Tag: WHO
India draws praise from global health community for holistic cancer efforts...
Ms Payden, Deputy WHO Representative to India lauded the country’s National Viral Hepatitis Control Program that has 91% coverage and Ayushman Bharat for providing cancer treatment......................
Elanpro launches 2 variants for portable COVID vaccine freezers
Runs on vehicle batteries and sustain a temperature range from 2 Degree Celsius to -86 Degree Celsius.................
Novartis renews WHO medicine donation pledge with aim of ending leprosy
Novartis leprosy medicine donation program with WHO extended to 2025. Program has already treated over 7 million patients since 2000..........................
Sasakawa Leprosy Initiative: ‘Flipchart’, a user-friendly training material launched for ASHAs
Flipchart to reach over 3 Lakh ASHAs to promote early detection and treatment of leprosy in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal. WHO India to launch short online video to teach ASHAs how to effectively use the Flipchart............................
IIT-Indore scientists uncover a new approach to inhibit Zika virus replication
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the threat posed by emerging and re-emerging diseases to public health across the world...................
AIIMS New Delhi holds 47th convocation ceremony
Dr Harsh Vardhan presides over the 47th Convocation Ceremony at AIIMS, New Delhi along with Ms. Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO SEARO......................
Serum Institute launches India’s first indigenous pneumococcal vaccine
PNEUMOSIL® comes with the advantage of the presence of stereotypes 6A and 19A..................
India reports a decline of 17.6% in Malaria cases during 2019
As per the WHO World Malaria Report 2020, India continues to make impressive gains in the reduction of the Malaria burden. The country has sustained Annual Parasitic Incidence (API) of less than one since 2012......................
HMD ships over 100 million KOJAK auto disable syringes to Covax...
Hindustan Syringes & Medical Devices Ltd (HMD) will manufacture a total of 177.6 million auto-disable syringes for the Government of India by March 2021.........................
Dr Harsh Vardhan chairs 147th session of WHO Executive Board, calls...
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare highlighted global partnerships and investment in global public health for strengthening health systems....................