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PM hails initiative to set up WHO centre of traditional medicine in Gujarat

A day after the Government of India signed an agreement with World Health Organization for establishing the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in Jamnagar, Gujarat, PM Modi hailed the move

12 killed, 34 injured on healthcare facilities in 43 Ukraine attacks: WHO

WHO on Thursday said that at least 12 people have been killed and 34 people have been injured in at least 43 attacks on health care facilities in Ukraine amid intensified attacks by Russia

Ukraine war: WHO delays assessment of Russia's Sputnik Covid vaccine

The World Health Organization (WHO) has delayed the assessment process for granting emergency use authorisation to Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against Covid, in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine.

Global Covid-19 cases on rise again despite reduced testing: WHO

The WHO has sounded the alarm over a global spike in Covid-19 cases, despite reduced testing and several weeks of declining infections.

WHO says rise in global Covid cases is the tip of the iceberg

'Surges are to be expected particularly in areas where measures to prevent transmission have been lifted,' says WHO head

Covid-19: New deaths reported fell by 17% last week, but cases rising

The number of new coronavirus deaths reported worldwide fell by 17% in the last week while COVID infections rose, reversing a decline in cases that first began in January, according to WHO

Flow of health supplies is reaching Ukraine amid Russian invasion, says WHO

A flow of medical gear and equipment, including trauma kits, is reaching Ukraine to prop up a health care system grappling with a shortage of supplies amid Russia's invasion, the WHO said on Monday

Maternity hospital among 18 Ukraine medical centers hit, says WHO

An airstrike on a maternity hospital in the port city of Mariupol wounded women waiting to give birth and buried children in the rubble as Russian forces intensified their siege of Ukrainian cities

Covid-19 case numbers, deaths continue to drop globally, says WHO

The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths globally have continued to fall in the past week, the World Health Organization said Wednesday

Global death toll inflicted by coronavirus pandemic crosses 6 million: WHO

The worldwide death toll inflicted by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has surpassed six million, reaching 6,004,421 as of Tuesday, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO calls for health, humanitarian principles in resolving Ukraine crisis

A World Health Organization (WHO) official has urged that health and humanitarian principles should play as key drivers of peace in Ukraine.

Moderna, WHO set for vaccine clash as patents threaten mRNA use

Medecins Sans Frontiers and other health and relief groups are calling on the vaccine-maker to abandon three patent applications filed years ago in South Africa

WHO includes oral antiviral molnupiravir in Covid-19 treatment guidelines

Invites manufacturers to submit products for pre-qualification

WHO warns of sharp rise in Covid-induced anxiety, depression worldwide

WHO warned on Wednesday of a sharp increase in the prevalence of anxiety and depression related to the Covid-19 pandemic, caused largely by social isolation, young people and women are the worst hit

Science amazing, but no global coordination: WHO chief scientist on Covid

Though the scientific achievement with regards to tackling the Covid-19 pandemic is commendable, there was no global coordination on some of the issue, Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist of WHO said

Omicron sibling BA.2 remains variant of concern: World Health Organisation

The Omicron variant of concern is currently the dominant variant circulating globally, accounting for nearly all sequences reported to GISAID (an open access database), said the WHO in a statement

Covid-19 pandemic may end in 2022, says WHO Russia representative

If there are no more major Covid outbreaks after Omicron, the pandemic may see an end in 2022, the WHO representative in Russia said

New coronavirus cases drop by 19% globally, deaths stable, says WHO

The number of new coronavirus cases globally fell by 19% in the last week while the number of deaths remained stable, according to the World Health Organisation.

WHO chief praises South Africa's work to make Covid-19 vaccines

South Africa's efforts to produce vaccines are key to helping the African continent become more self-sufficient in inoculations to combat COVID-19 and many other diseases, the visiting chief of the World Health Organization said Friday. On his visit to Cape Town, WHO director-general Tedros Ghebreyesus is viewing three facilities that are starting work to manufacture vaccines. Tedros visited the Biomedical Research Institute at the Tygerberg campus of Stellenbosch University on Friday. He is also scheduled to visit Afrigen Biologics & Vaccines and the Biovac laboratories in Cape Town. The pandemic had shown the need for local production of vaccines in low and middle-income countries, he said addressing a press briefing on Friday. More than half of the world's population is now fully vaccinated, and yet 84% of the population of Africa is yet to receive a single dose," he said. Much of this inequity has been driven by the fact that globally vaccine production is concentrated in a ..

Possibility of new Covid variants really high, warns WHO

WHO Covid Technical Lead Maria Van Kerkhove said that the global health agency is tracking four different versions of Omicron