Tag: WHO
Dr Poonam K Singh gets second term as WHO-SEARO’s Regional Director
Having joined the office on February 2014, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh has been nominated for a second five-year term as Regional Director of WHO South-East Asia until February 2024...………..
AMTZ campus set to host ‘4th WHO Global Medical Device Forum’...
Being hosted on 13th-15th December 2018 in India, it is for the first time in the history of World Health Organization that this conference will be held in the country. Close to 2000 delegates from 194 UN Nations including India are expected to attend...………..
WHO’s ‘Delhi Declaration’ calls for higher investments into health
To overcome challenges, the Delhi Declaration calls for allocation of sufficient financial resources by countries, as part of overall health financing strategies, to reduce out-of-pocket payments of families on essential medicines...............
Health for all resonates at WHO Regional Committee session
Representatives of a number of partner organizations and civil society are participating in the meeting that is expected to adopt resolutions on key health issues......………….
India lags behind on breastfeeding, even neighboring nations perform better
The report by the World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative and the Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI) reveals that India has only registered a negligible improvement on its policy to promote breastfeeding over last year...……………..
WHO calls for urgent action across South East Asia to tackle...
Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia in her World Hepatitis Day message called for an urgent action to find, test and treat the missing millions suffering viral hepatitis and achieve the time-bound targets of regional action plan...…………….
A peek into gut of Indians throws up surprises
The new study carried out to understand the nature and composition of gut microbiome of healthy Indians has shown some interesting trends.....................
Experts call for emulation of Andhra Pradesh’s policy on auto disable...
The medical devices sector experts feel that re-use of medical syringes needs to be replaced by auto-disable syringes as done by Andhra Pradesh since these continue to be a matter of serious concern due to grave health risks both to the patient as well as to healthcare professionals...........
WHO asks members including India to fast track rabies elimination by...
World Health organization has been advocating for a shift from intramuscular to intradermal rabies vaccination, which is not only 60 to 80 percent cheaper, but is of shorter treatment regimen of just one week................
DCGI to discuss drug tracking mechanism with pharma firms on 25th...
The Drug Controller General of India will be discussing the introduction of trace and track mechanism for top 300 drug brands that are sold in India with representatives of 66 pharmaceutical companies..............