Tag: WHO
Experts deliberate over all time relevance of an HIV-AIDS vaccine
While the India’s HIV epidemic is slowing down with a 32 percent decline in new infections during 2015, experts feel that the development of vaccine is still very important............
India set to host prestigious 4th WHO Global Forum on medical...
The decision to this regard was formally announced on13th May, 2017 at the closing of 3rd WHO Global Forum on Medical Devices at Geneva...........
Amitabh Bachchan is the WHO’s Goodwill Ambassador for Hepatitis in SE...
The veteran actor will lend his voice and support to public awareness programmes that aim to scale up preventive measures and advocate for early diagnosis and treatment of viral hepatitis to reduce the disease burden....
Premature babies too need mother’s milk: Study
Researchers at AIIMS have found that instead of being a help, starting an early complementary diet in preterm infants had an adverse effect on premature babies....
WHO South-East Asia countries pledge inclusive approaches for Autism
The Thimphu Declaration the South East Asian nations stressed the need to promote social inclusiveness and remove stigma, which are major challenges that individuals and their families face..........
World’s first-ever dengue vaccine gets green signal from WHO
Dengvaxia is the first ever vaccine against dengue that is counted among the most complex viruses. After the go-ahead from World Health Organization, it is now for the affected countries to take a call on its implementation........
WHO India honours Public Health Champions
The scope of the awards covers contribution to significant advances in population and person focused services and inter-sectoral actions........
Special: Watch ‘Avsaad’ a film about depression!
Percept Pictures Short Film ‘Avsaad’ raises awareness for the issue of Depression on World Health Day 2017. Aims to create mass awareness for the challenges faced by over 300 million people worldwide........Watch!
Talk about depression, strengthen depression-related services: WHO
The World Health Day this year focuses on depression, a condition that involves persistent sadness or loss of interest or pleasure in things normally enjoyed.........
PATH welcomes new promising study results for rotavirus vaccine candidate
PATH is also working with Serum Institute to conduct an additional Phase 3 study to gather data required for World Health Organization (WHO) prequalification