the second G20 Health Working Group meeting here, said this is a golden moment for other countries to learn from what India is doing and for India to be able to get this platform to show how it is done and how it can be done. "I always say a prepared India is a prepared world because it is a resource for the world for preparedness, but also a healthy India is a healthy world because its investments in health, for its people actually change the whole health global landscape," the World Health Organization (WHO) representative said. India is the G20 president for this year and taking lead in very very important health topics, mainly the organisation of a health emergency pandemic preparedness and response architecture, a platform for collaboration for ..

28% chance of coronavirus-like pandemic hitting world in next decade

In a worst-case scenario, a bird flu type virus that mutates to allow human-to-human transmission could kill as many as 15,000 people in the UK in a single day

Covid wave looms as India's population-level immunity dwindles: WHO

Decreasing levels of immunity in our population may trigger new Covid waves and to tackle this, India needs a strong disease surveillance along with high vaccine coverage