Tag: WHO
Policymakers should review health preparedness in eventuality of natural disasters
One year on, health partners review Nepal quake response, and call for scaling up emergency preparedness...
World Malaria Day: Sustained efforts needed to contain disease, advises WHO
World Health Organization has advised the South-East nations to work on the effective strategies to tackle Malaria...
Antimicrobial resistance: Asia Pacific countries vow to tackle it together
This high level ministerial meeting was held in Tokyo and organized by the Government of Japan and WHO...
WHO honours Indian public health champions
As per the World Health Organization, these awards are an attempt to bridge this gap and recognize...
Leave no one behind, make Universal Health Coverage a reality: WHO
As per the World Health Organization (WHO), the countries in the South East Asia need to take urgent...
World TB Day: Fast tracking access to quality diagnosis & treatment
Treatment success rates among new smear positive pulmonary TB cases have remained above 85% since 2005..
PM Modi urged to launch ‘National Injection Safety Campaign’
Unsafe injection practices, mostly in the form of reuse of safety injections, continue to be a serious threat to life of patients..
Need for safer surgery & anesthesia in India: WHO-Lancet Joint Forum
World Health Organization and The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery have initiated the Indian National....
Tuberculosis elimination: Political leaders commit their support
With World TB Day around the corner, former and current Members of Parliament from across party lines signed a pledge...
Women’s day Special: “Gender equality critical for well-being of women”
Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia feels that the health systems must also be sensitized..